Key players from major music companies, such as Warner Music, Orchard, Kickstarter and Sacem, discuss the modern music industry environment. Hear the experts discuss how and why going global helps artists become more successful and make it big!
How To
What does it take to build an artist's career these days? Hear the views of A&R's, artists and managers in this fascinating MIDEM panel.
What are the new music licensing hubs and solutions that make things easier for people to license music? Check out this interesting MIDEM panel on how record labels and music publishers approach music licensing and what modern music licensing solutions they use.
How to Start a Record Label
Have you ever wondered how to start a record label? In this fantastic one hour panel of experts from the 2011 edition of MIDEM, watch various labels share their secrets of success. The panel of experts includes senior execs from Sweden, Japan, US, UK and France who weigh in with…
Independent Record Release and Promotion
In this great interview, Stanford University president interviews artist Chamillionaire on how to best go about an independent record release and promotion.
How to Identify Music Licensing Partners
One good way to get more music licensing opportunities is to work through music publishers, sync placement and music library companies. This video gives you a quick overview of how to best qualify them to make sure they are a good match for you.
Who's Investing in Music?
Many major labels report that only 10% to 20% of their investments in new artists are profitable. That means that 80% to 90% of the time, major record labels loose money.
To make matters worse, the recorded music industry overall is experiencing a significant decline, shrinking from $35 billion in revenues…
How to build an Artist's Career
Here's some cutting-edge advice on how to go about building an artist's career with an expert panel at last year's MIDEM show. Some great insights.
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…