Month: April 2012

Drake Explains His and Lil Wayne’s Writing Process

Drake explains his style of writing songs and also goes into detail about the way Lil’ Wayne spits his verses.


Drowning? The iTunes Store Now Has 28 Million Songs

The content glut keeps getting worse, not better, and this is now a very serious challenge for artists of all levels. Because even musicians that make incredible music are finding themselves drowned, undiscovered, and frustrated by statistics like these. “We now have a catalog of over 28 million songs and 45,000 movies…” Apple chief financial…


#TTLO V.Blog 22 “Greatness”

Rico Love talks about the hunger for greatness versus a hunger for financial stability.


Vevo’s Rio Caraeff Talks Upfronts, Royalties and Growth

Full story below courtesy of [Billboard Biz] It’s a transitional time for Vevo, as the No. 1 most-watched YouTube channel (and No. 3 most-watched U.S. video platform on the web, according to Comscore) prepares to host its first upfront event for advertisers and agencies in New York on Wednesday. But it’s also a transitional time…


Imagine Dragons Top 20!

Congrats to Imagine Dragons for getting their 1st Billboard Top 20 so quickly (great airplay and sales gains this week)!


Can Digital Recordings Sound as Good as Analog?

Carl Beatty, a veteran engineer and Professor of Production and Engineering at Berklee College of Music, discusses whether digital recordings can sound as good as analog, and what determines the quality of a good or bad digital recording. He also shares his thoughts on whether or not consumers care about sound quality.


Apple Posts $11.6 Billion Quarterly Profit on Sales of $39.2 B

Full story below courtesy of [Billboard Biz] Apple blew past expectations by reporting on Tuesday it earned $11.6 billion in its second fiscal quarter on revenue of $39.2 billion. On a per-share basis, Apple earned $12.30, up from $6.40 a year earlier and much better than the $10.02 that analysts had predicted. Apple iPad 3…


Pensado’s Place : #46 – Fabian Marasciullo

In the 46th episode of Pensado’s Place, Fabian Marasciullo joins Dave and Herb in studio to talk about mixing records!


Google Launches Google Drive

Rumored since years, today Google finally launched its cloud storage service, going by the name Google Drive. Drive allows you to simply transfer files to and from your computer. You can simply drag and drop files on both PC and MAC and soon also on the iPhone and iPad. Here below is a video giving…


Loyola University Forum with Michael Rothchild

Michael Rothchild, the president of Landslide Records, talks about his job and about the state of the music industry today.