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Favorite strip club you've visited.
Spearmint Rhino - Las Vegas. Assorted others in European countries were a lot better, but I forgot the names.- God
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Janelle Monae: It's that 60's sound and it's back...
I believe Puffy may be distributing her music with a two-in deal. He is allegedly behind the scenes. She is working with a manager/cat to distribute music in a quarterly fashion, rather than in an "album" fashion. The reason I post this: 1. It reaffirms the beliefs of people on this... -
Warner Music Group hopes to charge people a flat fee for downloaded p2p music
http://blog.wired.com/music/2008/04/details-emerge.html Amazing. -
EMI hires Google's Chief Information Officer.
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EQ Automation: do a lot of you cats do it?
When I used to work solely on tracks rather than biz side shit - I was indoctrinated by an AE that worked with me to view EQ as a literal artform. He was a British cat, and said that Americans have a different way of trying to correct mixes - whereas he used to sit down and try to fix mix... -
Saul Williams' album: Failure of online music sales or bad marketing?
Trent Reznor from Nine Inch Naills released an album called "Ghosts." He made a couple million bucks on strictly digital sales, but his protege, Saul Williams- had an online album release that was a failure. Didn't cut the costs. How much does a brand name matter in selling an album online... -
Rebranding an artist to make $$$- real life example of artists signed to Interscope.
I posted this somewhere else, but realized I didn't label this properly for Industry Talk... Cherry Tree/Interscope signed a girl "Chantelle Paige" to their roster. They had a "has-been" band that was probably going to get dropped from the roster known as "Flipsyde" laying around. So what... -
The official "Getting Hated On" thread. Your stories of getting hated on.
We've all experienced haters. The envy and jealousy teeming within these haters as they passive-aggressively try to subvert your success, or place seeds of doubt in your success. I'm sure we've also hated on other people, though we won't admit it :-) In any case. I am curious to hear your...- God
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Sick of the music industry. Jaded? I sure as hell am.
I'm ranting now. I'm sick of working in music. I lost the initial enjoyment. I feel more like a hustler and con-man rather than (ha, thought I'd tell you in what division/where I worked.) It's all about getting paper. And when you get the paper, you just get jaded. True, I consider... -
How to write a #1 hit -- good book recommendation.
I was at an overpriced restaurant ordering sushi or some undercooked crap and the person I was talking to recommended a book to me. It's called "The Manual." It's pretty ruthless, and it is written by the members of the late eighties-early nineties duo called "KLF." I guess they're British...- God
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Indie music-- profitable? Riddle?
Give kids/rappers/rockers 150,000 advance. Use 20K from advance to record their album. Use rest for cheap indie video, pay/influence music bloggers with gifts/cash (actually, I don't condone that-- don't do it). Hire high-powered PR firm. Waste rest of advance with exception of... -
Velvet Rope.com - How many of you go there?
I love illmuzik-- always will. But how many of you cats go to http://www.velvetrope.com? I love reading idiot industry cats argue over whether Irving Azoff did a good job representing "The Last Goodnight" or if a mohawk is lame and not fitting the right "image" for the band. If you go...- God
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Music conferences- your experiences and suggestions.
I'm wondering who around here has been to a music conference? If you did, did you find the experience satisfactory? What happened? Was there a fruitful outcome? Did you get hustled? I would like to know. -God -
What's up? How's everyone doing these days. Fade? Copenhagen...etc.?
I decided to stop by and say hi for a bit... how is the old crew doing here... Fade, BigDMakinTrax, vitaminman, Copenhagen... the whole gang that may remember me? I posted some stuff on the industry page, I've just been busy working and haven't made it here in a while. If you have any...- God
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Classic asked a question about IT jobs
" Information technology jobs in the industry Sup G, Currently i am in the process of job hunting in NY. I am hitting up all the usual places but i was wondering about industry jobs in my field, I have a masters degree in information systems and extensive software engineering and database... -
Back from hiatus.
This site has been great. I remember when I helped out some people off this site. I'm back, if you want to throw me a question or two, PM me, and I'll post a response when I have a chance. Have fun, and keep making songs.- God
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Sony's Urban Music Division looking for new talent >>>
Dear All: Sony's Urban Music Division is doing showcases for up and coming artists in a number of markets. Most areas are represented. This is a list of the markets in which there will be showcases. As usual, use common sense when dealing with this. If you choose to showcase your talent... -
If you could make a record company's website, what would you want on it?
Dear All: If you could redo or make a record company's website, what would you want on it? What would you want from it? Would you want some interaction between company reps and people lurking on the site? What could you think of? Here are some things that I think would help, tell me...- God
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2Pac isn't dead: The 7 Day Theory "Explained"
Dear All: I found the list below at this URL: http://www.tupacgraphics.com/7dt.htm When I read it, I started laughing profusely. Especially at the end of the list where the authors come up with different ways to make "7" come out of Tupac's actions like this one: I know his death is...- God
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