The Professional’s Musician’s Local 47 is offering a free, public seminar: “How to Market Your CD and Get Label Attention.”
When: 9/18, 10am-12:30pm.
Where: Local 47 headquarters in Hollywood.
Why: Barbara Markay will host the free seminar. The agenda includes getting the right publicist, marketing, how to get radio airplay, and attract label [...]

Warner Music Group is starting two incubator operations — one for hip-hop and one for rock — to offer label services to baby bands on indies or within the WMG family. More coverage at BillBoard…
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John Schlick of Lighting Design and Associate Writer for Music Dish gives some great tips on how the lighting designer (LD) runs a show.
When it comes to running a show, there are three things I think of as important: timing, mood control, and focus.
When you get an LD that has skills in all three [...]

Kim Copeland of Songwriter’s Connection and Associate Writer for the Music Dish gives some songwriting tips on how to hone the chorus and hook for your song……how to make a remarkable chorus and memorable hook.
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Sirius Satellite Radio is launching five new music channels. One of them is Underground Garage, an extension of the weekly radio show hosted by E Street Band member and Soprano’s cast member, “Little Steven” Van Zandt.
Underground Garage will play the coolest rock & roll records ever made. VanZandt says, “Whether they’re 50 years [...]

Producer Demonte Posey, just launched his own record label, Oddessey Group. If you think you have the chops to be the next Eric Benet, drop a note to TheOddesseyGroup@aol.com.
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Rick Quest Studios of N Hollywood CA is offering free studio time to new artists who haven’t yet recorded in a pro studio. If you’re one of the ten acts he selects, he’ll record two songs for you — no strings attached — with the hopes that you’ll like the room so much, you’ll [...]

Phyllis Stark of Billboard takes a look at the A & R system in Nashville. Ms. Stark interviewed Brad Cotter, last year’s winner of “Nashville Star;” Buddy Jewell, 1st “Nashville Star;” and A & R from Universal and Capitol Records.
As executive VP of A&R at Sony Music Nashville, Mark Wright is the person who [...]

According to Kenny Love, Associate Writer for MusicDish Magazine, you may need both. Ultimately, the choice is yours to make.
In today’s musical climate, operating without third-party representation in the forms of a professional promoter, publicist or otherwise in the upper echelon of the music industry, is akin to driving a vehicle without liability [...]

Rockin’ Moms was founded in July, 2004 by California Singer-Songwriter-Mom, Tiffany Petrossi. Inspired by her own experiences and those voiced by other Rockin’ Moms. Tiffany, a mother of two, has high hopes for the project.
According to Petrossi, “The response so far has been a success. It is an area of woman’s music that has [...]