Tyga is bringing back his “Closer to My Dreams” tour for the second year in a row. Fresh off his “Careless World” tour, the Young Money rapper will be joined by some fresh faces on the road this September.. The 15-date trek kicks off September 4 in Los Angeles, stopping in Houston, Chicago, Detroit, New…
Joe Budden Previews New Slaughterhouse Songs
Joey fired up his Ustream yesterday and previewed three new Slaughterhouse records. No word on if these will be included on the album, but one is tentatively titled “Juggernauts”.
Lil Wayne Announces Dedication 4
Lil Wayne, “Dedikation 4 komin next month.” Guess who’s bizack? After a four year hiatus, Tunechi is reuniting with DJ Drama for the fourth installment of his Dedication series. Hopefully he brings verses by the truck load.
My Favorite Verse: Curren$y
Out of his countless projects, Spitta tells SoulCultureTV in the latest “My Favorite Verse” series, that his bars from “Breakfast” are his most memorable. “I like that because Mos Def did the beat for me in like two minutes. think I put that record out that night at like 2 in the morning, it was…
Philip Lyon & Bruce Phillips On entertainment, copyright & intellectual property law
In this clip from www.artistshousemusic.org – Nashville, Tennessee-based attorneys Philip Lyon and Bruce Phillips share their professional experiences working with clients in the entertainment industry, discussing topics such as working with celebrities, handling clients’ substance abuse problems, and dealing with slander. They also offer advice to law students preparing to look for work, drawing on…
Boosting Views on Your Videos and Engagement with Your Fans
I’m about to leave for tour with my band . However, I thought I’d share my newest idea for boosting traffic on videos and increasing engagement with fans. Specifically, I’m talking about the videos that our band creates while we’re on tour. In the past, we’ve had a partner sponsor our tour video blogs: we would do…
ReDigi Is Now Taking on Massive Debt to Fight EMI
Talk to any venture capitalist, and they’ll tell you the same thing. It’s very difficult to get funding when you’re being aggressively sued, simply because the funding then goes to high-priced lawyers, not talented executives, developers, office space, capital expansion, etc. And that’s not growth, it’s legal survival, especially since the executive team itself is probably…
Uh-Oh: Music Financing Is Down 37 Percent On the Year
Don’t call it a bubble-pop! But music-focused financing is down a lofty 37 percent on the year, according to stats compiled by Digital Music News. This includes the range of venture capital, angel, and broader private equity funding, based on rounds we could confirm with the companies. The year-to-date count (as of July 20th) now stands at…
Two Simple Suggestions for Properly Compensating Artists Online
Solutions, right? Well, here are two from free software and programming legend Richard Stallman (aka, ‘rms’), a longtime supporter of open software, content sharing, and copyleft concepts. Stallman is a demi-god in many tech and programming circles, and credited with paving the path for open source systems like Linux today. The following recommendations came as…
Google Exec: If You Want to Control the Pirates, Go After Their Money
Are Google’s complex counterarguments related to piracy simply falling apart? The company has shown above average ability to filter explicit content from both mainline and image search results, and near-perfect scrubbing of YouTube. Indeed, Google seems perfectly fine with censoring material that could harm its user experience, while remaining perfectly committed to complex takedown procedures…
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