Trends In the Music Industry

Trends In the Music Industry Watch a great interview of artist manager Scooter Braun and Live Nation' CEO Michael Rapino about the trends in the music industry. While the revenues of the recorded music industry have been declining, revenues in the live event industry have actually increased over the past decade.

ByPMMNovember 18, 20140Comments

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Interview With The Guy Who Killed The Music Industry

Interview With The Guy Who Killed The Music Industry Did Napster co-founder Sean Parker kill the music industry by facilitating the illegal downloading of music via P2P? Here he is more than a decade and a few hundred million dollars in his pocket later talking about his latest start-up forays. Should we love him or…

ByPMMNovember 18, 20140Comments

Artist People

Rapper 50 Cent Thinks Like a Harvard Businessman

Rapper 50 Cent Thinks Like a Harvard Businessman In this interesting interview, Hip Hop artist and rapper 50 Cent (aka Curtis Jackson) talks about his future plans as an entrepreneur and philanthropist. What's interesting about this interview is that many artists are actively expanding their activities beyond music and record sales, particularly as revenues…

ByPMMNovember 18, 20140Comments

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Is Taylor Swift The Smartest Person In Music?

Is Taylor Swift The Smartest Person In Music? Maybe an exaggeration, but Taylor Swift certainly got attention when she pulled her catalogue from various streaming music services in protest of the low royalties being paid.

ByPMMNovember 15, 20140Comments

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DJ David Guetta Teaching Record Production

In this video hear superstar DJ and record producer David Guetta teach his secret record production techniques. Born as Pierre David Guetta on November 7, 1967 and better known as just David Guetta, he is one of today's foremost DJ's and Pop/Dance record producers. But his rise to global acclaim took quite some time. What few people…

ByPMMOctober 24, 20140Comments

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Multiplatinum record producer Skip Saylor about his career

Hear multi-platinum winning record producer talk about his career in the music business. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOE31MwJbw8&feature=youtu.be

ByPMMOctober 23, 20140Comments

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Legendary Producers Denniz PoP and Max Martin

See the legendary producers, the late Denniz Pop and Max Martin in the studio in this video clip.Below also a tongue-in-cheek profile of the very secretive Max Martin who went to make more than $250 million from his songwriting:

ByPMMOctober 23, 20140Comments

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How to get a record deal

How to get a record deal How does one go about getting a record deal? If you've followed American Idol or any other talent competition, you've seen the tens of thousands of aspiring and sometimes multi-talented singers waiting sometimes days to endure a grueling audition. As some industry insiders would tell you, that's the "easy…

ByPMMOctober 6, 20140Comments

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The Music Industry Is About To Change…

The last 30 years reshaped the music business in a way we never could have imagined. Music as a product changed dramatically (e.g. from LPs to MP3s) and the ups and downs in worldwide sales would make the most hardened theme park visitor queasy. Nonetheless, we have yet to experience the biggest switchback on this…

ByPMMOctober 4, 20140Comments