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Steve Richer |
How To: Land A Record Deal But the key to making this happen is landing a record contract. So now that you've learned to sing and formed a band, it's time for you to get the exposure you deserve.   |
AskMen.com
Greg Yates |
How To: Become A Recording Artist - Part I Steps to help you land your own record deal and become a recording artist. |
BusinessWeek
September 6, 2004
Heather Green |
Kissing Off the Big Music Labels Team Love, an indie record label, has a new approach to selling its CDs: Give away free downloads. If that sounds naive, think again. |
AskMen.com
Craig Mazin |
5 Things You Didn't Know About Record Deals The basic fact underlying recording contracts is that their terms tilt heavily towards the benefit of the labels, not the artists. Many of the terms border on swindling. |
PC Magazine
November 14, 2007
Dan Costa |
The Music Wants to Be Free More musicians are using the Net to cut the record labels out of the loop. It isn't just unknown bands any-more, but the megastars the labels depend on. And there isn't a damn thing the industry can do about it. |
Wired
September 2006
Jeff Howe |
No Suit Required Terry McBride has a maverick approach to music management: Take care of the fans and the bands, and the business will take care of itself. |
Wired
September 2006
Eric Steuer |
The Infinite Album Release a traditional 13-track cd? No thanks, says Beck. Instead, he serves up a collection of songs, remixes, and videos that fans can piece together any way they want. |
The Motley Fool
June 19, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
The RIAA's Win Is Yet Another Loss Another courtroom "victory" makes the music suits even more like Kobe Bryant. |
The Motley Fool
July 9, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
CD Is the New Vinyl As compact disc sales continue falling, the industry must take a stand. In the worst-case scenario for the labels, the distribution power will shift toward recording artists. In the best-case scenario, the exact same thing happens -- just a bit more slowly. Investors, take note. |
Wired
December 18, 2007
David Byrne |
David Byrne's Survival Strategies for Emerging Artists -- and Megastars What is called the music business today has became the business of selling CDs in plastic cases, and that business will soon be over. But there have never been more opportunities for artists to reach an audience. |
AskMen.com
Kevin Young |
How To: Start A Record Label More than ever, smaller record labels are wielding serious clout in the music industry. Here are some tips to success in this industry. |
Salon.com
October 10, 2000
Larry Getlen |
Kryptonite investor Chris Henderson's band, 3 Doors Down, has a No. 1 single -- and a 401K plan. |
Inc.
May 1, 2000
Anne Marie Borrego |
Upstarts: MP3 Tunes on the Web. The way we listen to music is about to change. Again. But as usual, where there's change, there's start-up opportunity. |
Salon.com
November 28, 2001
Jennifer Maerz |
What's wrong with the Strokes? They're tough and cool, have catchy songs and a great look. Why do people hate them? |
BusinessWeek
September 6, 2004 |
"I Give So They Can Give Back" High schooler Chris Aque explains why he's willing to buy his favorite bands' records even though he can get them free on the Web. "I feel very strongly about supporting the bands I like," he says. |
The Motley Fool
May 20, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Music's 2010 Overture If traditional radio and the major record labels want to matter in five years, they better make some changes. |
Salon.com
June 14, 2000
Courtney Love |
Courtney Love does the math The controversial singer takes on record label profits, Napster and "sucka VCs." |
AskMen.com
August 20, 2003
Steve Richer |
How To: Start A Rock Band Even if you're a working professional who only has free time on the weekends, there are ways to put a successful band together and pursue a serious music career that will take you places. |
The Motley Fool
October 10, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Good Riddance, Major Labels Last week, Radiohead announced that it's going solo and releasing its next album digitally, without the helping hand of a major label. Nine Inch Nails followed suit this week. Oasis and Jamiroquai may be next. |
Salon.com
December 2, 1999
Emily Vander Veer |
Singing the MP3 blues Indie musicians find online music distributors every bit as greedy as the recording industry they aim to replace. |
Salon.com
June 25, 2002
Eric Boehlert |
Will Congress tackle pay-for-play? Radio-station owners are shocked -- shocked! -- as the music industry's payola scandal widens. Record-label execs aren't buying it (and neither should you). |
The Motley Fool
February 23, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Save the Grammy for Grandma You're not too old to invest in the new music revolution. |
The Motley Fool
November 7, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
And the Dot-Com Cradle Will Rock The trend is undeniable. If you spent your weekend afternoons playing in a garage band, only to be denied that major record deal, the Internet is finally delivering on the opportunities. |
The Motley Fool
November 17, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
No Label, No Problem With MySpace having a CD out in stores, and more to come, how many more bands do you think are likely to make the service their musical mainstay and staple their amps to a virtual MySpace subdomain? Investors, take note. |
Fast Company
Evie Nagy |
How Converse Supports Musicians Without The Brand-Sponsor Ick Factor Fast Company talked to Converse CMO Geoff Cotrill about the ideas behind Rubber Tracks, and why it benefits the brand to work with unknown artists. |
Salon.com
June 5, 2001
Eric Boehlert |
The "Bootylicious" gambit Can a hot new single from Destiny's Child help Columbia Records crack the indie promoters' control of pop radio? |
The Motley Fool
January 11, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Music for the Masses Sony, the fourth and final major music label to offer downloadable tunes in the unshackled MP3 format, will be available in the virtual aisles of Amazon.com later this month. |
PC Magazine
June 29, 2006
Bill Machrone |
GarageBand.com GarageBand.com demands a lot of work, in the form of music reviews, from participants. But this community of half a million artists and listeners may just be the Web's best source of indie music... M-Audio music recording software... Mercora... |
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Collective Soul - Why are they famous? Collective Soul proved in 1994 that there was a future for catchy rock tunes with hip-hop laced beats. |
Reason
April 2008
Katherine Mangu-Ward |
Too Good to Be Legal The Recording Industry Association of America has a warning for music fans: If an album seems too good to be legal, it probably is. |
The Motley Fool
October 10, 2007
Alyce Lomax |
The Music Industry's Downward Spiral Another musician has gone from turntables to turning the tables on the music industry. Nine Inch Nails Trent Reznor announces that the band has liberated itself from record labels. |
HBS Working Knowledge
November 30, 2009
Sean Silverthorne |
Tracks of My Tears: Reconstructing Digital Music Harvard Business School professor Anita Elberse says it is time for the industry to rethink products and prices for digital music.. |
Salon.com
September 14, 2000
Janelle Brown |
Revenge of the Pumpkins Beware, record labels -- treat your bands better, or you'll get Napstered. |
Fast Company
July 2010
Michael Fitzgerald |
How Warner Music and Its Musicians Are Combating Declining Album Sales Up-and-coming bands like Shinedown are helping Warner Music Group pull off the hardest trick in the music biz: redefining the record label for the digital age. |
BusinessWeek
September 6, 2004 |
Team Love: Downloads Sell CDs The indie labels co-founders talk about how the "Internet has changed the dynamic" in the music business. Their approach of working with the Internet instead of fighting it could reshape the music industry, breathe new life into indie labels, and help foster more creativity. |
Salon.com
March 13, 2002
Eric Boehlert |
Record companies: Save us from ourselves! With payola up but profits down, labels are wondering if paying $100 million to middlemen "fixers" is still a swell business idea... |
| Knowledge@Wharton |
Peer-to-Peer Music Trading: Good Publicity or Bad Precedent? Advance publicity is key to record albums' success, states Wharton marketing professor Peter Fader -- and by trying to stamp out peer-to-peer music trading, record companies are shooting themselves in the foot. |
Salon.com
November 30, 2000
Janelle Brown |
Whoring for downloads Desperate for attention, aspiring musicians will stop at nothing to get fans to listen to their online tunes. |
Salon.com
March 26, 2002
Katharine Mieszkowski |
Web radio's last stand A new ruling involving the Digital Millennium Copyright Act is set to wipe out independent online music stations... |
Salon.com
July 24, 2001
Eric Boehlert |
Payola City In the wild world of urban radio, money buys hits -- and nobody asks questions... |
The Motley Fool
January 22, 2008
Anders Bylund |
"Rock Band" Leads Us Into a Brave New World Only available for a scant eight weeks, and then only in North America -- video game Rock Band has already racked up 2.5 million paid downloads of additional songs/game levels. |
PC World
November 5, 2001
Tom Spring |
Music Labels Target CD Ripping Claiming to fight piracy, labels test copy protection to keep audio CDs from going digital... |
The Motley Fool
December 15, 2005
Alyce Lomax |
Google Rocks On The 'Net giant rolls out a handy, if belated, music search feature. |
AskMen.com
Kevin Young |
How To: Discover New Music Ignore the howls of rage and terror from the music industry; this is a great time to discover new music. All you have to do is look. |
The Motley Fool
December 10, 2008
Anders Bylund |
Music Industry 2.0 How to invest in what looks like a deeply troubled music sector. Hint: Think outside the CD case. |
Salon.com
March 14, 2001
Eric Boehlert |
Pay for play Why does radio suck? Because most stations play only the songs the record companies pay them to. And things are going to get worse... |
The Motley Fool
March 30, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Apple's Five-Finger Discount Albums are getting cheaper on iTunes if you bought a single. |
Wired
November 2005
Jeff Howe |
The Hit Factory How MySpace has become the MTV for the Net generation. |
BusinessWeek
October 29, 2007
Jon Fine |
Leaving Record Labels Behind Musicians are looking for an alternative. Their managers may be the answer. |
Salon.com
July 30, 2002
Farhad Manjoo |
Sour notes The legal crackdown hasn't squelched MP3 trading -- it's just made it more of a pain. But the music industry would still rather fight than give its online customers what they want. |
