Congratulations, Dennis, on receiving your star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. You are a gifted actor, director and producer and the essence of cool.
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I amusedly refer to myself as an analog guy living and working in a digital world. I spent my early producing and engineering days in such studios as Media Sound and Bell Sound in New York City. I even got my first apartment on 57th street above Media Sound so I’d never be far away [...]
I was reading Ben Parr’s article, “HOW TO: Use Social Media for Sharing Music”
http://mashable.com/2009/04/18/social-sharing-music/
and I was reminded of the Bob Burg & John David Mann book, Go-Givers, notably, the authors encouraging advice that “giving is the most fulfilling and effective path to success.” In his article, Ben talks about listening becoming a “richer and more [...]
Unless an unsigned band has been able to negotiate a spec deal with a studio for recording and mixing time in exchange for a co-producing royalty share, the costs incurred will be directly absorbed by the artist. Add in mastering and the costs increase even more. That’s why it’s so crucial to control expenses without [...]
Now in its 24th year, the SXSW Music and Media Conference has established itself as THE must-attend networking event for the 21st century music industry giving nearly 2,000 musical acts from around the globe unprecedented exposure on over 80 stages in downtown Austin, Texas. http://sxsw.com/
And, now there’s a new venue getting prepping to rock the indie [...]
Indie artists haven’t forgotten MySpace’s using them to create traffic in volumes impressive enough to shmooze the big 4 record companies to partner up in a sweet deal that basically left the indie artists out in the cold. Now, American Idol contestants are getting that same feeling following a message on March 3rd received by Twitter, [...]
In his RIAA blog post, Research Veep Joshua P. Friedlander recounts the Sonia Levitin children’s story “Nobody Stole the Pie” about how the citizens of Digby each asserted that it was “Not I” who stole the giant annual lollyberry pie after each had picked away at it bit by bit. Friedlander’s take on the impact [...]
iTunes, the sleeping giant of the download market, awoke on the wrong side of the bed to declare war on Amazon MP3’s “Daily Deal.” The Daily Deal typically prices a current release for $1.99 – $3.99 for one day. Puffed up with the success of the Daily Deal, Amazon started asking record labels to give it [...]
Almost a decade after its last studio production “Promise” occupied the top of the charts for 2-weeks in 1986, Sade’s “Soldier of Love” enters the charts at #1, its first debut in the coveted berth. Sade’s eight releases have all reached the top 10. the first group since Led Zeppelin to have its first eight [...]
According to research company Sysomos, 30.7% of all YouTube views are of music videos driven primarily by 20-35 year olds who account for 57.3% of all YouTube links via embedding the videos onto blogs and social sites. 25% of Vevo’s 30 million daily streams here in the States are Lady Gaga videos.