The non-profit organization L. A. Women in Music will host a one-day Vocal Power Workshop entitled Secrets Of Great Singing presented by critically-acclaimed vocal coach Elisabeth Howard author of “Born to Sing” and “ABC’s of Vocal Harmony”. The workshop will…
Breaking Even by Breaking Away
Koch and Artemis can turn a profit when a project moves 100,000 units. A major label now requires 1,000,000 units to get an album into the black. How many records do you know of that made their money back with…
Indie Videos Needed, Earlybird deadline March 30 2004
The 3rd Annual IMVF-Indie Music Video Festival is accepting music video entries. All styles accepted, but only VHS and DVD (NTSC) formats. The festival has screenings in Vancouver, Victoria, Toronto, Seattle, Washington DC, and Hamilton. Potential screenings for Los Angeles…
Little Vixen’s Songwriting Workshop in Nashville
Little Vixen Music presents a songwriting workshop “An Open Door With Your Name On It” (An Insiders Guide to the Inner Workings of Music Row) on April 1, 2004. Designed for singers and songwriters to learn about Songwriting, Performance, Publishing,…
Get The Most From Music Conferences
David Hooper has just posted audio from his recent conference call, including 24 tips to get the most out of music seminars and conferences.
All About Music, TV, & Film Retreat 2004
All About Music’s retreat is June 17th in Nashville. Three or four artists will be selected to perform at the B.B. King Blues Club in Nashville. Deadline to submit your demo is March 29th.
Songwriter Ervin Drake To Appear In Nashville, TN April 2nd And 3rd For Songwriters Guild Of America Events
Ervin Drake, a legendary songwriter who penned songs for Sinatra and Streisand and led the charge for passage of the 1976 Copyright Act, will be the special guest for the Songwriters Guild Foundation’s Ask-A-Pro® session on April 2nd (Friday). He…
Blue Sky and the Philadelphia Songwriters Project calls for “road songs”
Blue Sky and the Philadelphia Songwriters Project have united to create a dynamic opportunity for songwriters to express their personal experiences through original song. Blue Sky, producer of the First Person Festival of Memoir and Documentary Art, is a non-profit…
How to get the best deal on equipment
A recent article by Bobby Borg in Music Connection, Vol. XXVIII, No. 2, he gives 20 tips on how to get the best deal on equipment.
Want to volunteer to help “clean up” the music biz?
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…
Careful who you sample!
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…
Online music downloads & the murky copyright issues in Canada
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…