Posts tagged music business

Blackout also examines “legal payola” and how corporations are now the major beneficiaries of under-the-table payments and pay-to-play.

Everyone wants to be in the entertainment game, but few know what it actually takes to get there.

Below are just a few things to focus on that will give you a jump start to the year. Remember its not always about working harder, it’s about working smarter.

Even if you are paying for PR or some type of promotion, there are things that you can be doing that will put a strong push behind your campaign.

The goal is to encourage you to measure and track your activity with respect to reaching fans so you can better define what is working, and (equally importantly) stop doing what’s not working. To do this, you’ll need a Dashboard.

Although you might be quite talented the truth is you have no understanding of music-business.
No plan, no budget equals no success.

The super-calculator from Moses Avalon, called – unabashedly – the ‘Moses Avalon Royalty Calculator,’ is sort of like a living, breathing artist contract with a guidebook in tow. And it covers everything from 360-degree splits to mechanical royalty payouts.

The Wall Street Journal reports Jay Z worked out a $5 advance copy rate with Samsung. Watch the 3 minute commercial.

As an artist, there are certain things that are expected of you – from both the creative end as well as the business end of music. Understanding the needs of both sides will allow you to make better decisions in your career.

They think that I’m in Jay-Z’s personal life. I have nothing to do with his personal life. You can ask me anything about his music, but I’m not with him in the morning when he wakes up. We don’t eat breakfast together. We make music together.”