Music Business

Band Aid | Signal Path 

Dec 1, 2008

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...

Band Aid | Dollars & Sense 

Nov 1, 2008

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....

Band Aid | The Deal Maker 

Oct 1, 2008

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. ...

Band Aid | To the Rescue 

Sep 1, 2008

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...

Band Aid: Complete Picture 

Aug 1, 2008

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...

Band Aid: Do It Right 

Jul 1, 2008

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...

Band Aid: Circus Act 

Jun 1, 2008

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...

Covert Action 

May 1, 2008

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...

Just Playin' 

Apr 1, 2008

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...

Come Together 

Apr 1, 2008

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...

Staying Power 

Mar 1, 2008

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...

Small Screen 

Feb 1, 2008

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...

Widgets By Gydget 

Feb 1, 2008

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...

Dancing with the Stars 

Jan 1, 2008

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. ...

Insider Training 

Jan 1, 2008

Get insight into the music business from the perspective of a pro vocal coach...

Go Forward, Move Ahead 

Jan 1, 2008

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...

Wax Archaeology 101 

Dec 1, 2007

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...

The New Rules of the Game 

Dec 1, 2007

Take a tough, hard look at the state of urban music production, an industry beginning to reinvent itself ...

Band Aid: Quick Buck 

Dec 1, 2007

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...

Respect: Tony Wilson the Pied Piper 

Dec 1, 2007

Manchester scene’s industry icon orchestrated a magical musical movement ...

Trevor Gale Interview 

Nov 30, 2007

Read the Remix interview with Trevor Gale, VP of Writer/Publisher Relations with SESAC....

Neysa Camacho Interview 

Nov 30, 2007

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....

Dre McKenzie Interview 

Nov 30, 2007

Read the Remix interview with Dre McKenzie Head of A&R, G-UNIT Records....

Ryan West Interview 

Nov 30, 2007

Big Pimpin' 

Nov 1, 2007

Get the inside scoop about artist/A&R relationships at major labels...


Avid Presents:
Remix Hotel Los Angeles
Dec. 4-6, 2008

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!

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