Share 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 [...]

Share 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 [...]

Share 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 [...]

Share 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 [...]

Share 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 [...]

Share 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 [...]

Share 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 [...]

Share 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 [...]

Share 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 [...]

Share 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 [...]