Here is what I have learned over the last year from my own experience and from leaders and pioneers of this new internet music scene. Here are my current 10 Commandments to reach the goal: Getting Known and Being Paid through the Internet.
The only territory worth exploring as an artist is the area without the map – the place where you need to lead the way. Art is about the new, the fresh, the exciting.
The article by Chris Purifoy, Co-founder of the Restoring Music Foundation, and is based upon a crowdsourced research document titled, “Defining the Music Industry Crisis.”
The independent musician of today is going to need to be dependent on press, reviews, interviews and stories on everything from real magazines to web magazines, review sites to reviewer blogs and everywhere in between.
SoundCloud today announced it has reached 10 million registered users. The company had an increase of over seven million users since January 2011, and will see one million new members joining in January.
The RIAA is fast becoming reclusive; meanwhile, Katy Perry is anything but.
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is ruffling feathers at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES). The background to this specific debate is the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), which came into force in October 2011.
DJ Tiësto’s gig last night at XS Nightclub in Los Angeles was the first to be broadcast live on Twitter.
As a music manager I frequently get confronted with the question if I am pro or against illegal and/or free music download and streaming…
