There’s an old saying about what opinions are like. Suffice it to say that everyone has one. So, whose opinion should you trust in the music industry? From the very beginning of your time in the music business, you’ll find plenty of people who want to do one of two things: tear down everything you [...]

You know how to rock the stage and get the crowd on their feet. With the right help, you might even be on the verge of a breakthrough in the music business. But what you need now, from the very beginning of your serious music career, is a professional who can help you with the [...]

Every artist, universally, needs a few things to succeed.  They need music and vision, an investor (whether thats a label, production company, parents, etc.), organization, publicity and promotion, and internal/external motivation. Those are just a few pieces of the pie. You probably won’t win with just that formula, but its a damn good start.  It [...]

At the Billboard Film & TV Festival today, the Guild of Music Supervisors met to discuss film and tv budgets.  This panel was represented by Maureen Crowe (President of the Guild), John Houlihan (The Austin Powers series, Training Day), Madonna Wade Reed (Smallville, Felicity, Charlie’s Angels) and Jon McHugh (Justin Bieber’s Never Say Never).  At [...]

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Darren Criss Serenades a Stunned Alan Menken at Billboard / Hollywood Reporter Film & TV Music Conference

Linkin Parks’ Mike Shinoda went to the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.  It was a very competitive art and design program.  Each day he and his classmates would rate each others “designs”.  Day after day he would be be a critic for his classmates and they would reciprocate.  He got very good [...]

Music supervisors have opinions.  Some want cd’s.  Some want USB keys.  Some don’t want digital tracks.  Some want bios and pics.  Everyone of the them is different.   Some of them want the artwork to match the music while some of them don’t care. Where they all agree:  Make your contact information legible.  Pitch to [...]

MTV doesn’t show videos 18 hours a day anymore.  In fact, I’m not even sure they show videos for 2 hours a day anymore.  Do they still serve music properly?   Damn right they do.   Every single tv show and commercial break is filled with music.  They even source it right as it happens.  [...]

The Billboard Film and TV event has become one of the most important conferences in the music industry today.  It brings together a collection of publishers, songwriters, composers, music licensing companies, musicians and consulting companies just to name a few.  Its where the world of music, film, television and commercials collide.   Some people look [...]

          ^whoever you are, you’re invited. So this really isn’t a blog post as its more of an invitation.  We’re hosting a party at Falcon in Hollywood next week.   It will be amazing. We are working on details for a major beer sponsor, drink specials, parking information, a costume contest, [...]

Why you need an artist management company who knows how to function in the fast paced world of the music business. In the music business, you need to strike while the iron is hot, and take your chances when you get them. You never know when a once in a lifetime opportunity will present itself, [...]

I also live by something Will Smith said in an interview. He hates being realistic. No one realistic ever achieved anything. The idea of being an impossible thinker regardless of success or failure, makes life much more fun. – Scooter Braun, SB Projects Founder and manager of superstar Justin Bieber. matt source – Billboard Magazine [...]