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Writing songs in the jungles of Ubud on Bali, Indonesia

Writing songs in the jungles of Ubud on Bali, Indonesia Producer/writer/publisher Ricky Rick sent us this one to remind us that sometimes your environment can make all the difference to your inspiration. Lost in the jungles of beautiful Ubud on the Indonesian island of Bali, Ricky writes “a week on Bali is more productive and inspirational…

ByPMMJuly 21, 20140Comments

Insights

Amazon Launches Spotify Competitor

Amazon launches Spotify Competitor eCommerce giant Amazon launched a music streaming service that will compete head-on with Spotify, Pandora, Beats Music and Apple. With its Kindle tablets, Amazon has shown its ability to sell premium content in other categories such as books, film and TV successfully to its customers. As music streaming is becoming more…

ByPMMJune 12, 20140Comments

Insights

The Future of Music Licensing

Top executives discuss the present and future issues in music licensing at MIDEM. Key trends and their impact on the music business.

ByPMMFebruary 3, 20140Comments

Music

Million Dollar Hip Hop Beats

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?

ByPMMFebruary 1, 20140Comments

People Record Producer

Record Producer Darkchild & Lady Gaga

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…

ByPMMJune 1, 20130Comments

Photos

Inspiration in the morning

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.

ByPMMMarch 1, 20130Comments

People Record Producer

The Hit Factory: The Stock Aitken & Waterman Story

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…

ByPMMAugust 6, 20120Comments

How To

Music Publishing Explained

Music Publishing Explained Watch this quick primer on music publishing.

ByPMMAugust 2, 20120Comments

How To

How record producers make $100,000 in 5 minutes

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…

ByPMMJune 1, 20120Comments

Music

Can niche and novelty songs make millions?

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…

ByPMMMay 1, 20120Comments

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