Coast 2 Coast Convention 2010 – Miami, FL – Aug. 27-29th
Coast 2 Coast Convention 2010 - "Bridging the Gap Between the Streets and the New Music Industry"
New Music Seminar 2010 | NYC | July 19-21st
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So You Got Your Major Feature…Now What?
In Urban music most new artists want that “Hot” feature on their record. That is all well and fine, but let’s start with the basics of getting the single ready for the feature. If you have taken the time to produce and write a hit song on your own, then a feature should only add to the single and not make the single. Have you taken the time to edit and mix the record to the best of your... [Read more]
Coast 2 Coast Convention 2010 – Miami, FL – Aug. 27-29th
Coast 2 Coast New Music Industry Convention Announced for August 27th-29th in Miami, FL Coast 2 Coast Mixtapes & Magazine announce the 2nd Annual Coast 2 Coast Convention to take place in Miami, FL August 27th-29th. The conference will be attended by a large list of music industry guests and sponsors such as iStandardProducers.com, Datpiff.com, AllHipHop.com, HipHopDX.com, HipHopGame.com, MusicDealers.com,... [Read more]
Top 5 Urban DJ Coalitions
DJ Coalitions have always been a staple of the music industry, mostly for behind the scenes. A record literally can NOT be broken to major airplay without the assistance of the DJs and by association, the DJ coalitions. In today’s industry, the DJ is ever more important as a fragmented industry has to be unified by the DJs and major tastemakers to bring records to the masses like they once... [Read more]
New Music Seminar 2010 | NYC | July 19-21st
The New Music Seminar was a legendary event, slated to return for the first time in 15 years in New York City for a few days only. Tom Silverman of Tommy Boy Records started the seminar in the eighties to define where the industry was going, now he restarts the conference with the same mission, at a critical time for all in the music industry. Join me and the rest of the Coast 2 Coast Mixtapes team... [Read more]
Start Your Own Internet Radio Station!
For all those out there that have always dreamed of having their own radio station we have found the easiest solution, Live365. The internet radio service has over 6000 stations run by independent programmers like yourselves, not preprogrammed commercial garbage. The ease of access allows real people to play real music 24/7 to a worldwide audience. Best of all it is completely legal and decently... [Read more]
A&R Uncut – What’s Your Gimmick?
If your initial response to the title question is “I don’t have one”, “I don’t need one” or even “I don’t want one”, then you should definitely reevaluate your goal to be successful in this business and consider a career checking vital signs or flipping burgers; because a gimmick is the second most important necessity in the path towards being a Star or even just a successful musician. ... [Read more]
Hootsuite – Advanced Social Network Management
Hootsuite is a great platform that allows a business, brand, or celebrity to easily manage and track multiple social networks, most notably Twitter. The software also manages: Facebook, Facebook Pages, LinkedIN, Wordpress, Myspace, Foursquare, and Ping.fm. We use their platform to schedule Tweets across multiple platforms with uniform links and branding messages. This allows us to easily schedule... [Read more]
Vimeo – The Creative’s Video Sharing Site
Vimeo is a great site that is developed for the more creative community. With less focus on stats and commercialization, the site offers great tools to let creative types thrive and live virally. The site has proven itself to not only the independent community, but major artists and directors alike. Recently, John Mayer joined the site to share an exclusive video highlighting “A Life In... [Read more]
Rhythm J’s ASCAP Guru Session #4 – The 9 “What If’s” of Title Registration
What’s up to the seekers of knowledge (Guru Gong here)! It’s been a while what I’m back with more ASCAP info. I noticed some of the questions on the comments of past articles and tried to answer some here. Before reading this particular ASCAP Guru session, I recommend reading Guru Session #3 “The 9 Commandments of Title Registration”… Plus if you want to learn... [Read more]
A&R UNCUT – F*@k the Majors! Really?
I have never been a shy person when it comes to educating those that choose to ignore the obvious. Therefore, I will begin my blog by being as candid and straight up as I can. So don’t blame Nick for letting me loose on this site. I read countless blogs and articles and listen to so many aspiring and not-so aspiring artists say the same thing, Fuck the Majors! Those with an opinion are quick... [Read more]
MobBase – Simple and Cheap iPhone Apps for Musicians
MobBase is a great platform that allows artists/bands and more the ability to easily and very inexpensively create a custom iPhone Application with streaming music, news, shows, purchase links, photos, videos and much, much more. The dashboard is very easy to use and allows you to create a custom app in a matter of hours and then submit it directly to the iTunes App Store. MobBase then takes care... [Read more]
ASK AN EXPERT – Going For Radio Adds
Unless you have worked for the radio department of a label, or else you have worked for an independent promoter or radio magazine, you probably have never heard of an “add date”. But the “add date” is probably the most basic building block of both commercial and college airplay, and it is used in every successful airplay charting campaign there is, so we better cover how it... [Read more]
Warner Bros. Records Sends Copyright Infringement Claims to Top Urban Websites/Blogs on Behalf of Gucci Mane
Warner Bros. Records Threatens Copyright Infringement Claims Against Top Urban Websites/Blogs Including Coast 2 Coast Mixtapes on Behalf of Gucci Mane Warner Bros. Records makes yet another mistake in the unstable music industry by sending numerous copyright infringement claims to top websites and blogs including Coast 2 Coast Mixtapes, ordering them to remove any Gucci Mane content. The falter... [Read more]
ASK AN EXPERT – Timing Your Radio Release
Many people, when planning the date that their radio campaign will start, think that starting the campaign at a certain time of the year will make a huge difference in the outcome of the project. It won’t. There are many other factors which are far more important, and these factors will determine what happens with your release… Things like sequentially pushing a second and third release... [Read more]
Rhythm J’s ASCAP Guru Session #3 – 9 Commandments of Title Registration
Welcome back ASCAP members and future ASCAP members. Now that we have Writing and publishing out of the way (See Guru Sessions #1 and #2) we can focus on what gets us money n the first place… The MUSIC! TITLE REGISTRATION Probably the #1 reason why music makers don’t make any ASCAP royalties even if they are getting substantial radio and TV play: You didn’t register any titles…... [Read more]
Legal Digital Signatures for Businesses
There has been a recent influx of businesses that are using online services to create legally binding agreements with clients. Not only is this easier and simpler for me, it is much easier on the company to both get the contract out as well as signed by both parties. I have used two of these services but definitly prefer the EchoSign solution as a cleaner and simpler way to do business. However,... [Read more]
ASK AN EXPERT – Creating a Story for Commercial Radio
When working with the mass media (radio, TV, papers, magazines), one thing to keep in mind is that they are just that… MASS… and anything you can do to let radio know that you are building a mass story for your artist will help tremendously in your ability to get airplay. A special note here: This info is not intended for an individual artist (or one-person label) to go and try themselves;... [Read more]
Rhythm J’s ASCAP Performing Rights Society Guru Session #2
What’s up music self educators? You are making this industry better each day you learn something. Previously on my last ASCAP Guru Session, we touched upon the importance of publishing and why EVERY songwriter, whether they are signed or not signed to a publishing deal, should have both a writing and publishing account with ASCAP. Knowing that, the first question that needs to be answered... [Read more]
