Articles, tagged with "record label", page 1
Rumblings of the 90s
Remember purchasing your first neon pink Walkman and popping in a cassette which you ended up rewinding far too often? And then, remember purchasing your first Discman and carefully placing a CD inside (becoming so excited because now you don't have to re...
Home Field Advantage: If You Want To Be A Rock Star, Stay Home
You've got an eight-track packed tightly with sure-to-be hit songs that you know are going to climb the charts as soon as the right LA cat hears your stuff and signs you to a major record label. So why not pack your bags and ship yourself to one of the mu...
Baby Phat Card - A Popular Prepaid Visa Card
The baby phat card is also called the rush card and is created by Russell Simmons the cofounder of death jam record label. He also created a very popular clothing line and has now put his hand in the financial industry with this prepaid offer.
The ide...
Music Industry Survive and Thrive: Landing Music Industry Jobs or a Record Deal in the Modern Indust
The Music Industry as everyone knew it slightly over a decade ago has undergone a revolution. The core middleman in the music industry that we came to know from the 50s to the mid-90s was always the record company aka the record label. During that time p...
The Importance of Branding Music Merchandise
Musicians these days have a very difficult time selling their music; most of it falls victim to piracy. That’s why it’s more important now than ever before to sell as much merchandise – shirts, posters, buttons, etc. – as humanly possible. Some bands are ...
DJ Mixing and Beatmatching Tips for Beginners
DJ mixing and beatmatching can be really challenging for the beginner disc jokeys. It can be tough to get your beats matched every time. Indeed hundreds of new DJs struggle to get mixing and a majority of them end up with giving up with beatmatching and m...
You Are One Of Chicago’s Most Talented,Entrepreneur’s
Good Day,
This is Dave filling you in on the Hottest topic around. Such a topic it's foreign to most people. Make sure your mindset is intact, your life depends on it. It’s time to form relationships to the highest level.You must have a bond built out...
Hip Hop Self-create: Don’t let your budget restrict you
Often success comes with talent. Not just the talent of the rapper but also the most talent technicians, programmers, producers, musicians, recording engineers… the entire support staff. So, what you hear on the record label isn’t just the world star arti...
Online mastering offers exceptional value for record labels, bands and musicians.
As a musician, band or record label you will want the best for your musical releases. This means it is time for considering mastering your music. Mastering your music is a great way to ensure quality control and sonic enhancement happens to your musical r...
Return On Investment Using Promotional Marketing
The Return on investment is a reason to use promotional products. This method of promotion will yield how your product measures up to existing products that may be in the same marketing category. For instance, a Record label may want to promote their hott...
What to ask for in your Record deal
Often times a new artist who has obtained a record deal may neglect to look over the fine print of his contract due to his enthusiasm towards starting his new career as a signed artist, here are a few things you as an artist should negotiate with the reco...
Creating a music band/group
Three may not always be a crowd. A band can be a great way for musical talents to come together. Here’s some ways in which creating a band can help your music career.
Get the live crowd
There is a large following of live music lovers. Generate a bu...
The Future of DRM: Inevitable Death
DRM stands for digital rights management. It claims to protect digital media from piracy. However, DRM does nothing to stop copyright pirates. The main purpose of DRM is financial. It prevents lawful user from making back up of purchased music and enjoyin...
How to succeed as a female rapper
Use your edge
The rap genre is saturated with male rappers, that gives you an edge over your competitors – and yes the men are your competitors too! Many female rappers may make the mistake of believing that they are only in competition with other fema...
How Recording Contracts Work
This article explains the basic concept of a record label contract.
Many up & coming artist’s seek out a recording contract with the mindset, that once they sign that contract, they “made it” and all the hard work they did as an unknown artist is no lo...