Month: March 2012

Chuck Ortner On Trademark and False Advertising

Chuck Ortner on false advertisement and trademark. These concepts are very important to know before getting starting within the business. They will help you make much better business decisions!


Allindstrom.com Presents: Paying It Forward with Dan Charnas

For those of you who don’t know, get familiar with Dan Charnas. He has a long history in the entertainment business, but he recently published one of the greatest books on hip-hop of all time. His book is called The Big Payback: A History of the Business of Hip-Hop, and it covers all of the…


Dj Premier Making A Beat In The Studio

DJ Premier making a beat in the studio. Watch as the master does his work in the studio!


Pensado’s Place – #28 – Ron Fair

Veteran A&R executive, producer, and songwriter Ron Fair joins Dave in studio in the 28th episode of Pensado’s Place. Ron Fair has worked with and mentored artists such as Christina Aguilera, Keyshia Cole, Travis Garland, Lady Gaga, U2, Vanessa Carlton, Ashlee Simpson, and The Black Eyed Peas. Ron dishes his creative insight into songwriting and…


Warner Adopts Open Source Drupal Platform For Artist Websites

Warner Music Group has signed up to use a new open source platform for its artist websites. Acquia’s ‘Enterprise Drupal Gardens’ has been created to allow firms to centrally create and manage large numbers of content-rich, social websites. The platform, dubbed ‘OpenSaas’, allows clients to access and build their websites through a common web browser…


Tip Top Audio Drum Module Using the Original 808 Drum Circuits and Polyphonic VCO – Namm 2012

Ger from Tip Top Audio shows us his drum machine using the original circuits of the 808 drum module. He also showcased a PVCO (Polyphonic VCO) analog synth. Great product!


Alanis Morrissette – NZ Interview (1999)

In 1999, Alanis Morrissette gave this revealing interview on NZ national television. Considered among the finest artists of her generation, Canadian singer/songwriter Alanis Morrissette ruled the airwaves and dominated the charts in the late 1990’s with unrivalled pithy classics such as You Oughta Know. Enjoy!


Lady Gaga ‘earns $30 million a year from Twitter’

Lady Gaga earns $30 million (£18.9 million) through her Twitter account, according to reports. The Wall Street Journal claims that the ‘Born This Way’ star has built up such a strong relationship with her followers on the social media site that it is worth one third of the reported $90 million (£56.9 million) that she made last year. Marketing…


Round Up SXSW 2012 With Imagine Dragons

SXSW deemed well for the upcoming band Imagine Dragons. They participated in 8 shows in 3 days, which included participation in the mtvU 2012 Woody Awards and were featured on Fuse TV. The Huffington Post said earlier today, “There has been so much written about SXSX these past couple of weeks that I wasn’t sure…


Claudia Garcia On Record Labels Today

Claudia Garcia, Manager of International Exploitations for Universal Music Group Latino, talks about the place major record labels have in the music industry today. She describes how labels today look for artists that are somewhat developed instead of artists that are not. Claudia also discusses how distribution and marketing are very important and that Indie…