Month: May 2012

RIAA claims it is owed $72 trillion dollars by LimeWire

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) estimates that filesharing website LimeWire owes it over $72 trillion dollars (£46 trillion) in damages. In October 2010, Limewire was forced to shut down after a judge in the Federal District Court ruled that its main filesharing functions be disabled, but the RIAA is still actively pursuing its owners for damages….


Jazz Legend Ron Carter Discusses a Life in the Music Business

In this clip from www.artistshousemusic.org – Legendary jazz bassist Ron Carter discusses his career and the state of the music business with ArtistsHouse’s John Snyder at Loyola University, New Orleans. He explains why he has an agent but not a manager, why illegal music downloading does not concern him, why independent releases and small labels…


THE SIMPSONS – Lady Gaga

Take an inside look of Lady Gaga inside the studio as she is featured on the season finale of “The Simpsons”. Enjoy!


Pensado’s Place : #59 Jon Nettlesbey

In the 59th episode of Pensado’s Place, Dave and Herb are joined by Producer, Arranger, and Engineer Jon Nettlesbey!


THE SCHOOL OF SOUNDS: How to make a DJ drop in Ableton Live

Welcome back to The School of Sounds; it’s been a while! In the past couple of months I have been asked: “Can you help me make a drop?” or “Can you help out with my intro’s?”… the answer is YES! I will show you how to make a simple drop with FX that will help…


Sony Music Entertainment: The Largest Record Label In the World

That’s according to the latest marketshare tallies from Nielsen Soundscan, for the most recent week. And in the ‘mine is bigger than yours’ world of the major label, this means everything.  Here are the most-recent marketshare breakdowns, shared with Digital Music News by a gloating major label exec. So who cares, exactly?  Extremely-competitive (and overpaid) major…


BLING47 BREAKS DILLA EDITION: Waajeed – Featuring Phat Kat

Bling47 Breaks takes you on a journey into samples used by J Dilla. Edited, animated and directed by Waajeed. Get the full story at http://bling47.com/site/?p=351


Facebook: Still Overvalued?

Henry Blodget, the ex-analyst who now presides over Business Insider, wrote in a blog post today that Facebook shares are probably worth $16-24 a share; use the midpoint at $20, and you’ve still got a potentially massive slide from today’s close at $34.03. (Which of course is down from the $38 IPO price.) Blodget reached that conclusion largely…


Marketing Plan Tactics For Independent Musicians – Part 2 of 3: Album Launch

The first piece in this 3 part series discussed steps you should take before you start promoting a new album, such as having your online presence all in order. In Part 2, I will go over some basic elements for, yep you guessed it, promoting a new album. Album Pre-Sale A great way to build excitement…


Google CEO Larry Page on Charlie Rose — Talks Facebook, Future of Google

Google CEO Larry Page talks Facebook, Oracle and the future of Google in an interview airing Monday night onCharlie Rose Page commented on the recent Facebook IPO saying, “I don’t want to speak about their thing. But I think it’s great to see that competition really — our competition and just the Valley is thriving.”….