Song Shark hunter John Foxworthy has formed L.A.A.W.W. (League of Advocates for Artists World Wide) to provide a reporting hub and resource library for activities specific to the music industry. The organization will offer a standard for ethics and integrity and help to encourage legitimate business practices throughout the industry in the form of a [...]
The European Parliament adopted an overbroad Directive on Intellectual Property Enforcement that gives rightsholders powerful new enforcement tools to use against intellectual property infringers. EFF opposed the proposed Directive because it did not distinguish between unintentional, non-commercial infringement by consumers and for-profit criminal counterfeiting enterprises.
“Under this Directive, a person who unwittingly infringes copyright - [...]
Canadian downloaders have been S.O.L. lately, as Apple’s iTunes, Napster 2.0, and Real’s Rhapsody service are only available to people with a U.S. billing address. Enter Puretracks, a Windows-only Canadian service. The soon-to-be-launched service will be available to all Web visitors, but Sympatico members will get special deals.
They offer songs for $1.19 each, with [...]
Our booking clients, Levinhurst, kick off their spring tour in Los Angeles tonight. Next week, they’re heading out to SXSW, followed by exciting gigs in our hometown of Athens, the Research Triangle, Pittsburgh, New York and on…
If you’re a fan of trance and ambient, or if you remember Lol from his days as a founding [...]
According to Bobby Borg’s article in Music Connection Magazine Vol. XXVII, No. 03, you probably are too old for a typical mainstream recording career.
Major labels tend to favor artists in the 18-25 age groups. Why? Because as one A & R stated, “It may seem harsh, but it doesn’t make sense to [...]
Global Entertainment & Media is producing another round of independent media summits this year. NYC: April 3rd-4th. Los Angeles: June 12-13th.
From their announcement:
With an entire industry in transition, it has become an absolute necessity that the music industry reinvents itself in order to survive in the long run. The Summit will not only address these [...]
iMusicology is stepping offline to sponsor JaEdD Music Networking’s ‘04 Unsigned Artist Showcase II on Tuesday, September 21, 2004 at Cinespace in Hollywood, California. The Unsigned Artist Showcase II is no American Idol, but it provides a platform great artists looking for more exposure.
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A High-Powered Panel of Experts Joins Moderator Harriet Schock to discuss songwriting markets and to critique your songs Saturday, March 20, 2004 from 11am - 2pm.
Location:
L.A. Valley College
5800 Fulton Ave
Valley Glen, CA 91401
(corner of Fulton & Oxnard. )
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Mike Denneen of Q Division in Boston talks about how you know you’re ready to be in a recording studio.
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Want to rise early and stay up late? (Um, maybe not rise early.)
Let’s frame it up a different way…
Want to receive an intensive study of songwriting, performance and vocal techniques, marketing, business and creativity for performing songwriters? Then Singer/Songwriter Boot Camp is for you. The boot camp is located in the gorgeous Teton [...]
