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May 7, 2015 My team and I run an indie music blog that we’re turning into a streaming service & indie zine — sort of a digital love-child of MTV and Rolling Stone magazine. We’re doing everything radically different, starting with a financial model that makes digital work for artists (instead of the other way around).
April 25, 2013 The Music scene used to be for young people only, now to use the overused cliche 40 is the new 30, 30 is the new 20 and so on. As we all get older it is very tempting to look back and say that the music and the scene were better 5,10,15 years ago depending on our age. So if you are pushing 30 then I am sure that you have caught yourself complaining about the way the scene that you are into is changing and expressing your personal gripes to others that might actually care along with you. I bring this up because Thom Yorke and Nigel Godrich just gave a pretty candid interview with pitchfork…
April 24, 2013 The UK market is known for its influence in music across the world so its no surprise that its world first MBA in the Music Industry also proves to be a real game changer and a positive effect on the US jobs market.
Business, Education, Future Of Music, Information, Life in the Music Business, Management, Music Business Jobs, Music Conference, Music Executives, Music Industry, Music Management, Realistic Music Careers 101, The Business of Independent Music, careers, conferences, cultural shifts, economics, entertainment news, independent music, music business, online music business courses | tagged MBA, Music Industry, entertainment, henley, music business education January 3, 2013 The first ever mobile app for bands & artists to market and promote themselves. The app alerts fans to notify them of their favorite bands at the right time and right place. Bands increase their fan base, expand their reach and increase earnings.
Band Marketing, DIY Promotions, Innovation, Marketing, Music Management, Promotion, Social Media, app development, cultural shifts, mobile, music promotion, social media for musicians | tagged Mobile Marketing, Mobile Marketing for Musicians, Promotion, free promotion, mobile applications, mobile engagement June 7, 2012 This blog looks at the history of the music industry, where the business of music started, how the three main parts of the industry evolved, and how we have got to the industry we know today. Hopefully, by the end of the blog you will know the differences between the live, publishing and recording industries as well as how they came to be.
Artist Development, Breaking into the industry, DIY, Indepedendant Artist , Investing In Your Music, Life in the Music Business, Live Music, Music Industry, Music Publishing, The Business of Independent Music, cultural shifts, record labels, recording, website | tagged Awfully Good Music, Music Industry, Music Recording Timeline, band tips, live performances, live recording, publishing, tips March 9, 2012 World Music, cultural shifts | tagged Awareness, unity January 11, 2012 This is a question that every now and again turns up in my discussions with my friends and colleagues about the alleged decline of the so - called Rock and Roll music and the state of the industry.
And it’s the same question I am asking you all: Whatever happened to Rock Mithology? I am an avid consumer of anything related to music production philosophy and I am obsessed with observing the interactions between the musicians, activity I enjoy and carry out with the eye of the behaviourist.
Musicians are a weird breed, they either lead a miserable life or are kings on Earth, and sometimes they switch back and forth between the two statuses (sic transit gloria mundi, somebody would say).
It’s only natural that their manifestations are at least unconventional to the eyes of the mortals. But I digress.
I love, I was saying, for example, to watch the DVD series “Classic Albums”, where great records from the past (Pink Floyd’s “The Dark Side of The Moon”, Paul Simon’s “Graceland”, Stevie Wonder’s “Songs in the Key Of Life” and the list goes on) are dissected: the artists and the producers sit in front of the mixing desk and point out all the cool tricks they used during the sessions and everybody talks about the philosophy and the scope of the production.
Creativity, cultural shifts | tagged myths, rock June 16, 2011 Hi Music Think Tank, We are BBox Radio, a new community-powered platform and internet station broadcasting from NYC’s creative center: Brooklyn! Take a look at our Call for Entries — we’re asking everyone in and around the borough to help us reinvent radio! The idea is to create something new, expressive and decidedly LOCAL, yet global in reach. We hope you can help us spread the word! Visit BBoxRadio.com for more information and let us know if you have any questions. We’ll keep you tuned in. Love, BBox Radio
Competitions, Contests, Creativity, Crowdsourcing, DIY, Digital, Education, Feel good, Funk, Future Of Music, Information, Innovation, Life in the Music Business, Live Music, Realistic Music Careers 101, Reggae, Songwriting, Technology, The Business of Independent Music, Writing, collaboration, cultural shifts, independent music, interviews, music marketing, production, studio | tagged Radio, contest, entrepreneurial intelligence, internet radio, invention, submissions December 20, 2010 I recently did an interview of this young mash-up artist that turned out to be a really good exemple of how technologies are changing the way music is being produced and promoted. He is 22, comes from the North East of Brazil and rules the Asian Mash-up remix scene. Leaving on his first tour to South America in early 2011, DJ Masa is living proof that the new music ecosystem is emerging and that its cultural implications are real.
You are getting close to 100,000 downloads on official.fm alone. I saw that you have 12 Million + views on your You Tube profile … This is quite significant, can you tell us a little bit of your story?
100.000 downloads already? Wow!! I hope it didn’t make your servers busy! Well, I’m a 22 years old journalist and I’m from Brazil. I’ve been following the Asian Pop scene since 2003, when I discovered J-pop and K-pop through the Internet. That time I joined a lot of forums and fan sites to keep me updated and to contribute with that community anyway that I could. I started to learn about music production software in 2005, when I released my first mashup and shared it with my online friends.
