A&R has changed drastically over the past several years. Access to independent artists has opened up so much in the digital age, removing many barriers of entry and giving record labels new ways to determine the next star they should sign. This is largely a positive thing for our...
Cary Sherman, who has served as chairman and CEO of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for seven years, after a 20-year tenure at the trade association, is retiring at the end of 2018 to be succeeded by Mitch Glazer. But before exiting his post, Sherman, a veteran...
The world is changing and so is the global music industry. Technological, social and political forces are transforming how we live and work. Young executives coming of age with social media and streaming are more connected than any previous generation. Old conventions are dying, new opportunities emerging, not since...
Last May 23, 2018, ASCAP honored our tremendously talented composers of TV, film, and video game music at the Screen Music Awards. A who’s who of scoring for screens small, silver and everything in between flocked to Beverly Hill for a night of dazzling performances, tender tributes, and appreciation...
Music production is a gateway to ignite the imaginations of young people at the intersection of education and technological innovation. Young people are programming and engineering every day – and they don’t even know it – by interacting with and creating music on digital platforms. These skills are what...
Michael Ugwu of West Africa, Sony Music Entertainment (Nigeria) said – “The next big thing will come from Africa.” Despite their incredible influence over lots of music styles all over the world African countries only represent 2% of the world music market. However, with the highest youth population and...
This year’s ASCAP Pop Awards was truly a night to remember. Lana Del Rey is all smiles as she hits the red carpet at the 2018 ASCAP Pop Music Awards held on Monday (April 23) in Beverly Hills, Calif. The 32-year-old Lust for Life singer was joined by The...
“I’m literally cleaning toilets by day, driving a van overnight to play a show,” Carly Pearce recounts on this week’s Soul Sisters podcast. The road to her current success was nine years long, she explained recently, starting at the age of 16, with when she convinced her parents to let...
Keith Urban, a premier songwriter, vocalist, musician and virtuoso guitarist, sat down with Scott Goldman, Vice President of the Grammy Museum, on Friday, March 16, 2018, for a discussion about his career, his creative process and how he stays connected in an isolating age. Urban has earned four Grammy...
A&R has changed drastically over the past several years. Access to independent artists has opened up so much in the digital age, removing many barriers of entry and giving record labels new ways to determine the next star they should sign. This is largely a positive thing for our...
Cary Sherman, who has served as chairman and CEO of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for seven years, after a 20-year tenure at the trade association, is retiring at the end of 2018 to be succeeded by Mitch Glazer. But before exiting his post, Sherman, a veteran...
The world is changing and so is the global music industry. Technological, social and political forces are transforming how we live and work. Young executives coming of age with social media and streaming are more connected than any previous generation. Old conventions are dying, new opportunities emerging, not since...
Last May 23, 2018, ASCAP honored our tremendously talented composers of TV, film, and video game music at the Screen Music Awards. A who’s who of scoring for screens small, silver and everything in between flocked to Beverly Hill for a night of dazzling performances, tender tributes, and appreciation...
Music production is a gateway to ignite the imaginations of young people at the intersection of education and technological innovation. Young people are programming and engineering every day – and they don’t even know it – by interacting with and creating music on digital platforms. These skills are what...
Michael Ugwu of West Africa, Sony Music Entertainment (Nigeria) said – “The next big thing will come from Africa.” Despite their incredible influence over lots of music styles all over the world African countries only represent 2% of the world music market. However, with the highest youth population and...
This year’s ASCAP Pop Awards was truly a night to remember. Lana Del Rey is all smiles as she hits the red carpet at the 2018 ASCAP Pop Music Awards held on Monday (April 23) in Beverly Hills, Calif. The 32-year-old Lust for Life singer was joined by The...
“I’m literally cleaning toilets by day, driving a van overnight to play a show,” Carly Pearce recounts on this week’s Soul Sisters podcast. The road to her current success was nine years long, she explained recently, starting at the age of 16, with when she convinced her parents to let...
Keith Urban, a premier songwriter, vocalist, musician and virtuoso guitarist, sat down with Scott Goldman, Vice President of the Grammy Museum, on Friday, March 16, 2018, for a discussion about his career, his creative process and how he stays connected in an isolating age. Urban has earned four Grammy...