I call Bullshiat!

This is exactly the kind of article that lulls baby bands into believing that they can be transfigured by a single show. What happens at SXSW is carefully staged — bands are slotted to make their debuts as major label…

How to Approach a Music Supervisor

L*A*M*P founder Leslie Waller just posted a great article… At a recent seminar this month, a guest was telling me about how difficult it is to get people to listen to his music. It’s difficult to get heard; it’s difficult…

Radio = Irrelevant. Labels = Irrelevant.

Music and radio veteran Gerry Cagle writes today about how major labels stopped caring about good music and made themselves stop mattering to millions of their customers. And radio, Cagle says, is about to find itself in an even worse…

[plug] Levinhurst in Athens TONIGHT!

It’s fun (but rare) to actually get to book one of our clients into our backyard, which makes tonight’s Levinhurst show very exciting! Lol just wrapped an interview on 99X and he’s heading for soundcheck now. I’ll be at Tasty…

SXSW Reports

Due to some family obligations, I didn’t get to go to SXSW this year. I’m hoping to hit the NXNE baby-confab in Toronto, though. Anyway, the reports are starting to come in and it looks like the expense accounts still…

Warrior Girl Music Seeks Artists

Warrior Girl Music is seeking artists for “Females on Fireâ€??, a promotional CD. WGM wants artists with original songs that transcend race, age or gender, and embrace passion, personal excellence, and global consciousness. All genres welcomed. The CD will promote…

L*A*M*P Seminar March 23rd: The How-To of Song Structure

March 23, 7:00-9:00 p.m.: Song Structures that “Lock In” the Listener by David “Catâ€?? Cohen at the Music Connection Theatre, 4215 Coldwater Canyon (north of Ventura Blvd.) SONG STRUCTURE is perhaps the most important and most difficult part of songwriting…

L*A*M*P????

Los Angeles Music Productions‘ founder Leslie Waller jotted us a great note this week. L*A*M*P launched in 2003 and has staged an amazing number of events (over 100!) in the last 18 months. Whether you’re a songwriter, composer, performer, manager,…

Live in Los Angeles and want to fine-tune those vocal cords

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…