Month: March 2013

Naughty By Nature On Sway In The Morning

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Itunes Charts

Lil Wayne’s brand-new Young Money/Cash Money album, I Am Not a Human Being II, which appears headed for a showdown next week with Justin Timberlake, topped the ubiquitous superstar on this morning’s iTunes chart, where he’s joined by Warner Bros. Nashville’s Blake Shelton, Columbia’s Depeche Mode,Interscope’s One Republic, RCA’s The Strokes along with preorders for Island’s Fall Out Boy and Columbia’s Daft Punk. On the singles side, Nick’s Ariana Grande rose to the #1…


The Money In Music Publishing

Music Publishing 101 Music publishing remains one of the most financially lucrative areas in the music business.” The Music Publishing Industry raked in $4.9 billion in revenue in 2011 according to the IBISworld Market Research Report. For the most part Music publishing is governed by U.S. copyright law. You actually own the copywrite of a…


Spotify Prepping Streaming Video Service To Rival Netflix?

It seems like spotify isn’t content with just music, now it has it’s eyes set on television and video, going up against video streaming giant Netflix.   Spotify is reportedly preparing to launch a streaming video service that may rival Netflix and other established players, unnamed sources have toldBusiness Insider. The unconfirmed report suggests the company…


ASCAP Plus Awards Gives Huge Payout

Artist pour their heart and soul into the music they make with hopes of being recognized on some platform at the end of the day. ASCAP made it a point to reach out to those artist this year, by giving a huge payout for 2013 thus far. More info below: The American Society of Composers,…


Shore Fire Media to Open Nashville Office

Shore Fire Media, the Brooklyn-based PR firm that counts Bruce Springsteen, David Bowie, Elvis Costello, Bon Iver and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, among its clients, is opening an office in Nashville. The company announced that Jacquelyn Marushka, a 14-year veteran of Sony Music Entertainment’s Provident Label Group, will head up the Nashville location as general…


YouTube ‘Glitch’ Removed K-Pop Videos Distributed by UMG

A technical error blocked a small percentage of YouTube videos from being accessed, including 4Minute’s “Ready Go” video on VEVO, which was still unavailable as of Monday afternoon. YouTube accidentally took down dozens of K-Pop music videos distributed by Universal Music Group Saturday evening, triggering fan outrage and online flash campaigns to restore the flicks….


Mixing Background Vocals – Into The Lair #63

In the 63rd Into The Lair, Dave Pensado shows some of his methods of mixing background vocals.


How I Wrote That Song 2012 – DJ Khaled, Collaboration

BMI presented “How I Wrote That Song”, its annual pre-Grammy event, today at The Key Club in West Hollywood. The panel featured RZA, the Grammy-winning founder of the Wu-Tang Clan; Joel and Benji Madden, co-founders of Good Charlotte; Rev Run, the Grammy-winning hip-hop icon; DJ Khaled, a multiple Grammy-nominee/producer/artist; and RedOne, a Grammy-winning songwriter/producer. The…


Nate “Danja” Hills Interview [Nodfactor.com]

Producer Nate Danja Hills talks about his working relationship with Timbaland and what he is using now to make beats.