Music Supervisor Ron Proulx

Music Supervisor Ron Proulx Music Supervisor Ron Proulx has been around the block and knows a thing or two about the music business. As a former Music Editor, Producer, Indie Label Owner, Publicist, Negotiator, Business Affairs and General Manager, Budgeter, Composer, Songwriter, Ron has done his share of work in the industry, so much so,…

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Confessions

Pitching song demos to A&R’s

How good do your song demos have to be before you can pitch them to A&R’s? By David Goldstein. If your song demos sound like demos, don’t pitch them to A&R’s. Seriously, if you’re not investing serious time and money into producing world-class, master-quality recordings of your songs, quit the music business. You won’t make…

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Photos

And where will you be writing your next hit song?

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Publishers & Managers

Sony/ATV Music Publishing Executive Jody Gerson

Sony/ATV music publishing executive Jody Gerson Former incubus manager Stevie Rennie (aka Renman) interviews Sony/ATV music publishing executive Jody Gerson. In this fascinating interview, she shares her story of how she broke into the music publishing business and became a music publisher.

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A&R’s & Music Supervisors People

Elektra record label president Jeff Castelaz on how to get a record deal

Elektra record label president Jeff Castelaz on how to get a record deal Forget about the fairy tale that you heard about. Getting the record deal is not the goal. It’s just the very beginning. That’s when the real hard work starts. The record deal is not what it used to be, and record labels certainly…

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Artist People

Justin Bieber in the studio

Justin Bieber in the studio This kid got talent. No doubt. In this behind-the-scenes clip you see Justin Bieber lay down the lead and some of the harmonies for his hit song “As Long As You Love Me”. Superstar producer Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins is guiding the young enigma through the motions. Very cool. http://youtu.be/lv3KB4SFaMg

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A&R’s & Music Supervisors People

Film Director Mark David and Film Score Composer Joseph Blaustein

Film Director Mark David and Film Score Composer Joseph Blaustein The guys over at MyHitonline conducted this pretty cool interview with film director Mark David and his partner-in-crime and film score composer Joseph Blaustein. We thought we would share the video series with you: Film Director Mark David: I…

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Confessions People Record Producer

Are you really a record producer?

Are you really a record producer? Hear songwriter and record producer Rico Love (Beyonce, Usher, Nelly) give us an earful on what it means to be a real record producer. Just producing an instrumental backing track is not enough. You have to guide the whole process from start to the very finish, and provide creative…

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Tools

Review of the Taxi A&R Music Placement Service

Review of the Taxi A&R Music Placement Service by David Goldstein The US-based Taxi A&R music placement service (www.taxi.com) is probably the grandfather of music placement services out there. Founded in 1992 by Michael Laskow, Taxi specializes in solicited leads for recording artists, commercials and also film and television. What’s special about the Taxi…

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