Restoration Engineer Michael Graves, A New Spotify Scam, And New Netflix Spatial Audio On My Latest Podcast

On my latest podcast episode: Restoration mastering engineer Michael Graves explains how he saves rare historical recordings. The latest Spotify scam when someone uploads your song and claims the royalty using the “track linking” feature. Netflix embraces Sennheiser’s AMBEO so you can hear spatial audio from a pair of stereo speakers. Listen to it the […]

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Don’t Know What To Post? These 10 Prompts Will Help!

A conversation that I have frequently with managers, agents and music execs revolves around the fact that sometimes it’s like pulling teeth to get artists to post on social media. Many artists (especially older ones) don’t want to hear it, but a social presence is almost mandatory today because the music industry expects it. This […]

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Keyboardist CJ Vanston, Songwriters Finalize Raise, And The Optical Microphone On My Latest Podcast

My guest on my Podcast this week is producer, songwriter and keyboardist CJ Vanston. CJ Vanston started doing jingles in Chicago where he soon became a first call player, doing as many as six sessions a day. After moving to Los Angeles, he worked with a wide variety of artist like Toto, Def Leppard, Prince, […]

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4 Reasons Why CDs Are Popular Again

Ever since streaming took over the music fan’s consciousness a decade ago, CD sales have dropped like a rock. Why own a disc collection when you can access all the same music online for a lot less money? That outlook may now be changing though, because believe it or not, CDs are popular again. According […]

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Could This Be The End Of Hidden Ticket Charges For Concert Tickets?

Everyone has experienced it. You think that you’re paying one (usually high) price for a ticket to see your favorite artist, but when the actual bill comes it’s way higher than the original price. As a result, probably one of the most universally hated add-ons is the “convenience charge.” The day of the hidden ticket […]

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Music That Streaming Favors, A New Music Format, And Gearspace.com Founder Jules Standen On My Latest Podcast

On my latest podcast episode: Gearspace founder Jules Standen tells us all about one of the most popular audio sites online, which is now celebrating its 20th year Why genres like pop, hip-hop and dance are favored over blues, jazz and metal on streaming services like Spotify The new analog physical audio distribution format designed […]

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YouTube Tells Us About Its Latest Trends

As an artist you’re also a multimedia content creator, so it pays to pay attention to any trends that are either on their way up or down. YouTube just released its latest Culture and Tends Report that outlines some of the changes currently seen on the platform. This report is primarily focused on Gen Z […]

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There May Still Be A Backlog, But New Vinyl Pressing Plants Are Coming On Line

Any artist with a desire to release a vinyl record faces the hard reality of a long wait time, with some quotes as long as 12 months out! Of course, that just doesn’t work when it comes to marketing your latest product, but the good news is that help is on the way. Some of […]

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California’s 7 Year Law, Evolving Songwriting, And Sound Designer Bob Pomann On My Latest Podcast

My guest on the podcast this week is Bob Pomann, who discovered his unique ability to tell a story through sound while doing sound effects for the original Saturday Night Live. He went on to create Pomann Sound, a full-service audio-post and sound design house located in midtown Manhattan on the Penthouse floor, now in its 38th […]

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Take Advantage Of The 75% Of YouTube Users That Now Watch Shorts

Speaking of platforms that want to become TikTok, YouTube seems to be doing a fine job of it. A recent announcement from the media giant itself found that 75% of its 2 billion monthly users now access its Shorts feature. It appears that in at least some cases, platform imitation does work. Stated YouTube, “YouTube […]

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It Looks Like Meta Wants To Become TikTok

“If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em” is an old adage that comes to mind when it comes to the strategic plans for Facebook. It seems that Facebook (or Meta, as the parent company is now called) has seen that upstart TikTok is beating the pants off it, especially in the highly desirable younger demographics, […]

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Mixer Andrew Scheps, Renaming Rock, And Elvis Weddings In Vegas On My Latest Podcast

My guest on the podcast this week is Andrew Scheps, who’s won 3 Grammy awards and mixed huge hits for Adele, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Metallica, Beyonce, Jay-Z, U2 and many more. Andrew has also spent quite a lot of time mixing in Dolby Atmos lately, and his tutorials on the subject are some […]

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Goldman Sachs Thinks The Music Business Will Grow To Epic Proportions

Despite war, rising gas prices, sagging economies, supply chain issues and everything else that has consumers feeling their wallet pinched, global bank Goldman Sachs predicts good times ahead for the music business. Not only that, it predicts that it will grow to epic proportions by 2030. In its highly informative Music In The Air report, […]

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The Latest Tunecore Business Model Is Much Better For Artists

Many artists use Tunecore to distribute their music, but most have griped about the cost, which is more expensive than the competition. The platform is trying hard to change that with the introduction of its new “Unlimited Release Pricing Plans,” a big change in the Tunecore business model that’s more in-line with competitors like Distrokid. […]

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Composer Jim Hustwit, Music Videos Are Dying, And The Global Music Vault On My Latest Podcast

My guest on the podcast this week is Jim Hustwitt, who quit his marketing job in 2011 to work as a music producer and composer.  Since them Jim has produced music for Universal, EMI, BMG WestOne and NinjaTune and has been commissioned to write music for the BBC, Sky 1 and Channel 4. He’s also […]

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