If you haven't already, take a couple minutes out of your busy schedule to listen to "Thrift Shop" by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis. It has been number 1 on the charts for the last 4 weeks. The big deal about this was that is was became huge without the support of a major label. However, this article basically calls out Thrift shop by exposing the fact that macklemore used a distribution group associated with WMG. This article ends with a very strong yet debatable statement. See for yourself.
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Music News: The Real Story on "Thrift Shop's" success.
The Real Story Of How Macklemore Got 'Thrift Shop' To No. 1
If you haven't already, take a couple minutes out of your busy schedule to listen to "Thrift Shop" by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis. It has been number 1 on the charts for the last 4 weeks. The big deal about this was that is was became huge without the support of a major label. However, this article basically calls out Thrift shop by exposing the fact that macklemore used a distribution group associated with WMG. This article ends with a very strong yet debatable statement. See for yourself.
If you haven't already, take a couple minutes out of your busy schedule to listen to "Thrift Shop" by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis. It has been number 1 on the charts for the last 4 weeks. The big deal about this was that is was became huge without the support of a major label. However, this article basically calls out Thrift shop by exposing the fact that macklemore used a distribution group associated with WMG. This article ends with a very strong yet debatable statement. See for yourself.
Weekly Music Discoveries : Tori Kelly
I'm a huge fan of amazing raw vocalists. Thanks to media outlets such as YouTube and Soundcloud, it is possible for talented musicians to post videos or audio tracks in hopes to gain fans and expand the number of ears listening to their music. There have been various amounts of people who now are making a living by posting videos every week and youtube success stories are becoming more and more popular as time goes on. I started watching Tori Kelly when her videos were barely in the thousands. She is now gaining popularity through YouTube and this even opened a door for her to be on singing shows like American idol. Enjoy!
Music News : JT to Tour with Jay-Z
Justin Timberlake to Tour with Jay-Z
This piece of news are probably more existing for me than for some of the people reading this but whenever two of my favorite artists collaborate and in ths case go on tour together, it is nothing short of awesome! With the release of "suit and tie" one of my personal favorite new songs and with the fact that they have sexy wives tagging along, it sounds like a good time!
This piece of news are probably more existing for me than for some of the people reading this but whenever two of my favorite artists collaborate and in ths case go on tour together, it is nothing short of awesome! With the release of "suit and tie" one of my personal favorite new songs and with the fact that they have sexy wives tagging along, it sounds like a good time!
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Weekly Music Discoveries : Boombox Cartel Presents: Down Low Ft. Ian Everson & Monty Cold
Hot new release from some close friends who are also some of McNally Smiths finest. After a few days of its release, it was quickly scooped up to be released by KatHaus Records. Below are links to their social media sites. Enjoy!
https://www.facebook.com/BoomboxCartel
https://www.facebook.com/ianeversonmusic
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Monty-Cold/265858016804055?group_id=0
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Music News: Sony Music CEO Doug Morris Is Streaming Big
Morris is the godfather of the music industry. He’s been a top executive at all three of the big record companies: Sony Music, Universal Music Group, and Warner Music Group. He enjoyed soaring profits with the compact disc in the 1980s only to struggle over the last decade as Internet piracy decimated the big record labels. Now Morris says the profits are returning and the thrill is back.
“The industry is transitioning itself into something that will be very valuable, unless we screw it up,” he says. “There’s big money coming in from videos. Huge money. There’s a transition from ownership to access personified by something like Spotify. We’re making a lot of money from this explosion in Internet radio, the Pandoras of the world. You can see Apple getting ready to get into it.” What’s more, the cost of distributing digital music is lower than CDs or vinyl albums. “It’s a better business,” Morris says. “The margins are higher.” - Doug MorrisThe numbers support him (See illustration below). Industry analyst Alice Enders expects annual music sales in the U.S. to hover at around $5.5 billion over the next three years as declining physical sales are replaced by the digital variety. That’s a relief for an industry that was in free fall for the past decade. Morris likes to say that the distribution of music has changed radically, but the business is still all about relationships.
There is something about articles like this one that have the power to change perspectives. I would almost compare it to the light at the end of a dark tunnel. Everyone knows the state of the music industry, the changes that it is going through, and all other negativity that surrounds it. To hear the "godfather" of the music industry get excited for what is happening and to have him speak positively on the twist that is the music industry feels like Christmas morning. Full of hope and joy as we metaphorically wait to unwrap our presents. I'm definitely looking forward to a great year.
http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-02-07/sony-music-ceo-doug-morris-is-streaming-big
HOW TO: Get Your Music on iTunes
The way that we listen to music has changed dramatically since back in the day when recordings of music were even available for distribution. The physical form of music has passed such a transformation that I'm almost 100% sure no artist or audio engineer from back in the day even expected. In today's world we have reached the point where the physical distribution of music is at it's minimal point and with this, physical distribution centers are shutting down all over! So how are people getting the music that they want now days? This is where digital distributors take their place.
In particular iTunes "easily outpaces its competitors." For those who don't know what iTunes is, it is a media player computer program used for playing, downloading, saving, and organizing digital music and video files. On top of that and most importantly, it is a digital download market. iTunes can connect to the iTunes Store to purchase and download music, music videos, television shows, iPod games, audiobooks, podcasts, movies and movie rentals, and ringtones. With over over 28 million songs, videos, ebooks and apps for sale online, and with over 400 million active user accounts that serve over 315 million mobile devices, iTunes is most definitely a place where an artist should sell their music.
The first way to get your music on iTunes is to work with Apple directly. One of the main requirements for this is to have a catalog of at least 20 albums. So unless you're already established and have been making music for a long time, this might be a difficult task to accomplish. Luckily there are other options.
If you don't quite meet the requirements to work with apple directly, your second option is to go through what is called an aggregator which is somewhat like the middle man. Some of the more popular apple-approved aggregators are TuneCore and CDBaby. These companies work by placing your music on iTunes as well as various other digital distributors such as amazon MP3, spotify, MySpace Music, Napster, and many others. The great thing about these aggregators is that the artist retains the rights as well as keeps 100% of the royalties after the iTunes store takes their cut. Not too shabby, right?
On a much bigger note, companies like The Orchard and IODA (Independent Online Distribution Alliance) who are now merged together, work on a larger scale of marketing and distribution to both digital and physical retailers. Not only focusing on music but videos as well. With all these avenues, the possibilities are endless.
With all this being said, we can come to the conclusion that putting music on iTunes is not as big a challenge as most think. When you have your music on a platform that serves an audience of over 400 million users, who knows, great things could happen! More information can be found on the companies websites. Links are below.
www.tunecore.com
www.cdbaby.com
www.theorchard.com
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