Kennedy also spoke about the “myth” that artists no longer need record labels, and challenged anyone to name a new act that had broken through to become a major success without the support of a label.
“It’s becoming more and more difficult to sustain that level of investment given the problems [music piracy] we face,” he said.
It can even be positive for an artist to be dropped and successfully re-focus on a career with another label, Smith commented.
“The industry does recycle artists,” he said. “Often the best thing that can happen to an artist is to be dropped.”
Greg Sandoval over at CNET is reporting that some new music artists are rebelling against partaking in online social media activities.
Their reasoning…?
…That they are artists who make and perform music and are not interested in (or shouldn’t be responsible for) telling you what they are doing every 10 minutes on Twitter. It’s simply not why they signed to the label.
“I was shocked to find out how many twentysomethings aren’t interested in social networking,” said Cameo Carlson, a former iTunes executive who is now executive vice president at Universal Motown Republic Group.
“There may be some indie hipper-than-thou artists who want to let the music speak for itself,” Glass said on Friday. “They are probably not for us. We believe an artist has a responsibility to communicate with their audience…We embrace the world of technology and the vast improvements in communication.”
Because tons of other Web sites (especially online social networks) implement news feeds that dynamically pull info about users into one, or several, activity streams.
And Twitter would perhaps be the largest offender in infringing upon this patent as the wording of the patent awarded to Facebook is quite clear on what feed technology it covers:
“Dynamically providing a news feed about a user of a social network”
London area writer/producer/engineer, Gary Bromham has worked with many well-known artists such as Sheryl Crowe, Editors and Graham Coxon and is dropping pure knowledge over at Propellerhead Software’s “Record U.”
In this entry Gary discusses proper mic selection.
Article Excerpt:
Usually, and in a very short space of time, an engineer has to decide which mic, signal path (preamp, compressor eq etc) to use, set the correct level for recording and headphone balance, create the right atmosphere for singing and generally be subjected to, at best, minor grunts, at worst verbal abuse until the penny drops! Vocalists are a sensitive bunch and need nurturing, cuddling and whatever else it takes to make them feel like a supertar!
London area writer/producer/engineer, Gary Bromham has worked with many well-known artists such as Sheryl Crowe, Editors and Graham Coxon and is dropping pure knowledge over at Propellerhead Software’s “Record U.”
In this entry Gary discusses prepping a room for recording sound. So no matter how large, small, or awkward your space might be, this info is invaluable.
When putting together a home studio, it is very easy to spend sometimes large sums of money buying equipment, and then to neglect the most important aspect of the sound; namely the environment set up and used for recording. No matter how much we spend on computers, speakers, guitars, keyboards or amps etc., we have to give priority to the space in which they are recorded.
Local news station KHOU Houston (Channel 11) reports on the collapse of compact disc (CD) sales and interviews Swishahouse founder and Houston Texas music legend, Michael 5000 Watts on the effect free music downloading has had on the music industry.
In the last ten years record sales have fallen off a cliff. In 1999, compact disc sales climbed to $14.6 billion, but dropped to just $6.3 billion by 2009.
Nothing new to most, but good info nonetheless. Shout out to L-Winn for emailing me the story. Hit the original source link after the article to see the video interview. Read the rest of this entry »
There are a great number of articles on the web about the decline of record labels as well as independent films covering the same topic. I thought this one looked extra interesting, especially since its the Heavy Metal genre speaking on it.
After reading that Eminem only made 9 cents per download on iTunes, when details from his settled lawsuit against Apple were publicized, I really began to wonder how much artists who aren’t as popular fair on iTunes. 9 cents x 1 million downloads ($90,000) isn’t bad, but that could be considered “chump change” for someone in Em’s tax bracket. How many cents, or fractions of a cent, do independent and unsigned artists get from their iTunes downloads?
Briefly scanning the net doesn’t turn up any consistent answers. If someone has an answer, or better yet, experience selling music on iTunes, either directly or through an 3rd party, please feel free to doante a comment for clarity. Read the rest of this entry »
Has got too much of his dad in him...lol...8 miles on the bike. Never one to start off nice and easy. Pain will rise with tomorrow's dawn.10:00:25 PM August 16, 2010from Twitter for Android
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