There is more to the music industry than agents, musicians, and producers. It takes a whole team of people behind the scenes to keep your iTunes library stocked with hit after hit. So, who are these people and what do they do? We all hear about the glamorized roles of music industry bigwigs, but we…

Another day, another legal scuffle! While he is STILL fighting about the NYC club he ransacked with Chris Brown, Drake has finally $$$ettled the lawsuit with female vocalist Ericka Lee involving his chart-topping song Marvin’s Room. The war began wayyyy back in July 2011 when Ericka accused Drake of never giving her credit for helping him write the smash hit single AND that she wasn’t paid…

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnlIzmuH9G8] In this clip from www.artistshousemusic.org – Andrew Surmani is a trumpet player and lifelong musician. After many years of being a professional trumpet player, he was interested in moving over to the business side of the music industry. In 1988, Andrew started working for Alfred Publishing and is now their Vice President of…

Capitol’s 2013 Grammy Nominees album topped the list of UMG post-Grammy Saturday-to-Sunday sales spikes, up 648%, followed by Rihanna (+154%), Maroon 5 (+181%), Frank Ocean (+370) and Bob Marley’s Legend (+299%). On the singles side, Rihanna’s “Stay” topped the list, up 674%, followed by Maroon 5’s “Daylight” (+122%), Gotye’s “Somebody That I Used to Know” (+297%), Frank Ocean’s “Thinkin Bout You” (+267%), Jay Z & Kanye West’s “No Church in the Wild”…