MusicBiz's Journal

MusicDishTV Partners With Music Xray For Its Music Video Service

Jess Wilson, Program Director for MusicDishTV, announced a partnership with Music Xray to offer a new promotional service to MusicDishTV Plus subscribers. Effective immediately, artists who upload a video to MusicDishTV via its premium service, MusicDishTV Plus, can now also upload a song of their choice to Music Xray free to provide even more extensive coverage.

The MusicDishTV Plus premium service also includes:
* postings to over 40 MusicDish LLC branded blogs & profiles
* distribution to over 35 Mi2N syndicated newswires
* features in both Mi2N and MusicDish e-Journal websites and newsletters
* targeted posting to over 75 online forums, eGroups and blogs
* increased SEO (search engine optimization) for their music brand

Begin the process to uploading one free song to Music Xray by submitting a MusicDishTV Plus order at: http://tv.musicdish.net. You will receive a promotional code with your order confirmation.

Kenny Bloom: China's Music Mogul

By Eric de Fontenay (MusicDish LLC Founder & Publisher)

(more articles from this author)

2009-11-12

The music industry in China has significantly changed over the past couple of decades, from a tightly government-controlled propaganda pipeline into an increasingly powerful and sophisticated economic sector. Spearheading the way in China's entertainment industry is Kenny Bloom, music veteran of over 30 years, and Founder and CEO of VisiTek Holdings, Ltd. Born in New York City, Mr. Bloom, at age 56, has accomplished more than most people do in a lifetime, and he has no plans of slowing his pace. To say that his list of accomplishments is impressive would be a gross understatement.

You've had over 20 years experience in the Chinese music business, beginning with the launch of Warner Music China. What are some of the unique characteristics that have shaped its development?

For one thing, massive piracy. The only business left now is ringtones and live shows. That said, there are more artists now then every before. 20 years ago there were half a dozen big pop stars and 4 rock bands. Now there are scores of pop stars and well over 300 working rock bands.

Read a full interview @ http://www.musicdish.com/mag/?id=12501 or http://musicdish.livejournal.com/182816.html

Musicnotes.com Revenue Growth Exceeds 20% Going Into Holiday Sales Season

MADISON, WI - November 17, 2009 – Musicnotes.com, the leading digital sheet music retailer and publisher, announced today it is seeing better than 20% sales growth year-over-year as the holiday sales season begins.

The site, which recently sold its six millionth download, is approaching 200,000 paid downloads per month and is receiving 120,000 visitors to the site daily. A meaningful percentage of this growth in sales and traffic is due to Musicnotes' international business, which now accounts for more than 20% of sales and is growing at a faster rate than overall business.

As a result of the continually growing sales, Musicnotes is also approaching $15 million in total royalties paid to its publishing partners since 2000, with almost $4 million alone expected to be paid in 2009.

Musicnotes attributes its growth to a continued focus on improving the customer experience as well as its continually expanding catalogue of downloadable sheet music, including songs from several significant content deals signed in 2009.

On the Web: http://www.musicnotes.com

Mi2N Launches PR Writing Service For Music Industry: Mi2n-PRESS

Url: http://www.mi2n.com/services/mi2n_press.php3

With a dozen years at the forefront of music PR, Mi2N announced the launch of MI2N-PRESS. MI2N-PRESS provides a complete PR solution for independent artists, labels and music companies, including professional press release writing and the option to combine the service with selected Mi2N Music PR marketing packages.

Everyone knows that the music industry isn't just about music; it's about business as well. Now, more than ever, artists must be able to successfully express their unique brand and convey news about upcoming performances or the release of a new track or CD to their target audiences. As the leading music news source and major online artist marketer, Mi2N has over a decade's experience working with people on both sides of the PR sector and knows what it takes to get results.

"Online PR has proven to be one of the most effective and affordable ways for independent artists and labels to reach out to new fans and industry professionals," commented Eric de Fontenay, Mi2N's Founder and Editor.

Now Fans Choose The Music!

The future of the music industry is here: now fans choose the music! The revolution that was started by Oswald band is happening now!

It's all about choice: Do you like when somebody else decides what you should listen to? Do you like the pop stuff that's falling on you from TV screens? This was the problem, the guys from Oswald were thinking about, and they found the perfect way to change this situation. They decided to let their fans choose what the band's next single will be. The fans were asked to vote for their favorite Oswald song and their voice has been heard!

So now, when the voting is over we can proudly say - Oswald fans became a part of the newest music industry model which puts fans first!

"Flying To The Ground" - is powerfull and full of strong emotions, it brings an important message for the souls of people. It is a very melodious song with powerful lyrics. The fans chose, and Oswald delivered. But you better just give it a listen for yourself. Enjoy!

Url: http://www.official.oswaldtheband.com/

Current Mood: bouncy
Current Music: Oswald - Flying To The Ground

Bloodyvostok Rock in LA)
Hi all))
Tomorrow we will meet Mumiy Troll in LA)) Welcome)
Mumiy Troll - the most delicious thing on a plate of Rock in Russia. Mumiy Troll began as “one of the most socially dangerous bands in the world” as noted by a local Communist party chief in the former Soviet Union; yet, was hailed as “Best Band of the Millennium” by leading Russian music critics after the fall of communism. Having played over 1,000 gigs since the turn of the century, and boasting a back catalogue of eight full-length CDs, Mumiy Troll are the most influential and successful independent artists in Russia today.

10/30/09 Key Club, West Hollywood, CA
11/02/09 Casbah, San Diego, CA
11/03/09 Martini Ranch, Scottsdale, AZ
11/05/09 Granada Theater, Dallas, TX
11/06/09 Emo's Alternative Lounge - Inside, Austin, TX
11/07/09 Meridian, Houston, TX
11/10/09 Club Downunder, Tallahassee, FL
11/11/09 Wills Pub, Orlando, FL
11/13/09 1982 Bar, Gainesville, FL
11/14/09 The Masquerade, Atlanta, GA
11/15/09 The Alley Cat, Charlotte, NC
11/16/09 Cat's Cradle, Carrboro, NC
11/17/09 The Canal Club Downstairs Lounge, Richmond, VA
11/18/09 Black Cat, Washington, DC
11/19/09 Theater of Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA
11/21/09 Venue, Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA
11/22/09 Chop Suey, Seattle, WA

40 Experts A La Carte For MIDEM+

More contacts, more advice. In 2010, MIDEM will push innovation further with MIDEM+, a new event dedicated to personalised networking where digital and music industry executives will be able to hold one-on-one meetings with around 40 experts from a wide range of fields including digital marketing, working with brands and looking for funding. MIDEM+ will open its doors in Cannes from 23 to 27 January, 2010.

"The idea is to offer tailor-made advice and a more individual approach. MIDEM+ is aimed at MIDEM participants who want to build on their experience of the marketplace and go home with the kind of concrete advice that is indispensable for developing their own businesses," said Dominique Leguern, director of MIDEM.

Registration to MIDEM+ and a full list of experts available at:

http://www.midem.com/MIDEM/Midem-plus/

What do you do?
Awful lot of silent lurkers here..time to wake up! :p

We're all here because we have something or other to do with the music business..so tell us, what do you do?

Things Fall Into Place For Folk & Roots Rocker Joe Iadanza

Sound: http://www.joeiadanza.com/wp/audio/Joe%20Iadanza%20-%20One%20More%20Lonesome%20Tune.mp3

Joe Iadanza, a Roslyn, New York-based folk-rock, roots and Americana singer-songwriter and fingerstyle guitarist, has secured two coveted showcase slots during the Northeast Regional Folk Alliance (NERFA) Conference at the Hudson Valley Resort in Kerhonkson, NY, Nov. 12-15.

Iadanza is a storyteller and sophisticated folkie with a strikingly unusual tenor voice, a foot-stomping Euro-jazz-schooled band, and a growing repertoire of smart, witty, and stick-in-your-ear hummable songs, who has been steadily gaining fans and critical attention.

Iadanza plans to record his sophomore release early next year with Cake Records founder Evan Brubaker. His independently released 2008 studio debut, Traveling Salesman, is a heart-opening album that spans the genres of folk, rock, roots and Americana, at times harkening back to a bygone era with what critics have called a "Gatsby-ish" and "distinctly European" jazz feel.

For more information on Joe Iadanza, visit www.joeiadanza.com. To hear a few of his songs, log-on to www.myspace.com/joeiadanza.

Access Pass And Design Acquires Services Of BandPasses.com

Url: http://www.bandpasses.com/

Access Pass and Design, the leader in printed security credentials and "backstage" pass printing has acquired the services of BandPasses.com, the leading online source for such products. Seth Sheck, CEO of Access Pass and Design says that the merger of services will allow the entertainment printing industry to move into a new era of service for the busy music of event professional.

BandPasses.com is the innovator of online shopping for backstage passes on the web as well as one of the early developers of the online itinerary services in use by many tour managers and artists today. Clients over the years have included Blue October, Alan Parsons, Eddie Izzard, Hank Williams III and the Miranda Lambert.

Technology Review: Rockster+Pro Home Studio Recording Software Package

Url: http://www.borntorock.com/rockster.htm

[Mi2N PR] New York, NY -- Most home audio recording equipment is lacking in acoustics and the ability to produce a rich, vibrant sound. Rockster+Pro solves that problem by allowing the artist to choose "one of seven presets or invent their own. A GUI panel provides controls for factory and user presets, reverb time, decay and mix, heat, drive, space and dither. Reverb controls are independently adjustable for reflections from rear, side, ceiling and audience so you can design your own concert hall's size, shape, and liveliness." Another great feature is that Rockster+Pro doesn't work in real time. It analyzes the entire file before processing it, and even gives you a warning of any overages before processing modifications so you can choose to re-record the track if you want to.

With Rockster+Pro, I was able to infuse a very unique musical color into dry sounds with just my digital audio workstation. Using different settings, I managed to make my very own cello-and-piano composition sound like it was in front of me, being played live.

The example is a slow cello-piano duo I composed using FL studio:

Example 2 - Slow Cello-Piano duo by sthprk

And after using custom settings:

Example 2 - Slow Cello-Piano duo after using custom settings (screenshot 2) by sthprk

Russian band Mumiy Troll in USA
Hi all))

Mumiy Troll - the most delicious thing on a plate of Rock in Russia. Mumiy Troll began as “one of the most socially dangerous bands in the world” as noted by a local Communist party chief in the former Soviet Union; yet, was hailed as “Best Band of the Millennium” by leading Russian music critics after the fall of communism. Having played over 1,000 gigs since the turn of the century, and boasting a back catalogue of eight full-length CDs, Mumiy Troll are the most influential and successful independent artists in Russia today.

http://www.myspace.com/mumiy

10/16/09@ First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN
ticket http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/060042E1A0DB65F3?artistid=1274852&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=1
10/17/09@ Slowdown, Omaha, NE
10/18/09@ The Record Bar, Kansas City, MO
ticket http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/060043199FA28149?artistid=1274852&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=1
10/20/09@ Bluebird Theater, Denver, CO
ticket http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1E0042B4F83392A8?artistid=798945&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=60
10/21/09@ Urban Lounge, Salt Lake City, UT
10/23/09@ The Starlite Room, Edmonton, Alberta, CANADA
ticket http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1100431DD16B675B?artistid=1274852&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=1
10/24/09@ The Den, Calgary, Alberta, CANADA
ticket) http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1100431C818C9BE2?artistid=1274852&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=1

Mi2N And Music Xray Partner To Connect Musicians With Industry Professionals

Music Xray (aka Platinum Blue Music Intelligence) and Music Industry News Network (Mi2N) have collaborated to offer musicians a unique opportunity to have their music exposed to music industry professionals. With any Mi2N PR Music order, artists can submit a song of their choosing to any of the many industry opportunities offered on Music Xray and the service submission fee will be waived. By doing so, artists can capitalize on the opportunity for exposure to hundreds of industry professionals available through Music Xray, including major and indie labels, producers, career coaches, song critiques, and contests.

Ideal for artists, labels, and promoters, the Mi2N Music PR service provides guaranteed press release placements through a network of newswires, social media, blog communities, and forums. With packages ranging in price from $9.95 (PR Express) to $179.95 (PR Platinum Video), Mi2N offers a PR marketing solution to meet every budget and need. Clients will receive a promo code voucher for one free song submission to Music Xray's platform of top music industry professionals, labels, agencies and producers. Over 150 industry professionals and entities use Music Xray, including major labels and Grammy-winning producers, and thousands of artists have already joined the site.

Begin the process to uploading your song to Music Xray by purchasing an Mi2N Music PR package at http://www.mi2n.com/input.php3.

You can also download a PDF on Mi2N Music PR at http://www.mi2n.com/services/pdf/Mi2N_MusicPR.pdf

Email: prsyndicate@mi2n.com

Url: http://www.mi2n.com/input.php3

http://www.musicxray.com/x

External Affairs (EA) Marketing Coordinator

Job Title: External Affairs (EA) Marketing Coordinator

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Catapult your marketing and event management career. Become part of the External Affairs team at SoundExchange, a Washington, D.C. - based non-profit performance rights organization that collects statutory royalties from satellite radio (such as SIRIUS XM), internet radio, cable TV music channels and similar platforms for streaming sound recordings. The Copyright Royalty Board, which was created by Congress, has entrusted SoundExchange as the sole entity in the United States to collect and distribute these digital performance royalties on behalf of featured and non-featured recording artists, master rights owners (usually record labels), and independent artists who record and own their masters.

SoundExchange has a dynamic opportunity for a junior marketing professional looking to move up to the next level and to promote the organization's mission through event planning, managing marketing initiatives and media buying. Strong organizational skills, event management experience, knowledge of internet advertising and web based social media tools are a must. Passion for music essential.

SALARY: $45k and competitive benefits package

FOR IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION:

Email resume and salary requirements to Crystal Powell at cpowell@soundexchange.com with subject line: "EA Marketing Coordinator"

http://www.soundexchange.com/

Mesa Sand Ventures, LLC Releases SongManager For Bento, Catalog Management Software For Artists

The History of SongManager for Bento

Like many software solutions, SongManager for Bento was designed and built out over the last eight years from a personal need. "My wife, CJ Borden, is a songwriter, and we continually struggled to put together something to manage CJ's songs and what we were doing with them," Bordenkircher comments. "We just couldn't find something to keep track of her music. It seemed other solutions either didn't exist, or started at a five-figure price point, which is way out of financial range for most independents."

When Filemaker, Inc., released their new personal database platform, Bento, the solution was finally near at hand. "After many hours of programming and live testing on our own song catalog, we realized there's probably thousands of other songwriters in the same position," Bordenkircher notes. "So we decided to release it as an affordable product for everyone."

Websites:

www.SongManagerForBento.com

www.MesaSandVentures.com

www.Filemaker.com

www.MusicRegistry.com

Email: paul@mesasand.com

Brooklyn Audio Rentals Launches And Offers It's Own Economic Stimulus Plan!

New pro-audio rental company - Brooklyn Audio Rentals - has launched in Brooklyn, New York and services the amazing array of musical talent found in the boroughs outside of New York City itself.

Headed by International touring guitarist and recording engineer Valerie Gentile - Brooklyn Audio Rentals has already started to have an impact on bands and solo musicians with the phone ringing constantly with queries from real rock stars to aspiring ones!

Valerie Gentile comments:

"Brooklyn Audio Rentals is an audio equipment rental company that offers solutions for musicians at any level, be it full recording rigs for studio or live situations, supplemental gear for commercial studios, home studios or live sound reinforcement."

"Brooklyn Audio Rentals rents what Brooklyn needs at affordable weekly rates. For what you get at a rental house in the city for a day, I rent for a week... because great records can't happen in 24 hours."

"In economic times like these, great music is being made and if people want to record it they should be able to do so; and it should be made affordable"

"Brooklyn Audio Rentals helps make dreams come true by putting equipment into the creative hands of people that want to heard."

For more on Brooklyn Audio please contact Valerie Gentile at:
Valerie@Brooklynaudiorentals.com

Please also visit: www.brooklynaudiorentals.com

Media contact: Kevin Fetterplace at Mojo Working
Kevin@Mojoworking.com

MusicDishTV: Highlights From The New Music Seminar (July 21, 2009 in NYC)

Watch video highlights from the July 21, 2009 Seminar

The New Music Seminar will again be the number one place for networking and building business partnerships that will become the foundations of the new music business for years to come. The NMS will provide delegates with opportunities to meet with the leaders of the new music business, get the advice, information and tools to do it themselves.

Following rave reviews for this New York City conference, The New Music Seminar comes to Chicago for the first time ever on Tuesday, October 6th, 2009 at the legendary Park West. The New Music Seminar was established in 1980 and grew into one of the world's largest music business conferences. Now, after 15 years, it is back as a crucial one-day event for artists, managers and music labels of for every kind of music.

http://www.NewMusicSeminar.biz

The Next Step In Recording Technology

Rockster+ Pro is an important innovation in home recording. This software allows artists to pack warm analog drive and concert hall ambience into digital recordings and turn dead tracks into big live-sounding mixes without the expensive equipment found at professional recording studios. With Rockster+ Pro, recording artists can use one of seven presets or create their own unique production setting. A GUI panel provides controls for factory and user presets, reverb time, decay and mix, heat, drive, space and dither. Reverb controls are independently adjustable for reflections from rear, side, ceiling and audience so you can design your own concert hall's size, shape, and liveliness. With this program an artist can place a recording in any venue from a small club to a giant opera hall.

A key feature that sets this software apart is file analysis. Rockster+ Pro does not work in real-time like most recording and production software. Instead, the program analyzes the entire sound file before applying any effects or modifications. This prevents ugly noises from clipping and blends all of the parameters at once instead of piping the signal through a chain of compressors and processors. Rockster+ Pro will also warn you of any overages before it processes modifications so you have the option to re-record the track.

Rockster+ Pro takes all of the expensive equipment and engineering of a professional recording studio and shrinks it into an affordable piece of software. Now the home studio recording can compete with the professional effort and every musician can achieve the same high quality, full bore, live sound on their tracks. This application levels the playing field for home recording artists and is a must have for any serious home studio.

http://rockster.musicdish.net
http://www.borntorock.com/rockster.htm

MediaNet Announces Revolutionary New Products To Bring Digital Music To The Masses

MediaNet, the industry leading business-to-business provider of premium music and media delivery to customers of all sizes, announced today two new products, easy to install Web Components and an API through the Company's advanced enterprise technology platform, MN Open.

Customers can now sign up for the MN Open Web Components and API for free at www.mndigital.com and have a digital music offering up and running on their website or application quickly.

MediaNet's suite of Web Components is easy to install and incorporate into a website with no coding required. Customers copy and paste the code snippets anywhere on their page with their branding front and center. Available in three main categories: contextual matching; commerce and discovery, Web Components features include:

Since introducing these products over the last eight weeks, MediaNet has signed up 25 new customers from social media destinations, kiosk providers and radio stations to musician sites, music blogs and news organizations. For a partial list of customers, go to http://www.mndigital.com/about-us/customers.html

Hadi Partovi, President, iLike, commented: "MediaNet's technology made it easy for iLike to roll out an MP3 store in record time. iLike's in-page MP3 purchase functionality helps keep iLike's user base on the site, engaged in the discovery and sampling of music, while making the purchasing process easy."

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MediaNet's world-class technology platform, MN Open, offers an API and easy to use Web Components that deliver a set of powerful music and media content products including streams, downloads, music search, contextual matching and other media discovery tools to engage end users while keeping them on your website or application longer to maximize revenues. MediaNet powers music and media delivery for brands of all sizes including iLike, Zune, HMV, Tesco, MOG, Ultimate Guitar, Intertech Media and many more.
http://www.mndigital.com/

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