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...
Last week we found out what makes Jason Jordan, Vice President of A&R for Hollywood Records, tick. This week, he goes straight to the strong stuff, pulling no punches on the good/bad/ugly on A&R in 2010.
Learn what to do – and what not to do – to get his Read more...
MIDTOWN, MANHATTAN: The major label A&R executive sometimes seems like Bigfoot these days – hard to track down, even harder to get your head around. But Jason Jordan, Vice President of A&R for Hollywood Records, is no mythical creature.
This NYC-based hit hunter operates out in the great wide open, Read more...
