Business Plan Development

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In my previous post I talked about online streaming and whether it is the death of physical mediums. I highlighted some online streaming services such as Netflix and Spotify and the benefits of using them. You can check out that post here and let me know what you guys think about it.

In today’s post however, I will be talking about a business related topic, Business Plan Development. I will examine and summarize the views of two recognized experts in the field of writing/reviewing business plans in terms of what they believe to be critical and key to include in a business plan.

Online Streaming: 'The Death of Physical Mediums'?

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Online Streaming is the process of starting a progressive download of a file, where the file isn’t downloaded to your computer, but is stored as data and streamed from a server. The decoder is a stand-alone player or a plugin that works as part of a Web browser. The server, information stream and decoder work together to let people watch live or prerecorded broadcasts. In a simpler version, anything that is not physically stored on your device (phone, laptop, etc.) that you are accessing via the Internet is probably streaming from a server. 

Pro Tools 11 Review

In today’s post, I will be reviewing a new version of the software Pro Tools 11.  For those of you who may not be familiar with this product or have not read any of my previous blogs, Pro Tools is the next generation of the best sounding, most widely used audio production software in the industry.  The software enables you to record, compose, edit and mix with great speed and ease. Pro Tools is the industry’s standard for recording studios and is the best software, in my opinion, for tracking/recording and mixing vocals. Pro Tools is created by Avid and sells for around $300 - $600, depending on the version purchased.

Self-Publishing: 'Ways to get your music published yourself'

In my previous post I talked about what publishing is and highlighted some of the big named music publishers in the industry, and today I want to continue on this topic by showing you ways of how you can publish your music yourself through “self-publishing”. In this technologically run world new platforms and mediums exists that enables us to do, by ourselves, what we never could before, such as recording and producing a complete song on our laptops and self-publishing without the help of a record label or major publisher.

Top Music Publishers

In my previous post I talked about famous artists and their managers and the responsibilities that fall under the scope of being a "manager". In this post I will be talking about another big part of the industry, ‘publishing’. This topic will be split into two posts, and in this post I will discuss who some of the major music publishers are and explain what publishing really means.

Before the print media and Internet revolution took place, music publishers made their money selling sheet music. “Today, music publishers are concerned with administering copyrights, licensing songs to record companies and others, and collecting royalties on behalf of the songwriter,” (Korn). One big thing to remember about music publishers is that they are not as concerned with the sound or quality of the work as they are with the money that could potentially be made from selling it.

Famous Artists & Their Managers

In my previous post I talked about the roles of artist managers, their tasks and responsibilities, and the pros and cons of having one, so today I will be talking about some popular artists and their managers. More specifically, I will be talking about two distinct categories of artist managers: hip-hop artist managers and artist managers who are no longer with their artists. For those of you who may doubt the need for an artist manager, these examples may help to illustrate the importance of having an artist manager and how he or she can help an artist’s career.

The Ever-Changing Role of the Artist Manager

In my previous posts I mainly discussed the production side of music but today I will be focusing on the business side of the industry, more specifically artist managers. Many, if not all of us are familiar with the concept of artists needing managers, but what do they really do? What does their job entail and are they even necessary? These are some of the questions that are often asked about artist managers and in today’s post I will be addressing these questions.