Month: June 2012

WAAJEED BEAT TAPE 2008: Part One

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The Beach Boys Set For Highest Charting Album in 37 Years

The Beach Boysare aiming for their highest charting album on the Billboard 200 in 37 years as “That’s Why God Made the Radio” could debut in the top three next week. The new Billboard 200 chart’s top 10 will be revealed on the morning of Wednesday, June 13. Industry sources project that the Beach Boys’…


NAB: Royalty Rates Have ‘Suffocated the Expansion of Internet Radio’

Yes, there are actually companies that want to pay artists and labels fairly. But what if that’s simply an impossible task financially?  “Believe me, radio broadcasters want to take advantage of all the possibilities the internet presents, but these royalty rates create a financial disincentive to webcast, and solving this problem for broadcasters is essential,”…


Radiohead’s Thom Yorke Hints at Jack White Collaboration

Near the end of Radiohead‘s triumphant headlining set at the 2012 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, frontman Thom Yorke gave a special shout-out to Jack White, and hinted at an upcoming collaboration between the two alt-rock veterans. “This song is for Jack White,” Yorke told the crowd, which dutifully erupted, before the band sunk its…


How Google And Search Engine Optimisation Changed The Music Industry

I recently had to write an essay about the influence that google has had on the music industry. Unlike the majority of my assignment I found this topic quite interesting and I thought I might share (an edited version of it) with you… Technological Developments There are many technological developments within the last ten years…


Azealia Banks No Longer Wants to Be Known as a Rapper

Azealia Banks is shaking things up once again. After splitting with Lady Gaga’s manager Troy Carter earlier this week, the hip-hop dynamo has deleted her Twitter page and is distancing herself from the rap game. The “212” hitmaker ignited controversy with her fiery tweets aimed at Iggy Azalea, T.I., and Lil’ Kim. But she’s done…


Ludacris Performs At Bonnaroo

 


Pensado’s Place : Into The Lair #1 – Some of Daves favorite plug-ins!

 


Music Industry Profile: Music Attorney Jay Cooper

In this clip from www.artistshousemusic.org – ay Cooper, a Los Angeles-based music lawyer introduces himself and the practice of music law, and shares some incredibly valuable information about the state of the music business today. Among the topics discussed: how file sharing fits into the history of recorded music; whether new-style record deals like 360-degree…


Iron Solomon & Isaiah Go Track-by-Track on “Monster” at StadiumRed

Iron Solomon’s “Monster” is a scathing, honest, and revealing project from this talented MC, more known for his battle raps than his songs. Until now. Iron and his partner / producer Isaiah sat down at StadiumRed with iStandard’s Don Di Napoli aka Thrill Collins and Frankie P to give you a behind-the-scenes story of how…