Posts Tagged ‘music business’
StarRoc (JAY-Z ft. StarGate)
And there you have it. Not too long ago I mentioned JAY-Z is in the Live Nation deal for way more than just him the artist. [StarRoc] confirms my theory that after the mid 90s craze for European pop music like Swedish duo Max Martin and Denniz Pop (Please look these names up if they [...]
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Tags: 360 deal, 360 model, billboard, charts, estelle, europe, jay-z, joint venture, label, live nation, music business, norway, producers, publishing, record, roc nation, signed, stargate, starroc, sweden, talent, UK, US
The A Files (Mya)
What do you do when the group of people who actually want to buy your music is gradually shrinking? Significantly… What are your alternatives (hence the name, A files) when you’re not selling 250K in the first week anymore? Hell, you probably ain’t selling 100K anymore either. Where do you go when you aren’t a [...]
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Tags: 360 model, acting, album sales, busta rhymes, chris brown, Christina Milian, donald passman, dru hill, grammy, hip hop, jazmine sullivan, joe, king, maxim, music business, Mya, MySpace, publicist, r&b, rihanna, The-Dream, universal, vip
Speaking of hypes…
My best friend led me to this fascinating article. I started reading from The PR hype cycle. Try viewing that from a hip hop perspective. Makes sense, right? And isn’t the image educational? Brilliant stuff. Thanks Google!
More on Gartner Group here.
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Tags: blogs, Google, hip hop, hype, internet, music business, music industry, PR
HAPPY!
I hit the dirty thirty today. I feel blessed with amazing family and friends. Thank you to all who remembered. One of the nicest gifts I got today was my business cards. They arrived late, but they are here in Los Angeles. Can’t wait to actually see them. Here’s the design:
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Tags: birthday, business card, company, graphic design, happy, music business
Target x Aguillera
Target, an American mass-merchandiser has closed an exclusive deal with Jive (oops, I meant) RCA Records to release Christina Aguilera’s forthcoming greatest hits album ‘Keeps Gettin’ Better – A Decade of Hits’. Other retailers get no play… The CD can be found at the 1488 Target stores from November 11. I’ll try to dig up [...]
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Tags: christina aguilera, digital, distribution, eagles, free, john legend, music business, physical, target, trend, wal-mart
Be the first…
to know what’s going on in the music business. From regular ol’ celebrity gossip rumors to the business behind the business. You have an incredible advantage when you’re on top of your game, especially when talking to executives, artists or managers. This is not a new philosophy; Sir Francis Bacon (1561 – 1626), an English [...]
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Tags: blogs, edge, knowledge, music business, philisophy, power, rss, sharing
JD’s thoughts
With statements like that, it makes me wonder how long will it take Island to drop him. He’s already set with TAG Records anyway.
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Tags: defjam, dupri, future, industry, island, jermaine, music business, records, tag
Business as usual
The long days at the office are officially a thing of the past (for now that is). Once the news of me leaving Universal came out, the incoming emails dropped from 200 a day to just 20 if you include the Bob Lefsetz newsletters and the occasional Viagra spam. Just two weeks ago I was [...]
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Tags: email, guest list, music business, people, viagra
