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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

A&R’s & Music Supervisors People

Music Supervisor Gary Calamar

Music Supervisor Gary Calamar For most of us, music is a pleasant addition to our daily events, a concentrated expression of our own feelings and a pretty revealing source of information regarding our attitudes and individual tastes. The songs that fill up your iPod are very much a personal statement and they delineate a specific…

ByPMMJune 1, 20120Comments

A&R’s & Music Supervisors People

Film Score Supervisor Amanda Street

Score Supervisor Amanda Street Amanda Street is score music supervisor and composer agent at DNA Music Ltd. in London. Her work includes score music supervision on major motion pictures, such as Anand Tucker's 'And When Did You Last See Your Father?' (starringColin Firth and Jim Broadbent) for Number 9 Films / FilmFour (Sony Picture Classics / Disney), Tucker’s 'Shopgirl' (starring Steve Martin and Claire Danes) for…

ByPMMMay 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

How To

Are your demo vocalists good enough?

Are you demo vocalists good enough? Knowing how to record tight vocals is key for a quality song demo. Do you know when a singer goes flat or sharp? This little YouTube video tutorial is a nice little reminder of what it means. When it comes to producing quality recordings of your songs, make sure you…

ByPMMMay 1, 20120Comments

A&R’s & Music Supervisors People

Music Supervisor Lindsay Wolfington

Music Supervisor Lindsay Wolfington Music has become, more than ever, human kind's magical ointment; it heals us in times of grief, provides hope in times of despair and makes the smile on our face widen considerably in the presence of the small,yet so enjoyable things in life. Music is no longer a complicated, tragic opera…

ByPMMMay 1, 20120Comments

Photos

The faces of MIDEM – the largest music industry conference in Cannes

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…

ByPMMMay 1, 20120Comments

A&R’s & Music Supervisors People

Music Supervisor Adam Swart

Music Supervisor Adam Swart We sat down with Adam Swart who is the music coordinator and co-supervisor at music supervision and consulting firm 35Sound in Los Angeles, California. Together with his partner and veteran music supervisor G. Marq Roswell, who founded 35Sound, Adam handles music supervision projects ranging from TV, and documentaries to major…

ByPMMApril 1, 20120Comments

Music

Gonna Fly Now

Gonna Fly Now This iconic song was never a radio chart hit or best-selling single. But the Bill Conti song “Gonna Fly Now” has a huge fan following in its own right. Best known as the theme song to the Oscar-winning movie “Rocky” starring Sylvester Stallone, this song has an inspirational power to those who…

ByPMMApril 1, 20120Comments

How To

Can you compete with this killer demo?

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…

ByPMMApril 1, 20120Comments

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How record producers make $100,000 in 5 minutes

Music Supervisor Gary Calamar

Film Score Supervisor Amanda Street

Can niche and novelty songs make millions?

Are your demo vocalists good enough?

Music Supervisor Lindsay Wolfington

The faces of MIDEM – the largest music industry conference in Cannes

Music Supervisor Adam Swart

Gonna Fly Now

Can you compete with this killer demo?

Sting on overcoming writer’s block

will.i.am on the music business

Justin Bieber in the studio