Read the Remix "Band Aid" article by audio engineer Dave Hampton, who discusses the all-important business side of working as a successful audio engineer. Hampton discusses topics ranging from studio etiquette to getting work, training and working as an independent contractor...
Read the Remix "Band Aid" article by People Under the Stairs producer Thes One. Thes One discusses keeping band expenses low to make a bigger profit on the road and his "bad business idea" of designing the Tree Audio 500 custom console....
Read the Remix "Band Aid" article by hip-hop powerbroker TJ Chapman, who has brokered major-label deals for T-Pain and B.o.B. and founded TJ's DJ's record pool and conference. Chapman discusses the importance of understanding the development cycle for a record and how viral and street promotions, as well as playing live, can help an artist's career. ...
Read the Remix article “Band Aid” column on the future fate of Internet radio. Pandora founder Time Westergren talks about the importance of Internet radio to the artist, why its statutory licensing system hangs in the balance and what you can do about it...
Read the Remix “Band Aid” column on film composer Andrew Hollander. Hollander talks about his company, Sugarbox, and the process of recording, collaborating and trying to tie conflicting visions together for a film-scoring project...
After playing bass in high school and DJing at my college radio station, I worked at the Plush Amplifiers factory, at Sam Ash as a salesman, did synth...
After high school when I knew I could not become a pro baseball player, I decided to move to Los Angeles with $1,000 and found a job at Westlake Recording...
I started my career in entertainment as a club promoter, promoting everything from dance-music events to hip-hop events, in everything from small clubs...
Find something you love and do it for the rest of your life. That's one classic maxim that leads to another: easier said than done. But for the many musicians...
The longer you work, the more experience you gain. If you keep delivering good-quality music, and if you're open-minded to all sorts of things, then your...
In 1997, I, Greg, registered AllHipHop.com to market and promote the artists on my label. When I saw the amount of people who were downloading our music...
While I studied business with a focus in economics in college, music has always been an influential part of my life. Upon finishing school and considering...
Gydget (www.gydget.com/my_widget) is a free service that allows anyone to promote music-related news on personal Web pages and social-networking sites...
Read the Remix article about the Remix Hotel Los Angeles 2007 event at the SAE Institute of Technology on Sunset Boulevard. T-Pain, 9th Wonder, DJ Rap, the World Famous Beat Junkies, Carmen Rizzo and FreQ Nasty, as well as manufacturers M-Audio, Korg, Roland, Serato, JazzMutant, Apple and more were on hand for the action. ...
Channeling the spirits of the future, Remix reveals the producers, MCs, DJs, artists, movements, companies, gear, sites, tours and industry changes that will rock the music world in 2008...
Just in case you thought reissuing a long-lost LP is only about cashing in on your crate-digging skills, here’s what you really need to know from three of the most erudite archivists on the scene...
Below is an excerpt of music producer/composer Wendell Hanes' book, The 30-30 Career: Making 30 Grand in 30 Seconds (AuthorHouse, 2007). With his sound-for-pictures...
Neysa Camacho is CEO and President of NQC Management, Entertainment and Publishing, and also head of Baseline Recording Studios and Fort Knocks Entertainment, which she co-owns with Just Blaze in NYC....
Remix Hotel heads to SAE's L.A. campus for another weekend of music-production technology; industry panels; and appearances by Danja, DJ Babu, J-Rocc, Squeak E. Clean, Sid Roams, DJ Shortee and more. And RHLA 2008 adds a new programming component: video production. You won't want to miss it—register today!