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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

People Record Producer

Record Producer Scott Storch on discovering a new sound

Scott Storch as a Dance Music Producer? What would you do if were are already at the top of the music industry? Multi-platinum winning record producer Scott Storch (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Storch) is one of the top 10 record producers in the Urban world, producing the likes of 50 Cent, Beyonce, Justin Timberlake and many others. As he got…

ByPMMMay 16, 20140Comments

Tools

Review of Song Tipsheet SongQuarters

Review of the Song Tipsheet SongQuarters By David Goldstein When you're ready to take the training wheels off your bicycle, SongQuarters (http://www.songquarters.com) is probably the next best song tipsheet semi-professional and professional songwriters and record producers upgrade to. Like the grandpa of song tipsheets Songlink, SongQuarters features dozens of solicited song placement opportunities in any…

ByPMMMarch 1, 20140Comments

Insights

Will Spotify save or kill the music industry?

Will Spotify save or kill the music industry? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9HTRchis1Y&feature=youtu.be Love it or hate it, music streaming is here to stay. Spotify has pioneered another legal alternative to piracy - advertising-funded and paid subscription-based music streaming. Alas, the royalty rates for music streaming are much lower than for downloads and CD's, so it's not exactly an apple-for-apple…

ByPMMFebruary 8, 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

How To

Music Placements That Seem Never Out Of Place

Music Placements That Seem Never Out Of Place There are some things common to all human beings, regardless of gender, nationality, upbringing, cultural or religious beliefs: a sense of humor, a desire for communication, love and security, a taste for good food, a handful of embarrassing moments and at least one time in our lives…

ByPMMFebruary 1, 20140Comments

How To

Music Licensing in Bollywood

Music Licensing in Bollywood It is hardly a trade secret that the Indian film industry, or Bollywood, as it is practically universally-known, is one of the fastest growing and most successful film industries on the planet – India actually overtook America as the world’s most prolific film producer back in the 1970s. Bollywood film producers…

ByPMMJanuary 1, 20140Comments

Publishers & Managers

Universal Music Publishing A&R Pelle Lidell

Superstar Universal Music Publishing A&R Pelle Lidell Universal Music Publishing A&R Pelle Lidell is a legend in his own right. Having worked with superstar record producers like Bloodshy & Avant, Paul Rein, Anders Bagge and many others, the Swede has one of the very best track record in terms of songplugging and setting-up co-writes for…

ByPMMJanuary 1, 20140Comments

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Writing songs in the jungles of Ubud on Bali, Indonesia

Amazon Launches Spotify Competitor

Record Producer Scott Storch on discovering a new sound

Review of Song Tipsheet SongQuarters

Will Spotify save or kill the music industry?

The Future of Music Licensing

Million Dollar Hip Hop Beats

Music Placements That Seem Never Out Of Place

Music Licensing in Bollywood

Universal Music Publishing A&R Pelle Lidell

Sting on overcoming writer’s block

will.i.am on the music business

Justin Bieber in the studio