Slash Talks Music Shop: Slash, the GNR and Velvet Revolver guitarist said it was sad that that were “no identifiable guitar players in rock ’n’ roll any more.†“With the exception of Jack White – who is great – the new breed of bands aren’t bringing out decent guitarists,†he said. “Rock ’n’ roll is […]
 Game On! Warner Music has re-signed Lyor Cohen for a five-year contract, and upped the executive to chairman and CEO of recorded music for North America from chairman and CEO of U.S. recorded music according to Billboard. Cohen will get a raise to $3 million from the previous $1.5 million annual salary level. In […]
Record Breaking: Soulja Boy has become the first artist to sell more than 3 million copies of a song via digital download. Steve Berman, president of sales and marketing at Interscope Records, says that Soulja Boy has “set the bar for what’s possible in terms of breaking an artist online”. The music industry will be […]
The Drama Club who hails from Scranton, PA will be performing at Don Hills (NYC) on November 29th at 7:30pm. Several labels will be attending. The EP was produced by Rob Caggiano (Jesse Malin/Anthrax) and mixed by Jay Baumgardner (Evanescence/Papa Roach/Godsmack) and also features Ben Burnley (Breaking Benjamin) on their song “Brand New Dayâ€. The […]
Warner takes over EMI in market share while Universal Music remains the leader with a 25.7 percent in 2006 for physical and digital music markets. (Reuters) Also, Warner Music confirmed that it has “decided not to make an offer for EMI” at this time. Sony’s Sir Howard Stringer used the word ‘greed’ to describe Apple […]