The music industry has been constantly changing and evolving since it all started. MP3′s replaced CD’s, which replaced cassette tapes, which replaced vinyl records. How has the constant evolving of musical medium changed the music industry? Peer to peer file sharing has led to MP3 files getting more and more popular. The widespread digitization of [...]
The top picks for most favorite music video’s ever made, is probably quite controversial, depending on your taste in music. A few did stand out as some of the most watched though. Some would consider Michael Jackson‘s “Thriller” video as one of the most popular , and although it was one of the most expensive [...]
First, there was news that Katy Petty was giving her husband Russell Brand some private driving lessons. This was sometime during the middle of this year. Apparently, the new wife has gotten rather pissed (and maybe tired) of having to be the chauffer every time they had to hit the town, so now she’s making [...]
The music and recording industry has expressed their appreciation and have been applauding the government of the United Kingdom for their efforts with the Enterprise Guarantee Scheme. The EFG, or Enterprise Finance Guarantee, is designed to help small record labels and music management companies and is spearheaded by the government’s Department of Business Innovation and [...]
The music industry has undergone quite a few changes over the last few years. People are not buying compact discs and even when they download music many times they are not paying for individual songs either. Concert ticket sales have gone down as well, many times this has to do with high prices for concert [...]
The long standing partnership between Sony Music Entertainment and “American Idol” is finally over. No reason has been made clear as to why the agreement between the two was not renewed. The replacement for Sony, though, has already been announced. An official release stated that the Universal Music Group had signed a multiyear deal with [...]
Lady Gaga is known for her outrageous outfits and out-of-this-world music videos that always leave mouths hanging open after a few minutes of viewing it, but apparently, it only takes a sixteen year old Canadian cutie to topple her over from being the most viewed artist on Youtube. The rumors are true, ladies and gentlemen: [...]
With Pop stars and Rock stars popping up all over the place it is difficult to gauge who is making money and who isn’t. Going by YouTube’s count, Justin Bieber should be the greatest artist of all time. The music video to his track “Baby” surpassed all to become the most watched music video of [...]
Thud thud thud thud… that regular monotonous beat that you might hear emanating from a night club, someone’s car or even their home is the hallmark of a genre of music known as House. House Music can be described generally as music with a hypnotic nature coupled with strong beats. It is a form of [...]
Once you are picked up by a record label, you will eventually be asked to sign a music industry contract. This is a very important point in your career. Not only does it mean that your career is possibly about to take off, it also means that you stand to make a lot of money. [...]