Midem 2011 Kick Off Rate

For those of you who do not know, Midem (Marché International du Disque et de l’Edition Musicale) has been the WORLD leader in music conferences since it started in 1967 in Cannes, France. Next year’s is being held on January 23 – 26, 2011. To find out more, go to their homepage.

Guest Post — WHY YOU SHOULD PAY FOR MUSIC by Jon Sheldrick

Let’s get one thing straight: I love free music. If a musician decides to give away an album, I’m the first to download it. I am against the RIAA lawsuits that sue people for sharing music. Rather than scaring people into buying music, I advocate a culture in which people actually want to spend money [...]

Show Me The Money

I was born and raised in Philly. Love it to death. Whenever there is the slightest bit of music industry news coming from Philly I try to hype it up the best I can…especially if it involves a close friend and mentor.

Andy Blackman Hurwitz, founder of Ropeadope Records (where I had my first gig out [...]

keep looking »