Song BMG is no more. The 4 year partnership/merger ended when Sony recently bought out BMG’s interest in the company for….. $1.2 Billion. With declining recorded music sales, you would think it’s a dumb move. However, SONY is also acquiring the publishing companies, from which they can tap into for advertising campaigns (Playstation anyone??). Not only [...]
img source: http://www.mutemathweb.com MuteMath is one of my favorite bands and I’ve been anticipating their new album for a while now. I’m on the email list and have lately been getting emails about new vlogs on the recording of their new album. So obviously, I checked it out. What I really like about the new [...]
In a recent post by Bob Lefsetz, he mentioned the continued relevance of The Ramones. Everything he discusses revolves around how The Ramones built their sound and image (their brand) to a point where people still get into them years after their break-up. The key point he makes is they (and the estates of Joey, [...]
From Niches to the Mainstream. That has been the typical transition of properties for Modern Music. In every generation of humans, there has been a music, a style, a New Culture of ART that rises to become the cultural zeitgeist. In recent history it is easily traced. —don’t hold me to this crude breakdown. 50′s [...]
Personalizing Your Band Merch
img source=http://www.johnmayer.com/blog/scotty I was on John Mayer’s blog the other day and was reading a few post by a guy in his crew/entourage/some-sort-of-employed affiliation. All the recent posts were about the merch for the current summer tour. What’s interesting is they have city specific merch for the road. Most artists have shirts with the all [...]