Music Biz

20 posts
  1. CK·1007Are DJ's Becoming Teamsters???10.02.2008 · For years there's been much talk of DJ's somehow banding together, unionizing, and leveraging their power of influence in clubs, radio, and other media.
  2. CK·0991Further Proof That You Don't Need A Record Label09.29.2008 · Loyal readers already know by now that I have strong feelings about the future of the recording industry and importance of artists, especially producers,
  3. CK·0984Are You Making Music Or Making Hits?09.27.2008 · There's a huge difference in being involved in the process of making music and making hits (i.e. navigating the music industry).  These are two
  4. CK·0955Calling Yourself CEO Does Not Make You A CEO09.18.2008 · Time to take a pause for the cause and address a trend that has been going on in Hip-Hop for way too long.  Somehow, the term Chief Executive Officer
  5. CK·085933 Second Song Uses 70,200 Samples!08.21.2008 · On September 12, 2008 German musician Johannes Kreidler will perform a 33 second long musical composition containing samples of 70,200 other creative works. 
  6. CK·0834Recording Industry Killing Web Radio08.17.2008 · Talk about stepping over dollars to pick up pennies... after more than doubling the fees required by Internet radio, many companies such as Pandora may be
  7. CK·0822BMI Offers Free Publishing Workshops: Los Angeles08.15.2008 · West Coast business minded folks will be glad to know that BMI is offering a free one hour introductory workshop for writers and publishers.
  8. CK·0816Open Source Copyright Licenses Held Up by U.S. Court of Appeals08.13.2008 · This news is of vital importance to anyone concerned with General Public License (GPL), Creative Commons (CC), or other Open Source licensing concepts. 
  9. CK·0776Hip-Hop Demographics Reexamined08.04.2008 · Respect to Audible Hype for dropping the "No Bullshit Guide To Hip Hop Demographics", which discusses the often murky demographic statistics
  10. CK·0752Jermaine Dupri Track Submission Opportunity07.25.2008 · Not much in terms of technical info, but it looks like JD and Q  are accepting track submissions by email.  I know many of you are holding heat, so