Meet Young Hines: Inside A Career Launch
As we shared yesterday, today we begin an ongoing series that offers an insider's view of the campaign to 'break' Young Hines and his Brendon Benson produced debut "Give Me. Continue reading
Musician Website Quick Fix #5: Add A Mailing List Sign-Up
Another element you should have on your website is a sign-up form for your mailing list. Email sounds pretty old-school, but the reality is that a mailing list is still. Continue reading
Young Hines: An Insider’s View Of Readymade Records First Release
It's old news that the label system is broken and that traditional pathways to success have changed for almost all musicians. What's replacing it, however, is still very much a. Continue reading
Three Quarter Offers Musicians New Model: ‘We Run The Business, You Run The Art’
Three Quarter is a new music startup with a hybrid business model. They describe it as "part record label, part venture capital firm, part management firm, part marketing/pr firm." A. Continue reading
The Week In Music Industry Commentary
jOIN tHE dEBATE : Kyle Bylin – Mainstream Fanatic: Songza Takes Music Playlists To The Masses Emily White – Why Commission Based Teams Are Awesome For Musicians & Why You. Continue reading
NEWS BRIEF: Global Sales Stats, Ex-CEO Buys Beyond Oblivion, Orchard IODA Layoffs, Sony & More
Sorry that the News Brief is a bit later in the day than usual. Had one too many balls to juggle this morning. Be sure to check out Wednesday's blog. Continue reading
NEWS BRIEF: Spotify Payments Jump, MySpace + Andrew W.K., Twitter Buys Posterous, Viacom & More
Spotify launched in Germany today and announced its now paid out more than $260 million to labels and publishers (Hypebot). Next stop in the streaming wars? Asia and the Pacific. Continue reading
The Raconteurs’ Brendan Benson Takes ‘Readymade’ Approach To Career
(UPDATED) Musician, songwriter/producer and co-founder of The Raconteurs, Brendan Benson is launching his own Readymade record label and publishing company, with help from Emily White of Whitesmith Entertainment. This spring,. Continue reading
NEWS BRIEF: UMG vs Megaupload & Grooveshark, iTunes Match In’tl, New Music Seminar To NYC & More
Universal Music lawyers aren't getting much of a holiday break. Yesterday, UMG had to admit that Megaupload did nothing illegal in releasing a promo video featuring A-list musicians. (MORE) But. Continue reading
NEWS BRIEF: EMI Sale, Facebook Privacy Deal, How Spotify Works, Soundcloud Update, Live365 & More
EMI sale is a done deal. Details updated here. Facebook settlement will make all future privacy changes "opt-in". (ars) How Spotify Works: Pay The Majors, Use P2P Technology To Deliver. Continue reading