Rapper David Banner is going direct to fans for support with the upcoming free (but please donate) release of Sex, Drugs & Video Games. In the process he’s attempting to show that urban artists can take control of their own music and media activities. The album includes such major artists as Lil Wayne and Chris [...]
Amazon’s 99 Cent Gaga Album Debate
Lady Gaga just dropped a new album and the music industry will be tainted forever because Amazon.com lost their minds by offering the whole album for $.99 per download. Want to know how bad this is… I will let a letter from Stephanie Smith sum it up and let you know what Billboard Magazine’s response [...]
Amazon Cloud, good or bad?
Now that Amazon has launched their cloud service, do you even know what to do with it? What will content and music publishers think of it? Let’s look deeper into the cloud…
The Musicians Guide To The 360 Record Deal
For the past few years, there has been quite a bit of talk of the ’360 deal’ and how it is becoming the new trend throughout the music industry, as major record labels attempt to rewrite the way they do business. Some see it as signing a pact with the devil, and others see it [...]
Do You Really Want To Sign With A Record Label?
Since you were a kid you always had dreams about one day being on stage in front of thousands of people and giving the performance of a lifetime. As you finish your last song the crowd goes crazy, standing ovation, fans running to the stage, albums sales thru the roof, talk shows, movies, commercials, clothing [...]
How To Submit Your Song To Hot 107.1
I get asked daily, “How do I get my song played at the station?” Well… it’s very simple. Mail it , drop it off, email it. I don’t think an artist needs to be in the room listening to the record with you, unless they want their feelings hurt. Nothing you can say or [...]
iLike – Major Music App
Let’s continue with sites you must have an account on if you’re an independent artist or label. iLike.com has slowly begun to dominate the music discovery platform and has developed into a full fledged music application on the web. Here’s more about iLike:
imeem
Now that all of you have hopefully created your last.fm account, it’s time for you to discover another great site to use to help promote your indie career. imeem is a social network that enables users to discover, interact and express themselves with media, including music, video and photos, and form connections based on shared [...]
Last.fm Still Overlooked by Hip-Hop Independent Artists
After sitting on a panel a few weeks ago at the Urban Network Conference in Memphis, I realized something… there are still way too many independent labels and artists who have no clue about options that are available to them to use if they have a limited or no budget at all. There are more [...]