Archive for May 2004

Singer/Songwriter Opportunities

May 6th, 2004 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Opportunities

We’re loading up a late spring tour for one of our clients, and (as always), want to touch base with performers who can provide solid support in some new territory.
If you are a singer/songwriter, you can perform a solid solo acoustic set, and you would describe your work as in the rock/americana/AAA genre, and you [...]



Open House Conference Call on Thursday!

May 4th, 2004 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Events

In celebration of our Nashville Boot Camp this weekend (hosted by 2NMC), I’m holding an “open house” edition of our MusicBizCoaching.com group call.
Join me THIS THURSDAY, the 6th, at 1pm ET, on our conference call line (1-805-620-4000). You can ask me ANY question you like about your music career, whether it’s the right time for [...]



Take a fresh look at the music biz

May 3rd, 2004 | By Staff | Category: Editorial

While major record companies continue to struggle–racked by downloading teens, a creative drought and a bloated cost structure–independents such as Or Music are setting an example for the big boys.
“Companies like Or Music are really showing the way the independent sector should work,” says Dave Novik, a music industry consultant and former RCA Records executive.
Or [...]



Best CD’s to burn your music

May 2nd, 2004 | By Staff | Category: Tips

The debate about blank CD quality and how to determine the best disks has been raging since the concept of burning your own CDs was introduced. Blank CDs that are labeled as “music” disks are specifically intended for use with “consumer” stand-alone audio CD recorders. If you make your disks on a standard computer CD [...]



Dallas Talent Search

May 2nd, 2004 | By Staff | Category: Opportunities

Step ONE of Dallas Entertainment, which publishes the Dallas Urban Sound™ eZine, is launching the 2004 Dallas Talent Search to find the best singers, rappers, producers, videographers, spoken word poets, writers and models in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area. “We definitely want those who think they are the best to go ahead and prove it,� says [...]



[guest editorial] Digitizing The Record Industry

May 2nd, 2004 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Editorial

Retail Realities & the Road to Profits
By The G-Man,

MusicDish Network Sponsor

If you’re young enough, all you know is digital music. Forget about records. Or vinyl. Or eight-tracks. Or even cassettes. To these people, the brouhaha over digital rights management and pay-per-download models seems silly. And the changeover from physical products to sound files isn’t [...]