By David Ross on Thursday, June 12, 2008Filed Under: Artists, Business Models, Featured, Management, Marketing, Publicity, Record Label, Sales, Touring
Nashville Star’s promising sixth season got underway last night (6/9) on a new network—NBC—and clearly separated itself from past iterations. Production values are noticeably improved, but in reality, it’s the show’s professional cast that turns straw into gold. The 90-minute weekly episodes are judged by industry icons Jewel, John Rich and Jeffrey Steele. Billy Ray [...]
By Sarah Skates on Wednesday, April 9, 2008Filed Under: Technology, Touring
ShowClix (www.showclix.com), a Pittsburgh-based live event search engine and online ticketing company, has released the latest version of its online ticketing solution, which now includes an innovative mobile ticketing service. ShowClix has partnered with bCODE (www.bcode.com), a developer of mobile technologies, to deliver event tickets to buyers’ cell phones as SMS (Short Message Service) [...]
The Washington Post profiles the music industry’s most opinionated blogger.
By Sarah Skates on Monday, January 28, 2008Filed Under: Artists, Marketing, Touring
This blogger thinks it is bad news that only 25% of the top touring acts of 2007 were under 30.
By Sarah Skates on Monday, January 14, 2008Filed Under: Business Models, Marketing, Touring
Read about the founder of MAC Presents, a company specializing in sponsorship negotiations.
Following recent artist testimony on the issue at a Senate Judiciary Hearing, Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Orrin Hatch (R-UT) plus Representatives Howard Berman (D-CA) and Darrell Issa (R-CA) jointly introduced legislation that would compell AM and FM radio to compensate artists and labels when their performances are broadcast over the air.
By David Ross on Saturday, December 15, 2007Filed Under: Business Models, Management, Touring
Traditionally, record labels prospered using the 80/20 or 90/10 rule. If one or two, out of every ten new artist signings succeeded, a label would be profitable. In fact, up until a few years ago, the payoffs were so great that no one stopped to consider why a company would endure a business model with [...]
