This site is a blog for musicians and music industry people. It is a free educational resource and it is also the way I advertise my music consulting services. I am an entertainment professional with deep roots in the music industry. Throughout my music career I have been a major label A&R representative, a music supervisor, an artist manager, a reality show producer, a bass player and the head of a digital record label.
Laurie Jakobsen, founder of Jaybird Communications, talks about the qualities artists and tech entrepreneurs need to have to be successful and tips for artists hoping to better communicate about their brand.
Reports tracked Hadopi’s successful implementation of anti-piracy laws in France, the RIAA claimed the music industry is still collapsing and controversy erupted as the EMI split is finalized.
Producer Lou Giordano talks about his music career and delivers some sound advice for artists that want to find a skilled producer to help them put together a high-quality record.
Spotify heralded as a necessary evil for artists and labels, MySpace’s new Internet radio player increased its registered users and Kodak’s recent fall provided a dire lesson for the music industry about failure to adapt to new technologies.
Kristin Bredimus, VP of Community & Artist Relations at OurStage talks about how the platform can help musicians find opportunities and delivers some advice about building a loyal fan base.
Vevo’s real benefit to the artists and publishers was analyzed, Noel Gallagher and industry analysts explored the fall of popular bands and the RIAA president criticized Google and Wikipedia for anti-SOPA action.
Entertainment attorney Barry Heyman shares a recent article he wrote about upcoming changes in the Copyright Act and what these changes mean for the music industry.
Trent Reznor discussed film scoring and the future of the business, a new study revealed industry profitability in the past decade and a label executive objected to the EMI merger.
