360 Deals: Major music companies are offering the highly debated 360 deals to new artists. Artists will share touring and merchandising profits in return for more career support from the label. Check out the New York Times article ‘The New Deal: Band as Brand’. Jeff Leeds discusses the success of Paramore. The Saga continues between […]
Britney’s Blackout: “Blackout,” will finish at No. 1 this week, according the chartmakers. “Blackout” sold between 325,000 and 350,000 copies and remains the No. 1 downloaded album on iTunes and the fifth bestselling CD on Amazon.com. What is interesting today is that the charts are less relevant. The Eagles‘ latest double CD album, ‘Long Road […]
Radiohead continues to make noise even a week later when they encouraged fans to “Pay What you Want”. Blogs, papers and Fox News are continuing to cover the story. Prince didn’t even receive this kind of press when he gave away his Planet Earth CD to a Sunday newspaper. Radiohead + Press = Mission Accomplished. […]
Terra Firma said a takeover bid for EMI has won necessary shareholder support, paving the way for the troubled recorded music company EMI to be acquired in a deal valued at 2.4 billion pounds ($4.8 billion). We hear Paramore is the highest grossing band on Warped Tour as of right now. KROQ LA just added […]
Check out this article ‘Singer-songwriters, or just singers‘? This article follows the recent blowout of Avril Lavigne taking credit for songs she didn’t write. This is a disturbing trend among the hollywood perez pop tarts. The dishonesty usually runs in the female pop circles who are fighting for credibility. “It’s crazy!” exclaimed Grammy-winning songwriter Diane […]