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…
[plug] Levinhurst in L.A. Tonight
Our booking clients, Levinhurst, kick off their spring tour in Los Angeles tonight. Next week, they’re heading out to SXSW, followed by exciting gigs in our hometown of Athens, the Research Triangle, Pittsburgh, New York and on… If you’re a…
Are you too old for the music business?
According to Bobby Borg’s article in Music Connection Magazine Vol. XXVII, No. 03, you probably are too old for a typical mainstream recording career. Major labels tend to favor artists in the 18-25 age groups. Why? Because as one A…
Global Entertainment and Media Summit
Global Entertainment & Media is producing another round of independent media summits this year. NYC: April 3rd-4th. Los Angeles: June 12-13th. From their announcement: With an entire industry in transition, it has become an absolute necessity that the music industry…
IMusicology Online Co-Sponsors The ’04 Unsigned Artist Showcase II
iMusicology is stepping offline to sponsor JaEdD Music Networking’s ’04 Unsigned Artist Showcase II on Tuesday, September 21, 2004 at Cinespace in Hollywood, California. The Unsigned Artist Showcase II is no American Idol, but it provides a platform great artists…