Behind The Beat w/ Sound M.O.B. & Kirko Bangz – “Drank In My Cup
Sound M.O.B. Presents Behind The Beat: Kirko Bangz “Drank In My Cup” Pyro, DJ Ryu, & Kirko Bangz take you behind the scenes & into the creative process of the #1 smash hit single “Drank In My Cup” #1 for 8 weeks in a row on Billboard & Radio charts… Gold-plus Selling Single
Wobble Bass Logic Tutorial (pt 1) – ES2 / LFO / Environment
http://www.pointblankonline.net/courses/logic-courses.php This tutorial is the first in a two part mini series exploring the capability in Logic Pro of being able to design your own custom controller, in this case, for controlling an LFO filter cut-off wobble bass. You will learn how to read the signals sent from plug-ins, and build and adapt faders utilising the […]
Adele’s ’21′ Earns XL Records $67 Million Profit
After spending 79 weeks in the Top 10, and 24 of those at Number One, Adele’s 21 brought in nearly $67 million in profits to its record label XL, the New York Times reports. The 18 million copies that 21 sold worldwide last year helped XL rake in $181 million in revenue in 2011, a nearly 400 percent increase from […]
iTunes Top 10 Singles & Albums
Taylor Swift has three of the Top 10 on today’s iTunes Singles round-down, including the top two, with Red slated for release next Monday (10/22). The country pop star owns the #1 (“State of Grace”), #2 (“I Knew You Were Trouble”) and #9 (“We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”) slots. The rest of the Top 10 includes PSY’s “Gangnam Style” […]
U.K. indie record label XL’s Huge Year
U.K. indie record label XL’s profits climbed to a whopping $67 million in profits in 2011, thanks to Adele’s blockbuster 21 album, now approaching 10 million in sales in the U.S. and more than 24 million worldwide, as reported in U.K. trade Music Week. According to company filings, XL’s bank balance climbed from £3m to £32m ($51.4 million) during the […]
ASCAP To Honor Tameka “Tiny” Harris For 20 Year Songwriting Contribution
On October 19th, ASCAP will honor Tiny for her contributions as a songwriter. This is apart of the Annual ASCAP Presents…..Women Behind The Music Series. As you know Tiny was behind many huge hits when she was with 90s group Xscape. She was also the brains behind “No Scrubs” (TLC) along with Kandi Burruss. “We created the Women […]
Pandora: We’re Paying Several Artists More Than $2 Million a Year
That’s according to Pandora founder Tim Westergren, who was stumping for lower royalty rates on Tuesday in San Francisco. And part of his complicated pitch was that successful artists are making a lot of money off the Pandora platform. ”There are artists making more than $2 million from Pandora,” Westegren told attendees at SF Music Tech […]
TheGrill_IRVING AZOFF AND JUDD APATOW
Add Live Nation chairman Irving Azoff to the list of people who think it’s harder, not easier, for artists to make it in the music business these days. And according to Azoff, part of the problem is that it’s easier to make music than ever before, with less monetization, a stark contrast to the ‘golden age’ […]
Songwriters May Never See a Dime from Apple’s New Music Service
The following guest post comes from longtime music industry attorney Steve Gordon. If Apple wants to launch their much anticipated, Pandora-like music service, they must negotiate directly withSony/ATV for public performance rights. That’s the word on the street, and if true, a dangerous turn of events. The reason is that until recently, performing rights organizations […]