Music

"The difference between success and failure is information," notes Ritch Esra, and he should know. Along with his partner, Stephen Trumbull, Esra is a leading part of the number one most-reliable source of information on "who's who" and "who does what" in the music business. Best of all, they can tell you where everybody is located. FIVE VOLUMES OF DATA. The Music Business Registry publishes five directories: the "A&R Registry," the "Music Publisher Registry," the "Music Business Attorney Registry" the "Film and Television Music Guide," and the "Record Producer and Recording Engineer Directory." For many in the business, these are indispensable reference works. "The directories give everyone vital, accurate and the most up-to-date information they need to contact the entire A&R, music publishing, legal and film/TV music communities," Esra states. From comparing notes with dozens of pro...

Movie and record producers alike are saying file-sharing networks that permit its users the ability to make copies from other network member's computers are infringing on the copyright laws and costing billions of dollars in lost revenue. The recording industry claims to have lost 25% of it's revenues since computer, so called thieves, have been using peer-to-peer file-sharing networks to obtain free music downloads. The two latest file-sharing companies to be targeted by these copyright lawsuits are Grokster Ltd, known for its Grokster file-sharing software and StreamCast Networks Inc. from which the Morpheus free music downloading software is distributed. Unlike Napster, Grokster and Morpheus put a spin on the popular file-sharing phenomenon. Instead of indexing the shared files like Napster did, these file-sharing products enables it's network members to build their own indexes - thus allowing others within the network to download free music and movie files. While some m...

Before the internet, unsigned music artists couldnt make a living, off the thing they love and enjoy the most: Their music! They would have to send in demos to major record companys, hoping that the CEO's would love their music and actually call them up on the phone offering them a recorddeal! But what they dont know is that the CEO's dont give a f*#% about music!! They ONLY offer recordeals to artists who they know will become succesfull! To say it in another way: They NEVER risk millions of dollars on bands that they dont see any future with! Today there's thousands, maybe millions of music artists looking for a way to make a living off their music. Those artists may now have a chance! Former A&R Agent - Interscope Records, Fisnik Imeraj has written an eBook explaining just what the unsigned music artists should do! Publish their own music! Thats right! Since the internet is already invented, then why not take advantage of it? In his new book Fisnik Imeraj explains to...

We've seen it coming for several years, but it's here full on and in our faces now...so what do artists do? The word artist means: "One whose work shows skill." (The American Heritage Dictionary) However, with the arrival of unskilled, but nice "artists" being signed to contracts and marketed to the public and the public is hearing the call and purchasing their music, what is the secret? We all know William Hung of American Idol fame. This gentleman is sweet and seems kind, but frankly, can't sing a note and is artistically disturbed and challenged to say the least. So how did he land a record deal and sell over a 100,000 units right off the block? How is it that even after what would normally be a one-hit-wonder scenario, the novelty didn't wear off and he has a Christmas CD out that also sold quite well? Then we find a Princess on the show Love in the Heir, who can't sing, can't write, but I am pretty sure will be getting a deal, if she has...