In this clip from www.artistshousemusic.org – Bruce Allen, an artist manager, talks about his career and the artists he has managed. Bruce Allen is President of Bruce Allen Talent, an artist management firm based in Vancouver. He manages the careers of Bryan Adams, Anne Murray, Martina McBride, Michael Bublé and producer Bob Rock.

Once again iStandardProducers.com takes you ‘Behind The Rhymes’ and one step closer to the hit-making producers. In this episode, host and Co-founder of iStandard, J-Hatch sits down with Grammy nominated producers (for 50 Cent, Justin Bieber, Fantasia & More) and recording duo Midi Mafia (Bruce Wayne and Dirty Swift) during the iStandard Producer Showcase tour […]

Pharrell was honored with the Golden Note Award for his extraordinary contributions to music at the 25th Annual ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Music Awards in Beverly Hills on Friday. Following congratulatory messages from his collaborators including No Doubt, Snoop Dogg, Ludacris, and Pusha T, the humble hitmaker accepted the award with his parents, protégée Leah […]

There is a fabulous feature that will help you highlight the things that happen throughout your life an career that you would like to post onto your Facebook Page.   This is a phenomenal tool for going back in time and recording important things in the history of your personal life, your band life, or […]

Recently I read a good article by Stephen Carmichael on Music Think Tank called “How Google And Search Engine Optimization Changed The Music Industry.” In it he puts forth the premise that search engine optimization has changed music because it emphasizes good SEO technique as a means for high search ranking, which in turn means that “quality music” usually […]

Via Billboard: This year will mark the first time digital distribution revenue will overtake physical distribution in U.S. music sales, according to Pricewaterhouse Coopers’ Entertainment & Media Outlook 2012-2016, issued Tuesday. The continued rise of subscription-based streaming music services and digital downloads are projected to help the U.S. music market rise to $19.8 billion by 2016, […]

You don’t need a fancy report to tell you this. Just look at what’s happened to the so-called ‘indie digital distribution’ space for ample evidence of major label domination.  The Orchard now features a massive ownership share by Sony Music, INgrooves Fontana is substantially owned by Universal Music Group, and once-indies like IODA and Iris Distribution have been swallowed […]