Top executives discuss the present and future issues in music licensing at MIDEM. Key trends and their impact on the music business.
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Ladies and Gentlemen: Mr. Scott Storch graces the world with a couple of beats waiting for toplines. Scott is known for having composed and produced hits for Beyonce, 50 Cent, Snoop Dogg, and many others.
Are your beats as good as Scott’s?
Watch record producer 'DarkChild' Rodney Jerkins with recording artist Lady Gaga
Rodney Jerkins, also known as Darkchild, is one of the world’s top Urban record producers. In this very special video, we have the 37-year old multi-instrumentalist jam with Lady Gaga as they put the finishing touches on what was to become the huge international…
There’s absolutely no reason to wake up at 5 am in the morning ever. Except maybe to witness one of the most stunning sunrises you could experience on the shores of Thailand’s beautiful island of Ko Samui.
If that isn’t inspiration to start your creative day early, I don’t know what is.
The Hit Factory: The Stock Aitken & Waterman Story
Check out this brilliant documentary charting the success of Mike Stock, Matt Aitken and Pete Waterman, the songwriting and record-producing trio who scored more than 100 top 40 hits in the 1980s and 90s, including a string of number ones, with acts including Kylie Minogue, Jason…
How record producers make $100,000 in 5 minutes
Watch superstar record producer JR Totem produce a cool beat in a couple of minutes.
If he ends-up producing a beat that hooks a top artist, he could potentially score a $100,000+ production gig for himself. Not bad for 5 minutes, don’t you think?
JR…
Can niche and novelty songs make millions?
Who would have known that this Queen classic “We will rock you” would become an international evergreen that would be played at Sports stadiums around the world every single day? Indeed, there’s a huge market for Sports-related songs that accompany the big sports events, particularly the FIFA World…
At the end of every January, the leaders of the global music industry escape to the South of France to meet and mingle at MIDEM.
MIDEM is the largest music industry conference, organized by the good folks at Reed Exhibitions.
We saved some of our photos. Of course, we can’t remember who all of these…
Can you compete with this killer demo?
This Ryan Tedder song was rumored to have been shortlisted for Rihanna. I am posting it here, so you can hear the quality of the “demos” that Ryan produces before he pitches his songs to A&R’s and artists. Again, your demos have to be at this level, if…