Everyone wants to know how to get in front of the eyes and ears of A&R, Managers, Agents, etc.  Each of those individuals are foundational members of the team around the band, but getting any or all to join your team is always the big challenge for any artist.  But, before you convince them to join your team, you got to get them in the room with you first!  This is exactly what one…

While it may have run its course from meme to lawsuit fodder, “Harlem Shake” still has some life left in it, or so hopes Warner Bros. Word just came through that the label has come to a distribution agreement with the song’s creator, Baauer, and his label, Mad Decent. WB has acquired worldwide distribution rights to the song, leaving…

While there was a lot of excitement on last week’s Billboard 200 thanks to the impact from the Grammy Awards, things get back to a (dreary) normal on this week’s tally. Mumford & Sons’ Babel remains at No. 1 for a fifth nonconsecutive week, but sells just 63,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. That’s down 66% compared…

Above, L-R: Songwriter Josh Kear, co-chair of the Congressional Songwriters Caucus Rep. Martha Blackburn, songwriter Dan Wilson and ASCAP president Paul Williams Yesterday, at the Rayburn House Office Building on Washington D.C.’s Independence Avenue, ASCAP and two multi-platinum songwriters — Dan Wilson and Josh Kear — made, and sung, their case to a room of Congress…

Hot on the heels of the announcement that American Idol alum Blake Lewis has inked a deal with Republic Records, the season six runner-up has released his new single, “Your Touch,” in a major advertising campaign as the soundtrack to Microsoft Internet Explorer’s “Explore Touch.” The new track, which Lewis describes as “future pop,” is…

Skylar Grey is putting the finishing touches on her debut Don’t Look Down with help from one of the biggest names in music, Eminem. In addition to appearing on the first single “C’mon Let Me Ride,” the Detroit rapper is executiveproducing the project. “He showed a lot of interest and support for my project,” the Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter told Rap-Up TV at the MySpace ChapStick…