Learn about the pros and cons of independent music labels versus self-management.
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With the rapidly growing online music community virtually eliminating major profit from hard copy record sales, traditional recording contracts are becoming obsolete. There is no longer financial incentive for record labels to offer contracts through which their main source of revenue is album sales. In its wake, an alternative type of contract is becoming more and more propositioned by record labels. These are referred to as “360” or “multiple rights” deals. But while these new contracts prove to be far more fruitful for the labels, are they really in the best interest of the artist?
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A personal reflection of my participation in Nashville’s 2010 48-Hour Film Festival
Dream Row shows their heavier side Aug 6th at Hard Rock Café with a lineup featuring some of Nashville’s finest local rock performers.
Entitled “Rock over Broadway”, the show begins at 10 p.m. with the …
Nashville Filmmakers Take to the Streets
This weekend, 700 filmmakers from Nashville are making films in the 48 Hour Film Project! These films will screen at Belcourt Theater (dates and times are listed below or to …
The lights were low as I entered the venue and took in the intimate setting of small tables and chairs positioned close to a stage dressed in almost gothic blood red curtains.
Songwriter, David Walker, is paving his own way in Nashville, despite being 100% deaf.
Search engine-related online marketing techniques can be divided into two distinct classes: SEO, or search engine optimization; and SEM, or search engine marketing.
If you bought a car that could only drive on smooth asphalt but couldn’t drive on concrete unless you drove in reverse—and couldn’t drive on gravel unless the sun was shining, would you think that was a very high-quality car? Of course not!
Would you buy that car just because it was cheaper than a Ford or Chevy? Of course not! Why? Because you understand there’s more to a car than the price. There’s a quality consideration.
Folk-rock artist, Tori Sparks, shares insight and advice on the road to musical success.
Find out what professional musician, Dave Isaacs, learned (and didn’t learn) in music school.