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Just Announced: A&R Reps From Roster of Top Labels to Attend NMS 2013
Atlantic, Republic, RCA, Virgin, Label Recruit, Glassnote, Razor & Tie, Robbins Entertainment, Island, and Columbia will send A&R scouts to New Music Seminar’s A&R Listening Room to discover new artists. Get your music heard and critiqued on the spot! On June 9 and 10 (Monday & Tuesday) from 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM, scouts from these top labels [...]
SoundCtrl FlashFWD Awards Announces 2013 Winners – Names Songza ‘Best in Discovery’
May 16, 2013 (NYC) – SoundCtrl FlashFWD Awards, which honor excellence and innovation in music and technology, announced the 2013 winners today! Winner of ‘Best in Discovery’ went to Songza, the “music concierge” founded by Eric Davich and Elias Roman. Each year, ‘Best in Discovery’ recognizes the product or service that has most significantly impacted and improved [...]
2012 AOV Top 100 Artist Ali Isabella Chosen To Perform New Debbie Gibson Compositions in CIRQUE MUSICA
Debbie Gibson recently announced she will be composing two new songs for CIRQUE MUSICA, a touring circus-style show with a full symphony orchestra. Who has Gibson chosen to perform her new numbers during the upcoming tour? Ali Isabella, a 2012 Top 100 selection of The New Music Seminar’s ‘Artist On The Verge’ chart! According to Gibson, [...]
Artists: Get Your Music Discovered At The NMS A&R Listening Room!
On June 9 and 10 (Monday & Tuesday) from 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM, the New Music Seminar will provide artists the unique opportunity to attend 2-hour, open-door A&R listening sessions. Leading A&R scouts from Majors, Independents, Booking agents, Publishers, media taste-makers, and more will be on-hand to listen and offer valuable feedback on your music. You [...]
NMS Founder Tom Silverman and His New Music Business Model in Berklee’s Music Business Journal
A recent piece by Stephen Marcone in the Berklee Music Business Journal makes it clearer than ever as record sales diminish, the increasing importance in creating a new music business model – both for artists and record companies. From Marcone’s article: One of the most popular models was explained by Tom Silverman, CEO of Tommy Boy [...]
BMI Partners With Creative Week for Inaugural AMP Awards
There’s no better time than Creative Week in New York City – when advertising, design and digital media converge with the arts – for Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) to drive home its recently launched corporate positioning campaign focused on its leadership, heritage and innovation within the music industry. On Tuesday (May 7th), BMI presented at the inaugural Association of Music [...]
Slacker’s Relaunch Proves Successful: Adds 6M Users and 100K Subscribers in 3 Months
May 9, 2013 (San Diego, CA) – Since their February relaunch, Slacker announced today they have gained over six million new users and converted 100,000 of those users to paid subscribers. Slacker, the internet-based radio service, redesigned its platform in February with a broader, more mainstream consumer in mind. This included additional personalized music recommendations and new [...]
Rhapsody Becomes First Digital Service to Provide Liner Notes
May 7, 2013 – (LA) Tuesday at NARM’s Music Biz Conference in LA, Rhapsody International announced a new first for digital music, the addition of liner notes and credits to their digital subscribers. Rhapsody will be the first digital music service to support The Recording Academy’s new “Give The Fans Credit” initiative, which promotes the inclusion of credits [...]
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