We’re all curious about superstars on so many levels, but especially when it comes to how much they make. There are several lists that come out every year that takes a look inside the top music moneymakers, but I especially like the one from Billboard. This list looks at the top 5, and you’ll probably […]
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My guest on the podcast this week is Barry Rudolph, who’s probably done more magazine gear reviews that anyone on the planet by a factor of 10. As an engineer, Barry’s worked on 15 gold or platinum records by artists like Lynyrd Skynyrd, Hall and Oats, Rod Stewart, Mick Jagger and many more. Barry has also written […]
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Every artist needs to understand his or her brand, but that’s easier said than done. First of all, most artists just don’t know where to get started. Although there’s a lot more information that can be found in my Social Media Promotion For Musicians book, here are a few things that you can do right […]
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Facebook has led the charge to take over as the king of online video, but while that hasn’t happened, it has settled into a groove of being a reliable host for videos. That said, while Facebook provides a somewhat different audience from YouTube, the strategy for posting videos has changed almost every year. A new […]
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My guest on the podcast this week is Grammy Award-nominated keyboardist, composer, and record producer Jeff Lorber. Jeff has released more than 25 albums during his career and he’s considered one of the pioneers of the modern jazz genre. Many of his songs are featured on The Weather Channel’s “Local On The 8s” segments, and he’s contributed […]
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Recently Sony Music launched its “Artists Forward” initiative that that ignored any unrecouped balances for acts that were signed to the company before 2000 and have not had an advance since. The move garnered widespread applause across the industry, and now it announced it will extend the program to heritage songwriters as well. The new […]
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If you’ve ever tried to register a domain you know that it can be a frustrating experience. Unless you grabbed your preferred name back way when websites were just taking off, chances are that the name you want is already taken. That leaves you to either using a modified domain name (bobbyowsinskilive.com instead of bobbyowsinski.com, […]
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My guests on the podcast this week are president and founder Paul Hubert, COO Jim Rondinelli, and chief scientist JJ Johnston from the 3D mixing platform Immersion Networks. The company’s innovative Mix3 (pronounced “mix cubed”) software allows anyone to upload tracks and mix them in a three-dimensional environment. These mixes can be appreciated without special hardware and […]
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One thing that’s true for every social platform is that they’re constantly changing and improving their feed algorithm. This is to ensure that you see more of what you want in your news feed, and less of what doesn’t interest you. You have to hand it to Facebook in that they’ve always been fairly transparent […]
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When it comes to streaming video, YouTube has always been the king of the hill. With more than 2 billion users logging in every month, it’s number 1 for music consumption for multiple generations. While TikTok used to be the up and comer, it’s now catching up to YouTube in ways that surprise even veterans […]
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My guest on the podcast this week is musician, composer, sound engineer, sound designer and producer Jurij Gianluca Ricotti. He’s worked with a wide range of artists that include Brittney Spears, Rita Ora, Casey Musgraves, Pat Metheny, John McLaughlin, Yngwie Malmsteen and even the Pope. Since 2015 Jurij’s worked on several #1 records as a sound engineer […]
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It’s happened to everyone online sooner or later. You spend a lot of time working on post or a video, pouring your heart into it, only to receive some soul-crushing negative comments that are more hurtful than helpful. As we now know, these comments can have a detrimental effect on your mental health if you’re […]
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If you were to just read what the media writes you would think that all people listen to all day is a streaming service like Spotify, or podcasts, or whatever else that’s hot in the audio world at the moment. One of the reasons why is that until recently, none of the ratings agencies like […]
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As you’ve probably experienced, the pandemic did not treat every music genre equally. While many thrived as a result of the lockdown, the dance music industry took a huge hit in revenue. The total global revenue was cut in half, which means that the industry is now at the same point it was 10 years […]
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My guest on the podcast this week is singer, songwriter, politician, environmentalist and community activist John Hall. John is one of the founders of the group Orleans and a co-writer of their two huge hits that you still hear all the time – “Dance With Me” and “Still The One.” He has written songs for Janis Joplin, […]
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