MIDWOOD, BROOKLYN: How do you resist a music powerhouse with the effervescent name of Mr. Fantastic? You don’t. Peter Habib and Adam Nierow prove that personality, persistence and pop vocal prowess pay off (say THAT five times fast), representing with infectious energy from the word “Go”.
Formed in 2006, this Read more...
Can effective, even practical, music industry networking — traditionally sparked by “who you know” or being in the “right-place-at-the-right-time” — actually happen online? NYC-based professional musicians and music directors Onree Gill and Ralph Rolle say it not only can work, but that it’s actually needed to improve on an outdated Read more...
LONG ISLAND CITY, QUEENS: Before Salme Dahlstrom released her debut album, The Acid Cowgirl Audio Trade, she didn’t know a synch license from a stoplight. Now, Salme knows synch licensing.
Every track from that disc has been synched to picture, getting tapped by top brands such as Vodafone, Nike, MTV, Read more...
The two-day Digital Music Forum East conference is happening in NYC next week. Panel discussions will involve high-level speakers from several of the major labels, live and digital music and marketing companies like The Echo Nest, ReverbNation, Live Nation, MTV Mobile, Thumbplay, Creative Artists Agency, stormcrowd, LimeWire and OurStage, Inc. Read more...
“There’s nothing new that can be said in pop songwriting,” says Claude “Studio Beast” Kelly, in a recent phone interview from Los Angeles. “So, it’s not about writing some groundbreaking love song, it’s about writing a love song the way Miley Cyrus or Kelly Clarkson would write it. It’s the Read more...
