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AskMen.com
Kevin Young |
How To: Start A Record Label More than ever, smaller record labels are wielding serious clout in the music industry. Here are some tips to success in this industry.   |
AskMen.com
Steve Richer |
How To: Land A Record Deal But the key to making this happen is landing a record contract. So now that you've learned to sing and formed a band, it's time for you to get the exposure you deserve. |
Wired
December 18, 2007
David Byrne |
David Byrne's Survival Strategies for Emerging Artists -- and Megastars What is called the music business today has became the business of selling CDs in plastic cases, and that business will soon be over. But there have never been more opportunities for artists to reach an audience. |
Fast Company
April 2006
Alyssa Danigelis |
Fast Talk: Sounds of the Future Digital music is a many-splendored thing - and it's more than just the iPod. Everyone from major labels to individual artists is experimenting. What's next - and why is Madonna sure to be a part of it? |
BusinessWeek
October 29, 2007
Jon Fine |
Leaving Record Labels Behind Musicians are looking for an alternative. Their managers may be the answer. |
Fast Company
July 1, 2007
Cora Daniels |
Fast Talk: Coffee Maker Brews Fans Ken Lombard is signing up artists for Starbucks's own record label, Hear Music, which will use the company's stores as a significant distribution channel. The first artist to commit: Paul McCartney. |
Wired
January 18, 2008
Eric Steuer |
Vinyl Frontier: Left-for-Dead Music Is Resurrected for the Digital Age Keith Abrahamsson, an A&R rep for New York-based indie label Kemado Records, recently launched the first all-digital reissues label. |
Inc.
June 2007
Dalia Fahmy |
Mark Schmitz Aims to Become the Top Hip-Hop Mogul in Phoenix. Investors weigh in on an entrepreneur's need to raise $300,000 to launch a record label. |
AskMen.com
Emma McKay |
16 Questions With Team Canada As Team Canada, Grandtheft and D.R. One's shared goal is simple: to rock a party. These DJs bring a sense of humor, keen wit and a musical sensibility that's right on-key. |
The Motley Fool
December 22, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
That's Just Stupid, Warner There's been a falling-out between Warner Music Group and Google's YouTube. The major music label pulled its artists' videos from the popular video-sharing site, presumably over a licensing dispute. |
AskMen.com
Craig Mazin |
5 Things You Didn't Know About Record Deals The basic fact underlying recording contracts is that their terms tilt heavily towards the benefit of the labels, not the artists. Many of the terms border on swindling. |
The Motley Fool
November 17, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
No Label, No Problem With MySpace having a CD out in stores, and more to come, how many more bands do you think are likely to make the service their musical mainstay and staple their amps to a virtual MySpace subdomain? Investors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
March 13, 2007
Alyce Lomax |
Starbucks Gets Labeled Is a new record label another step toward the loss of Starbucks' soul? Investors, a music label is a risky swerve off the coffee giant's main turf. |
Salon.com
September 6, 2001
Anthony York |
Courtney Love's big Sacramento adventure The singer and actress takes her campaign against the record industry to the California legislature... |
Salon.com
June 14, 2000
Courtney Love |
Courtney Love does the math The controversial singer takes on record label profits, Napster and "sucka VCs." |
Prepared Foods
January 1, 2006 |
Private Lessons Private-label products play growing role in the strategies of supermarkets' newest competitors. |
The Motley Fool
May 20, 2005
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Music's 2010 Overture If traditional radio and the major record labels want to matter in five years, they better make some changes. |
Salon.com
July 24, 2000
Eric Boehlert |
The key man myth: Why Santana and Whitney are staying put Friendship and loyalty? Not in the record industry, where key dollars -- not key men -- make the merch move. |
Fast Company
Tyler Hayes |
In Lieu Of Royalties, Music Apps Are Feeding Starving Musicians With Data More and more streaming music services aren't just serving consumers audio, they're also becoming data companies serving up information to artists and rights holders. |
Salon.com
June 19, 2002
Andrew John Ignatius Vontz |
The strange triumph of electronic music It may not be on the radio, but it's the most influential -- and unifying -- force in pop music today. |
The Motley Fool
December 16, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Throw This Stock Away Warner Music Group is part of an archaic industry that has been suffering in recent years. Is it time to get rid of this stock? |
BusinessWeek
June 10, 2010
Brett Pulley |
Music Industry: How Rappers Boost Street Cred Urban recording artists use edgy "hood videos" to bolster their brands and keep their core audience. |
The Motley Fool
January 11, 2008
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Music for the Masses Sony, the fourth and final major music label to offer downloadable tunes in the unshackled MP3 format, will be available in the virtual aisles of Amazon.com later this month. |
Home Theater
June 9, 2008 |
Major Label Expands to Survive The Universal Music Group will now manage classical artists and book concerts, moving into territory previously off-limits to most record labels. |
CFO
July 15, 2009
Edward Teach |
"Every Day Is Different." For one CFO, the road show features live music. An interview with Alison Brown, CFO, Compass Records. |
Home Theater
March 6, 2008 |
Musicians Demand Copyright Cash Little of the millions of dollars in settlements major record labels have collected in copyright-infringement suits has been shared with recording artists. |
Home Theater
December 9, 2008 |
At Major Label, Downloads Beat CDs Legit download music sales have passed a notable milestone at Warner's historic Atlantic Records. The label now sells more downloads than CDs. This is believed to be a major-label first. |
Reason
Aug/Sep 2000
Nick Gillespie |
Cutting Out the Middlemen It's easier than ever for artists to reach audiences directly. But is that always a good thing? |
Fast Company
Skylar Bergl |
The World's Top 10 Most Innovative Companies In Music Some companies on our list are Columbia Records, Shazam, and SoundCloud. |
PC Magazine
September 28, 2005
John C. Dvorak |
The New Music Download Battle The RIAA is not happy with the cost of songs in iTunes and wants a variable-priced solution. |
Salon.com
December 2, 1999
Emily Vander Veer |
Singing the MP3 blues Indie musicians find online music distributors every bit as greedy as the recording industry they aim to replace. |
The Motley Fool
October 10, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Good Riddance, Major Labels Last week, Radiohead announced that it's going solo and releasing its next album digitally, without the helping hand of a major label. Nine Inch Nails followed suit this week. Oasis and Jamiroquai may be next. |
The Motley Fool
February 23, 2006
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Save the Grammy for Grandma You're not too old to invest in the new music revolution. |
Inc.
May 15, 2000
Chuck D |
Music to the People ...In the music business, as in so many others, technology is eliminating the traditional gatekeepers between those who create and those who consume... |
The Motley Fool
January 17, 2007
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Bobbing for Apple Is there room for Apple to charge more for tracks? Probably, but does Universal want to be the one to open up that Pandora's Box? |
