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Excellent Music Wins
I consistently listen to most of the singles going for airplay at radio to keep up with what music and artists are out there in the trenches. Each time I do I shake my head in disbelief. There are typically … Continue reading
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Tagged Artists, Music, Music Business, Radio, singles, songs
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Relationships In The Music Industry
There is typically a common denominator between those people I highly respect in the music industry: Authenticity Humility How they treat other people in all levels of profession The music business is an amazing industry to be a part of, … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Music Business, Nashville
Tagged career, Music Business, music industry, relationships
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A Snapshot of Current Music Industry
From Vintage Vinyl News: The National Association of Recording Merchandisers (NARM) has released a report in association with Nielsen SoundScan on the current state of the recording industry. Highlights from the report: Digital music is now 40% of the total … Continue reading
EMI-WMG Finally Set for the Merge?
From Music Row by David Ross: What do Clear Channel and Terra Firma have in common? They both purchased assets that have declined greatly in value and as a result are struggling to satisfy debt loads that are difficult to … Continue reading
Irving Azoff And The “De-Monetization” Of The Music Industry
The following article from Business Week is a very telling sign. Is there any reason not to believe that artist management is now in the drivers seat for the music industry? A place where 360 deals are a natural part … Continue reading
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Tagged artist management, Artists, Business Week, concerts, Irving Azoff, marketing, Music, Music Business, touring
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Guest Blogger – Shaun Groves “If the Music Business Dies”
Artist Shaun Groves posted this piece on his web site blog. It’s some good stuff that every artist needs to read and understand. I appreciate him allowing me to re-post. The management company that represented icons Michael W. Smith and … Continue reading
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Tagged Artists, marketing, Music, Music Business, musician, Shaun Groves
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Booking Shows the Social Media Way
Although not utilized as much as they should be, house concerts are nothing new to the creative touring of new or emerging artists. What is new is using Twitter to facilitate the set up and booking of a house-concert-based, social-media-driven … Continue reading
Posted in Business/Marketing, Media & Entertainment, Music, Music Business, Technology
Tagged Artists, house concerts, Music, Music Business, Social Media, touring, Twitter
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The Rise and Fall of Indies on Music Row
It is frustrating to see more friends losing jobs as the result of independent labels closing or “restructuring”. It is even more maddening to hear the owners blame it on the economy when it is typically their own fault for having a … Continue reading
Posted in Music Business, Nashville
Tagged independent, Music, Music Business, music row, record labels
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Post CRS Thoughts
The 40th Country Radio Seminar started off in encouraging style with Seth Godin giving an intelligent and rousing keynote. He knows his stuff when it comes to the music and radio industries and he certainly knows how to engage in discussion … Continue reading
Posted in Business/Marketing, Music, Music Business
Tagged broadcasting, country music, Country Radio Seminar, CRS, digital, marketing, Music, Music Business, Radio
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Take a Breath and Reinvent
The music industry goes quiet for a couple of weeks. Other than Christmas tours, there isn’t much happening on the road. Radio is in Christmas music gear and as a result label radio promotion and marketing slows. Record companies are obviously hoping … Continue reading
Posted in Music Business, Radio, Technology
Tagged broadcasting, media, Music Business, music industry, Radio
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CRS 2009 Already Off to a Good Start
CRB recently announced that Seth Godin will keynote Country Radio Seminar 2009. In my opinion they could not have booked a better individual to kick off the seminar. Seth is not only a marketing and idea guru, he also is … Continue reading
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Tagged country music, marketing, Music Business, Radio, seth godin
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Artists – Lead Your Audience
The following is a from the Lefsetz blog about forming a tribe of fans and giving them what they want. That is, if the artist wants a career and for it to be about the music. The key is to do it … Continue reading
Digital Sales Surpass CDs at Atlantic
By TIM ARANGO THE NEW YORK TIMES Wednesday, November 26, 2008 Since MP3s first became popular a decade ago, music industry executives have obsessed over this question: when would digital music revenue finally surpass compact disc sales? For Atlantic Records, … Continue reading
2008 CMA Winners
To me the real winners of any awards show are the artists who can consistently pull off great performances or who bring something incredible to the program. My winners this year: George Strait, Keith Urban, Miranda Lambert, Kid Rock, Lady Antebellum, Darius Rucker, Carrie Underwood, and … Continue reading
Posted in Media & Entertainment, Music Business, Nashville
Tagged Artists, CMA Awards, country music, Music Business, Nashville
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CMA Week is Here
As artists, radio, and fans make the yearly trek to Nashville for the Country Music Association Awards, the future of the industry is on the minds of Music Row professionals. A CMA round table discussion took place last week and The … Continue reading
Wal-Mart Getting Rid of More Music
More indication that artists and labels need to have a marketing strategy that assumes Wal-Mart is not in the equation. From Home Media Magazine: Wal-Mart Stores is rapidly downsizing shelf space for music CDs while increasing availability of Blu-ray and … Continue reading
Looking for a Web Designer?
For those of you looking for an outstanding company for web site design, may I enthusiastically suggest WV Magic Design. They do amazing work for individuals and businesses. WV also have an incredible application for artist managers and tour managers. If you are in … Continue reading
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Tagged Music Business, Technology
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Radio and Records Rescue Plan
The always interesting and instructive Jerry Del Colliano at Inside Music Media has a few ideas for a radio and records industry bail out package: MUSIC INDUSTRY 1. Charge five cents (ten at the most) for all music downloads. That price … Continue reading
Where are the Women?
Last week Lon Helton in Country Aircheck posed the question, “Where are the women?”, in referring to the lack of female Country music artists that are finding chart success. Besides Taylor Swift and Carrie Underwood, the ladies of the Country … Continue reading
More From Digital Music Forum West
Another fine article from Wired as they covered the Digital Music Forum West last week. This go-round is about social networks, music discovery and recommendation services. A few morsels: – Radio is still an essential part of the marketing mix. … Continue reading
Posted in Media & Entertainment, Music Business, Technology
Tagged digital, Music, Music Business, Technology
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Power Shmower
I recently checked out the “Power” rankings in Country Aircheck. It is the issue that features the top 30 most powerful people in the radio and music industry as voted by Country Aircheck readers. Ten years ago I would have … Continue reading
The Power of Fans. The Innovation of Artists.
Another fine example of an artist creatively partnering with fans so the they can make music their fans want to not only hear, but play a part in. http://www.talkingmoonmusic.com Innovation and incentives impacting the future of the music industry. Previous related blog post
What do you do?
A good majority of people define themselves by what they do for a living. It is even more true in the music industry. We like the business because it is more of a lifestyle than a job. Since it is … Continue reading
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Tagged career, Life, lifestyle, Midas Records, Music Business, profession, Radio
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For The Record 