Music Industry

How to Get a Record Deal
How to get a record deal is a very frequently asked question by most up coming artists. There are various ways and methods that one can resort to in order to obtain a record deal. The following article is a column to the query 'How to get a record deal'.

How to Become a Musician
How to become a musician?, is one of the most difficult questions that has been asked of me. The reason it is so difficult is that, it is among the questions that tend to have no concrete answer. In the following article, I have made an attempt to answer the question 'how to become a musician'.

How to Start Your Own Record Label
If you're a lover of music in any form and wish to take initiative to become a major player in the record label industry, read on to learn how to start and run your own record label.

Getting a Record Deal
Getting a record deal is the most important aim of a musical band. This article centers on how to get a record deal.

Music Industry: One Hit Wonders
The music industry has had its share of newbies along with talented singers and musicians as well. When expectations were raised, few hardly ever lived up to it. Here’s a look at some one hit wonders that caused a sensation but did not really manage to repeat their success story.

Music Industry: Boy Bands
The music industry and the pop segment could never be complete without the mention of boy bands. Here is a list of some hottest boy band groups that were really drool-worthy in all respects.

Should New Scottish Bands Opt for Record Labels or Not
Why are young bands still chasing record deals.

Digital Music Ruling Ends Apple's Threat to Shut Down Itunes
Panel of US judges has decided to freeze the amount of royalties paid to songwriters for downloaded tracks

Importance of Music Managers
The part of music managers in music artist life – Helping artist in their important decisions and by that minimizing mistakes and set backs that lack of experience can cause.

Do You Need a Record Deal?
Can SEO be used to get new music to the masses?

Voting With Dollars
This article discusses what music fans pay for when they buy a new music album. Apparently, it isn't just the music.

Achieve High End Sound and Quality in Digital Music With Any Audio Player
With today's digital technology, is music really being listened to? The level of quality that often times is being transmitted to you, is not at all how the artist pictured you hearing their musical masterpiece. Oftentimes, we don't even think twice about the quality of music that we are listening to and there is something to be said about quality audio. Even in today's digital world, high end sound can be made possible.

Has the Music Industry Shifted
What is an artist to do when people no longer pay $19.99 for a compact disc? Driving down the road the other day, while listening to the satellite radio, I wondered, why anyone even purchased over priced CD’s from the record store at all?

Age No Bar As Baby Boomers Rock the Music Industry
The latest US research shows baby boomers and beyond now account for the largest share of music buyers.

Develop Music Industry Skills Through Music Forums
Music message boards can be used as a growing and learning experience for music artist development. This article explores the ways to make forum usage highly productive in the marketing of the artist’s brand, and to their greatest advantage.

Why Artist Development Makes A Difference
The Internet has had an enormous change on the music industry and those that create the music. This has created fascinating possibilities and tremendous opportunities of exposure for bands and music artists across the world. This also raises many questions for undiscovered talent to be heard above the clamoring din.

ABC's of the Music Industry
Before you decide to enter the Music Industry, learn what you are getting into. The Music Industry is all about making money!

Monte Carlo Carnivale Decadence, Maui Writers Retreat, indiegate.com Music Conference Highlight August Show Business Industry Events
News and Networking Events Covering the Media and Show Business Industry for this Month from The Actor's Checklist News & Events page.

Music Industry Victory Will Spark File-sharing Lawsuits
The entertainment industry yesterday scored a landmark victory in its effort to crack down on the illegal file-sharing of music and films.

Artists Who Demand Freedom From Record Labels Go on to Produce Rubbish
Alexis Petridis: Artists who demand freedom from record labels go on to produce rubbish. A new union was launched last week. However, before you rise to applaud the plucky souls giving a voice to the exploited workers of Britain, it's probably worth pointing out that it is aimed at furthering the rights of that legendarily downtrodden member of society - the rock star.

US Music Industry Sues 261 for Online Song Copying
A 12-year-old girl in New York, a professor at Yale University and an elderly man in Texas who rarely uses his computer have been included in the first wave of civil actions against people accused of illegally sharing songs on the internet. The Recording Industry Association of America,...

Music Industry Hails Drop in Piracy
The music industry yesterday cautiously welcomed a drop in the number of people illicitly swapping music files over the internet, weeks after users were threatened with legal action in the US. The online audience measuring service, Nielsen NetRatings, said traffic on the leading...

US Music Industry to Sue Individuals in Drive Against Net Piracy
The American recording industry yesterday threatened to take legal action against individuals for illegal file sharing of music, opening a new front in the war against online piracy. The threat will send a chilling message that the industry is no longer content with chasing file-sharing...

Alicia Scores Keys to the Music Industry
Soul prodigy Alicia Keys emerged as queen of the US music industry last night when she won five Grammy awards, including the coveted song of the year and best new artist prizes.