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Jay-Z Ranked #1 2009 Hip-Hop Mogul By Forbes
Models And Moguls | 8 hours ago by John Williams
Despite taking a 57% revenue cut from last year, Jay-Z raked in an estimated $35 million between June 2008-2009. Enough to take the top spot, knocking last years winner 50 Cent, who drops to fourth place with $20 million, down from $150 million in 20 read more
Online Music Magazines Up, Old School Print Rags Down - Indie-Roc…
Models And Moguls | July 9th 2009 by John Williams
The print music magazine industry may be on the rocks, but don't get it twisted. Founded in 1996 by Ryan Schreiber, in his parents' basement, Pitchfork is an on-line, multimedia hub for indie-rock lovers to review new music and exchange industry news read more
Michael Jackson sur Facebook : quelques chiffres officiels
Benoit DARCY : site personnel | July 8th 2009
Je reçois aujourd’hui un mail Facebook du groupe officiel “presse”. Intéressant, il s’agit de chiffres que l’on peut considérer comme officiels, et qui concernent les “actions” en relation la mort de Micha read more
MAN IN THE MIRROR
The Future of Music: Moses Supposes | July 8th 2009
Michael Jackson: an insider's look. Want the full story? Check it out now! read more
Future Music Camp 2009
myoon music | July 7th 2009 by Christian Knips
Als wir unsere Reise zum Future Music Camp antraten, am Freitagnachmittag, war es heiß auf der Autobahn. Ich überlegte noch ob sich der Weg in die Rhein-Mein „Söhne-Mannheims“ Stadt lohnt. Vorgreifen möchte ich, dass sich jeder Kilometer gelo read more
Up And Coming Music Mogul Kid Cudi Raps On His Success
Models And Moguls | July 7th 2009 by John Williams
This is a great interview of Kid Cudi about his persistent grind that eventually led to his success. He also talks about his views on hip hop, his mission to carve out his own identity, and his willingness to always focus on the music first. Related read more
Main Square Festival 2009 : le bilan
Benoit DARCY : site personnel | July 6th 2009
Hier s’est achevé la sixième édition du Main Square Festival. Si l’édition précédente avait clairement fait émerger la manifestation comme un évènement musical majeur en France, nul ne peut contredire que le cru 2009 aura permis read more
The Errington Thompson Show - Interview with Grammy Winning Bassi…
Where's the Outrage? | July 3rd 2009 by Errington Thompson
I interviewed Mike Finnigan from Crooks and Liars about six month ago. Mike is a great piano/Hammond B-3 organ player and we talked about Miles Davis and the 50th anniversary of Kind Of Blue. After that interview, I asked Mike if we could chat ab read more
Happy 30th Birthday Walkman
.Evolving Music. | July 1st 2009 by sandra possing
Happy July, Happy Canada Day, and Happy 30th Birthday to the Sony Walkman. To shed some light on the technological leaps and bounds made since its advent, BBC brilliantly handed one to a 13 year old for a week to review. He (rather eloquently) deline read more
Help in the Music Business
Percussion Education Online | July 1st 2009 by Kevin Tuck
I’ve just discovered something that I WISH had been around ten years ago! Getting started in the music business is hard enough as it is - firstly you’ve got to become brilliant on your instrument and get yourself into a great band or ensemble. Th read more
Pirate Bay Verkauf: Auf in die Legalität
myoon music | June 30th 2009 by Christian Knips
Es kommt überraschend: “The Pirate Bay”, die Tauschbörse und Suchmaschine für (zumeist illegale) Musik-, Film- und Programm-Downloads, könnte schon bald den Besitzer wechseln. Während die Plattform zuletzt durch den Prozess vor Geric read more
Fumbling the Future: How Xerox Invented Then Ignored the First Pe…
Ebooks review | June 29th 2009 by Gardener
Editorial Reviews Ask consumers and users what names they associate with the multibillion dollar personal computer market, and they will answer IBM, Apple, Tandy, or Lotus. The more knowledgable of them will add the likes of Microsoft, Ashton-Tate, read more
Jackson stürmt die Charts
myoon music | June 29th 2009 by Christian Knips
Michael Jackson, wir haben es dank eines riesigen Medienechos bereits alle erfahren, ist gestorben. n-tv berichtete sogar halbstündlich über den Tod des “King of Pop” und Radios setzen Sonderkanäle online ein. Dabei hätte Jackson gera read more
Oui FM débarque sur iPhone
Benoit DARCY : site personnel | June 29th 2009
Oui FM, décidément très portée sur le Web ces derniers temps (serait-ce “l’effet Arthur ?”) lance son application iPhone “participative”. Une application iPhone de plus me direz-vous. Oui mais non, celle-ci a l’ read more
The Impact of Michael Jackson to Business World
Noobpreneur.com - Resources for Entrepreneur | June 27th 2009 by ivanpw
Michael Jackson musicThe surprising death of the King of Pop, Michael Jackson, has shocked the music enthusiasts all over the world. Not only MJ’s fans, his death is also impacting the business world in good and bad ways. On the upside, MJ is read more
The Newsletter: a Must for Serious Musicians
.Evolving Music. | June 27th 2009 by sandra possing
Newsletters are an extremely powerful tool for musicians. Communicate with and engage the fans you already have – they deserve your attention and are hungry for information. Grow your fan base by making it easy and appealing to join your commun read more
Konvict Muzik’s Bu Shows You The Life Of A Young Music Exec
Making The Mogul | June 25th 2009 by MakingTheMogul
Last year, I featured the big homie, Bu; co-CEO of Konvict Muzik. Not only did that feature get some attention, but a lot of people started asking for more information about him, his ventures and his everyday life. Well, Bu decided it was time, and s read more
Radio Needs This: "Let Me See the Booty"
the Hit Music Academy (Blogger) | June 24th 2009 by Dexter Bryant Jr
"Let Me See the Booty" - The-Dream ft. Lil JonToo bad its not 2005 anymore because if it was then "Let Me See the Booty" would easily be a Billboard Top 40 hit. Unfortunately for this song Lil Jon fell out of favor on radio sometime between 2005 and read more
all2gethernow!: Die klauen die Popkomm
myoon music | June 23rd 2009 by Christian Knips
Die Popkomm ist tot und Keinen stört es. Im Gegenteil. Nach dem Kopfschütteln über Gornys feindseliges Gebrabbel als Begründung für die Absage folgt nun der Aufruf zu einer Alternativ-Initiative. all2togethernow! will die Popkomm durch eine zei read more
Drake Don’t Need No Stinking Label
Models And Moguls | June 23rd 2009 by John Williams
Recently, the typical game plan for rappers was to develop some buzz, get discovered by a major label, and blast some songs nationwide. But today’s hip-hop artists are blasting that dream to bits, thanks to mixtapes, the internet, and a totally di read more
Hip Hop Music Marketing Strategies - Mos Def's Ecstatic
Future of Rap Music | June 22nd 2009 by Ryli
Online Music Store to Sell Music at Social Media Sites
TRAEXS.COM Music Video News | June 22nd 2009 by emediablogger
The Tune Depot is a new webbased store system to sell digital goods and merchandise on blogs, websites and social networks. There are a lot of possibilities from selling downloads of particular tracks or podcast to selling music videos and sheets. To read more
Radio Needs: "Put it Down"
the Hit Music Academy (Blogger) | June 21st 2009 by Dexter Bryant Jr
"Put it Down" - The Dream - on YouTube"Put it Down" is baby-maker R&B music at its finest. The content is sexilicious, everything is anchored by a memorable hook that the rest of the song builds anticipation for each time around, and there are pl read more
Nix Popkomm 2009
myoon music | June 20th 2009 by Christian Knips
Dieses Jahr gibt es keine Popkomm. Angesichts der anhaltend schwierigen Branchenlage hat die Popkomm GmbH in Abstimmung mit dem Verband unabhängiger Musikunternehmen (VUT) und dem Bundesverband Musikindustrie (BVMI) beschlossen, die Branchenplattfor read more
Music Law: How to Run Your Band’s Business: Richard Stim
make money myself | June 19th 2009 by zc
Editorial Reviews Some musicians recoil at the thought that their band is a business. They believe that their music is their art, and don’t want to sully it with commerce. That’s all well and good–but wouldn’t you give up read more
Exploding: The Highs, Hits, Hype, Heroes, and Hustlers of the War…
Ebooks review | June 19th 2009 by Gardener
Editorial Reviews From Publishers Weekly When did the money become more important than the music? Cornyn, a veteran of Warner Bros. Records from its birth in the late 1950s, fondly recalls when it was about the music (and the dames and drunke read more
The truth uncovered: Playing music in your business environment i…
Digital Signage Blog | June 19th 2009
I just finished reading an article from TechDirt and was shocked to find out how much the yearly licensing fees are for playing music in a nightclub or a restaurant. Here is a short extract from the article: “It wants to increase licensing fe read more
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