Troy Carter blew Lady GaGa up into the biggest Pop Sensation in recent memory, but people tend to forget that she didn’t start out that way.  Stardom was not automatic.  She had to grind away just like everyone else, and she played more than her fair share of small gigs and as a support slot for bigger acts.  Through developing her career, Troy certainly has picked up pearls of…

Current Sony Music EVP and Senior Advisor to the Global Digital Business Group Kevin Arnold will serve as co-chair with Microsoft’s Christina Calio of NARM’s digitalmusic.org. Arnold founded IODA, which merged with The Orchard in 2012, growing the startup into one of the world’s largest digital distributors of independent music. “Having been a NARM participant since the early days of IODA, I’ve had a front row seat…

Veteran record exec Piero Giramonti has been named General Manager for Harvest Records by Capitol Records Group EVP Michelle Jubelirer. Giramonti will run the imprint as an independent label within the CRG system, integrating with Caroline. Giramonti was previously President of L.A.-based indie Dangerbird Records, and before than, SVP Global Marketing for Warner Bros. Records…

Guess the money really is in touring. Just moments after getting a raise and contract extension, Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino has purchased this $14.75 million mansion compound in the Brentwood section of Los Angeles. That’s right, compound: according to details and pictures from seller Partners Trust, the 52,399 square foot estate not only includes the stately manor…