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MUSIC VIDEO QUESTION OF THE DAY
The Future of Music Video Question Casares asks: We were told that music videos, in today's industry, are pertinent to the construction of a fan base as they, along with concerts, attract listeners and sustain their interest. The speaker discussed the problem with music downloading and how it has effected CD sales, arguing that music videos […]
MUSIC BUSINESS QUESTION OF THE DAY
Anti-Industry Attitudes DaveTDVD asks: How do you deal with an artist who has talent but has an anti music industry attitude and feelings of mistrust against it? Hartmann responds: Here comes Collegiate Rock. The postmodern record business was built around artists who excelled in the local honky-tonks, bars, night clubs and concert halls that proliferate around the […]
The Digital Music Business FAQ - Book Publishing
A Literary Agent asks: Will book publishing suffer the same fate as the record business? Hartmann responds: The handwriting is on the wall and there is no god powerful enough to stop digimodernization. Reading from paper is too expensive to survive as a great American pastime. Furthermore, it is economically and ecologically unsound. The big […]
The Holodigm Quote of the Day - Ryan Gosling on Pitchfork
"It seems like an interesting time to come into music, because it seems like everybody's leaving, every office we go into the guy's packing up, and pulling all the final things from his desk in a box," Gosling said. "It seems like, you can't make money anymore, so people are trying to figure out how it all […]
A Light Goes Out in Music - Barbara Skydel
MAKE THEM SING BARBARA SKYDEL MAKE THEM PLAY Barb was the best of the best. She brought dignity, class and style to the profession of booking agent. Her honesty, integrity and humility set a standard that only she could achieve. Either at Premier Talent, or the Morris office, she represented every act I managed for […]
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