image credits: www.drownedmadonna.com/ So you may have heard of this Katy Perry girl who’s being talked up because of her catchy single, “I kissed a girl”. Apparently Perez got the buzz going on her and now she’s popping up everywhere. Good for her….. but let’s talk about the point of this post. Industry Analyst extrordinaire, [...]
By now, those who know what’s going on in the industry know all about 360 deals. The deal where the label gets a piece of the pie from every (or many) revenue streams an artist makes. Some artists and managers are angered since the Majors have built a reputation for making most of the money [...]
In the age of digital downloads, the cover art displayed on your Ipod really doesn’t cut it. If you really are a music fan and want to experience an album, the artwork and the liner notes really help give you that experience. CD’s never really were able to deliver a worthwhile experience. Vinyl, on the [...]
Today I heard some great news. Elton John is coming to Saskatoon. Although he has been to Saskatoon before, this is more then a one off show. Elton is doing 3 dates in our humble Prairie Province. 3 Dates! Thats more then Alberta and Manitoba are getting. Provinces with 3 times our population. So why [...]
Jermaine Dupri, The guy is the industry heavy-weight who brought you Kriss Kross (if you don’t know what I’m talking about, I’m probably older than you. I was digging that cassette tape back in elementary school…good times). He is now the president of Island Def Jam’s Urban Division. Recently, he sat down with Forbes Magazine [...]
Clive Davis-Long Time Record Industry Vet Artists and record labels have been clashing since forever. If an album doesn’t sell well, the artist blames the record label and the record label blames the artist. Every case is different. An artist who sells well the first time around will be expected (by the label) to sell [...]
As digital music and music services like Rhapsody grow, you’ll want to track how well you are doing in the digital landscape. How well are you doing on YouTube, or Itunes, or on Myspace? Could you be doing better? Can you really tell where you should be focusing? Well this is where Big Champagne comes [...]
We all know Madonna is known for constantly reinventing herself. That’s what she does. She wants to stay relevant in the sea of popular music. I’m not a fan of her music really, but I do respect her ability to stay relevant and her distaste for being complacent. Not wanting to let that reputation faulter, [...]
In a deal that makes a lot of sense at this point in time, Groove Armada (Electronic/experimental/funk), has left their home at Sony BMG, for a….Rum company??? That’s right, corporations (that aren’t record labels) are signing bands and offering new types of deals. In the article, the deal is Bacardi will fund recording, promote the [...]
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 [...]