Hip Hop producer 9th Wonder on his trip to London in April 2009. He talks to SoulCulture.co.uk about the art of sampling, why producers that sample are misunderstood by older generations, current work with Wale and David Banner – and why putting his face out there is so important now in an age where, often, […]

When you think of Pandora, you probably think about ‘music genomes’ or your favorite artist-targeted station. But here’s another association: seriously rich executives, all of whom are working diligently to pay artists less. Last week, we were tipped to a pattern of stock-dumping by founder Tim Westergren, to the tune of more than $9 million this year […]

“Forbes, the king of The “Richest ________ ” lists, has declared the King Of Pop, Michael Jackson, the top grossing dead musician of 2012. The post-1950′s era of rock and pop has been good to it’s most sucessful purveyers, with only one top grossing artist reaching back from the grave to earn $5 million or […]

At the beginning of 2013, Pandora will be ad-free for all Windows 8 owners throughout the entire year. I think this is a good marketing plan, but I am not sure how much it will drive sales. It is definitely a good start to create attention for the newest phone from Microsoft. I also wondered how they […]

A couple of weeks ago we highlighted a new feature that ASCAP was rolling out, it gives royalties to musicians for live shows. Today we have come across another company that aims to put money back in musician’s pockets. TuneSat was designed to help artist collect royalties for unlicensed music used on television.    ”Majority of uses of music on […]