From a stellar overview of digital rights management, this insight from one of the most influential folks at a major label…
Ted Cohen, EMI SVP, believes users who pass around music after paying
for it are basically recruiting new fans for the label – and should get
something in return in the form exclusive access, free downloads or
even [...]
From the European perspective, The Economist pegs the failure of major labels on their inability to focus on anything longer term than #1 on TRL. It also looks at ways managers are staking a claim for their clients, to keep the labels from grabbing up shares of touring and merch…
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It’s that time of the month again, when I’ve got slots to work with about a dozen working musicians who want answers to specific music business questions. We’ve got private, thirty minute, one-on-one appointments available, but only while supplies last!
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Let’s talk about one of my favorite topics: artist empowerment.
Several weeks ago I presented one of my first “Unleash the Artist Within” workshops. While promoting the event, I discovered that different people have different interpretations of what it means to “unleash” themselves as an artist.
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By Dick Eastman,
The Cleavers’ debut CD, Television Mind, not only depends on great original music written and performed by the band (even if I do say so myself!), but also computer technology that allowed our band to record and promote this CD with less cost and total control. This melding of science and art [...]
By Thom King,
In some purest circles, corporate support may be viewed as “selling out.” But since its inception, Multimediary has established a track record of creating mutually beneficial programs based on a synergistic harmony between both artist and business. The result is substantial exposure for both artist sponsor, the off-set of re-coupables for [...]
