2011 was a year of hit records, powerful female artists, the discovery of electronic dance music within the US, and more genre crossovers into the…
Aedhmar Hynes is a world leader in new media communications. As CEO of Text 100, she has won numerous prizes, and most recently the World…
Music publishers have long played an integral role in the careers of songwriters. Regardless of whether or not a songwriter is a developing talent or…
Google announced a new addition to its roster of digital offerings, Google Music. This long awaited service followed trials of its beta version (see MBJ,…
EMI, the British company, has been a driving force in the music industry since 1887, when Emile Berliner invented the Gramophone. Since then, EMI has…
The Mayans were partially right when they predicted something drastic would happen at the end of 2012. Yet even if the mystery of the world…
Kickstarter, a for-profit company that started in April 2009, broke into the “crowdfunding” market with a new take on financing projects in music, film, art,…
Auto-Tune is the reason why some pop stars sound amazing on a record but terrible in real life. It corrects pitch in a vocal performance…
A few months ago, Google lost patience with the major labels and launched its own license-free Music Beta Site, an annoyingly slow, song-by-song, upload locker…
On October 3rd 2011, the Supreme Court of the United States refused to hear the case of American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)…
Early in 2010, Ticketmaster, one of the largest ticket distribution companies merged with Live Nation, a top venue and concert promotion company. The merger caused…
The popularity of Deejay’s (DJ’s), house music, and rave-like parties has grown substantially over the recent years. Never since the late-eighties to early-nineties has house…
Facebook announced it’s highly anticipated integration of a variety of media services at its F8 conference last month, putting to rest months of speculation as…
Artists are one of the fundamental parts of the music industry. So much so they are the chicken to the egg of the business itself;…