Month: January 2013

Jamie N Commons Signs to KIDinaKORNER/Interscope

Jamie N Commons has signed a record deal with producer Alex Da Kid’s (Eminem/Rihanna) Interscope imprint KIDinaKORNER, which will in turn go through Fiction Records in the UK. With an EP release due this spring, Jamie will cement his growing reputation as an exciting and original British talent. Alex da Kid – “Every so often you are introduced to an artist…


Music Industry Profile: President of APM Music Library Adam Taylor

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vFJrt7gss4] In this clip from www.artistshousemusic.org – Adam Taylor, President of APM Music, introduces himself and the company he runs. He discusses what a music library is and how it makes money, how his company finds and signs artists to licensing deals, the nuts and bolts of how music gets licensed for use in…


Open Mic: Is The Prophet 12 The Best Polyphonic Synth Of All Time?

One fo the biggest surprises of the 2013 NAMM Show, was the new Prophet 12, which Dave Smith calls “my best synth yet.” Some of the key features: Twelve voice polyphony – the greatest polyphony of any instrument Dave Smith has designed. Powerful voice architecture features four oscillators, capable of generating classic and complex waveforms, a sub-oscillator, resonant…


Sean C & LV showing how they made Jay-Z’s “Roc Boys” with Young Guru

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Todd von Mende Named Capitol Music Group’s CFO

Capitol Music Group Chairman & CEO Steve Barnett today announced the appointment of longtime Universal Music Group financial executive Todd von Mende as its chief financial officer. “Todd’s financial acumen and leadership skills have been highly regarded within the Universal Music Group for many years,” Steve Barnett said in a srtatment. “I couldn’t be happier that he is now…


Fuse News Debuts For The Grammys

The national network for Madison Square Garden, Fuse TV, has announced the launch ofFuse News. The content provided will focus solely on important stories in music. The platform also hopes to provide further insight towards understanding how the music industry is shaped. The show will serve as the centerpiece of Fuse’s largest initiative to date: the creation of a…


RIAA Tallies 2012′s Top Gold & Platinum Albums

THE RECORDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA (RIAA) has released its year-end tally of 2012 Gold & Platinum Program awards. In 2012, digital continued to dominate. The RIAA awarded more song download honors than any other year in program history, including a 70% increase during the past two years, a 25% increase year-over-year, and a record…


The Manifesto Of Independents

1. We, the independents, will work to grow the value of music and the music business. We want equal market access and parity of terms with Universal, Warner andSony, and will work with them in areas where we have a common goal. We will work to ensure that all companies in our sector are best equipped to maximize…


Is YouTube Going To Introduce Paid Subscriptions This Spring?

A new chapter in online video is about to begin. YouTube is prepping to launch paid subscriptions for individual channels on its video platform in its latest attempt to lure content producers, eyeballs, and advertiser dollars away from traditional TV, according to multiple people familiar with the plans. YouTube has reached out to a small…


Inside The A$AP Rocky Voicemail Campaign

Even though A$AP Rocky’s debut album “Long Live A$AP” leaked almost a month before the official release date, he still managed to land a number one spot on the charts. How was he able to fight through a tough situation and still end up selling 139,000+ copies? I think this marketing campaign as well as other initiatives…