Atlanta Music Convention 2009

August 16th, 2009 / Filed Under: Events -Music Business News / No Comments / Tags: , , ,

Atlanta Music Convention Flyer

Atlanta Music Convention Flyer

atlantamusicconvention.com

ATLANTA MUSIC CONVENTION 2009

August 29th & 30th 10AM-6pm Both Days

THE FUTURE IS A MOVEMENT!!!

$75 FOR BOTH DAYS
$150 FOR ONE-ON-ONE EVALUATIONS

ONE-ON-ONE ARTIST EVALUATIONS, All Day- Both Days

SEMINARS

Saturday August 29

10:00-10:15- Convention Welcome by Host Nina K. Easton

10:15-11:15 -Lost Art of Artist Development,JUSTIN GLAESER- President Kivi, Inc.

11:30-01:00- Online Marketing for Money, CHUCK WOO Managing Director of Woo Media Works

1:00 3:00-CHECK OUT U.S. “GAMING ARENA”, STOP BY “STACK THAT ENT.” LABEL BOOTH, EAT & DRINK MONSTER ENERGY DRINKS, NETWORK; CHRIS RICKWOOD HAS LIMITED TIME IN THE GAMING HALL

03:00-4:00-Why Am I Not Getting Airplay, RANDY SADD, President of Protocol Music

04:00-5:50-Show Me the Money/ Multi Revenue Streams & Distribution- LAURIE MONTGOMERY, President MDI Distribution Inc.

Sunday August 30

10:00-11:15- To Be Seen/ Video and TV Ads- TIMOTHY SALDIN, DYLAN WINTERSTEEN & BRIAN CARBAUGH from Brink Sanity Productions, Inc.

11:30-01:00- Marketing/Graphics/PR and the Kitchen Sink- CEO NINA K.EASTON, 404 Music/IMG International, INC. and President of EOS Style,  GARRY CAMPBELL

1:15-1:30-One of the best Beat Box artists in the US will give us a taste of his unique talent. Steven Canton aka HEAVEN

1:30-3:00-NETWORK, HAVE A CHAT WITH “CROSSOVER ENT”! Clients include  Janet Jackson, Elton John, Yung Jeezy etc.; FACILITIES INCLUDE STUDIO & TOUR REHEARSAL SPACE (Crossover Studios has provided to this convention all PA equipment, Microphones, and stages)

3:00-4:00 -It’s Your Money /Publishing- JOHN E. ABBEY, CEO, John Abbey Representation and Co-Founder of Ichiban Records & KIA KAMRAN, Senior Partner, Tunelaw, Inc.

STATE OF THE INDUSTRY PANEL: “IS THE GLASS HALF-EMPTY OR HALF FULL”

August 30   4PM- 6PM

NINA K. EASTON: Convention Host, 404 Music, IMG Int., Publishing, Author, Co-founder, Ichiban Records

CHRIS RICKWOOD: Gaming Music Supervisor Producer, President Rickwood Music

DJ UNK: Gold selling artist, “Walk It Out”, “2Step” and many more

FORD: 19 gold and platinum rec. Michael Jackson, Mick Jagger, Ludacris, etc.

WENDY DAY:  President of Label Building/President of Rap Coalition, True Urban Music Business Professional

NSILO: Platinum producer; Artists include- Match Box 20, Carlos Santana &  Killer Mike

KIA KAMRAN: Senior Partner , Tune Law , Entertainment law

JIMMY BIRD: Americana/Rock/Country, Producer, Crossover Studios in Atlanta

Register Now at

www.atlantamusicconvention.com

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Sound Exchange Royalties-Still Seeking Artists

May 20th, 2009 / Filed Under: Music Business News / No Comments / Tags: , , , , , ,

Bob Davis Appears courtesy of Soul-Patrol.net

This email was forwarded from our friend Todd Baptista, via our friend Clyde Frazier. Please read it and pass this blog link and information along.

1. Obviously it is very important for OUR artists to be compensated for their work and as you read thru the website list you will see the names of some of your favorite artists who have money waiting for them, all they need do is collect it. This money represents PERFORMANCE ROYALTIES that they are due as a result of Internet Radio airplay.

Please forward this blog address to as many people as possible and if you know any artist (not just the ones listed on the website), please encourage them to go to the SoundExchange website (http://www.soundexchange.com) to check and see if they are entititled to collect any past due airplay royalties.

2. It is these very same PERFORMANCE ROYALTIES that the US Congress via HR Bill 848, wants to insure are paid by terrestrial radio broadcasters like Cathy Hughes.

CATHY HUGHES WANTS YOU TO LOBBY YOUR CONGRESSPERSON TO OPPOSE THIS PROPOSED LAW. SHE DOESN’T THINK THAT ARTISTS DESERVE TO BE COMPENSATED FOR THEIR WORK AS A RESULT OF HER PLAYING THEIR MUSIC AND MAKING MONEY FROM IT.

Soul-Patrol feels that Cathy Hughes in taking this position is helping to enable CULTURE BANDITRY. Why shouldn’t she pay for using the artist content? How would she feel if someone used her work to get rich, and then got on the public airways and told the general public that it was a good thing?

(and this is one of the things that I recently discussed on www.AirAmerica.com w/Chuck D on his show “On The Real”)

Here’s the Email that I received:

Friends-

It’s about time for next round of Sound Exchange royalty statements to be sent out and while browsing at their site today, I am amazed at the number of artists who are not collecting their royalties.

Remember- any unclaimed royalties revert back to the U. S. Government at the end of each calendar year.

I am not sure when the following list was most recently updated as several of the artists we recently signed up (including the Solitaires and Tune Weavers, for example) are listed as unclaimed. However, the following artists are still not collecting royalties. If you are on this list or know someone on this list or a family member or estate, please contact Sound Exchange or visit them online at http://www.soundexchange.com.

As always, I am willing to volunteer my services to assist in getting the paperwork done for original artists or their families (trbent[at]charter.net). Currently, we
have assisted over 60 performing artists to collect these royalties.

Thanks,

Todd Baptista

For the updated list, and more info about Sound Exchange, read on:

Artists not collecting royalties are listed on 84 pages at their website.

In summary, SoundExchange handles the following:

. collects performance royalties from the statutory licensees;
. collects performance royalties from reciprocal agreements with foreign collecting societies for featured artists and labels;
. collects and processes all data associated with the performance of the sound recordings;
. allocates royalties for the performance of the sound recording based on all of the data collected and processed;
. makes distribution of the featured artist’s share directly to the artist;
. makes distribution of the SRCO’s share directly to the copyright owner;
. makes distribution of the non-featured artist’s share to AFTRA and AFM’s Intellectual Property Rights Distribution Fund; and
. provides detailed reports summarizing the titles, featured artists and royalty amounts for each of the sound recordings performed by the statutory licensees.

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Southern Entertainment Awards Show Winners 2008

March 21st, 2009 / Filed Under: Music -News / No Comments / Tags: , , ,

The Southern Entertainment Awards Show

The Southern Entertainment Awards Show

Another Southern Entertainment Award Show has concluded in Tunica MS, giving us our 2008 Southern Entertainment All Star Standouts. If you’re not familiar, the Southern Entertainment Awards recognize those responsible for contributing to the growth of southern music. SEA’s highlight the accomplishments of the top/best DJ’s, Producers, Recording Artists, Labels, Websites, Retail Stores, Models & Clothing companies in the SOUTH. The SEA Awards Show is designed to give credit to those left out by other award shows, and also to shine a much needed light on independent artists across the south as a whole.

The SEA’s started in 2004 and Earwax Records is honored in having been named Record Store of The Year for 2005. Congrats to all of this year’s SEA winners. Here are the rest of the 2008 Southern Entertainment Awards Winners:

SLEPT ON DJ OF THE YEAR – DJ Dollar Bill
DJ CREW / FAMILY OF THE YEAR – Slip n Slide DJ’s
BEST ART/GRAPHICS ON A MIXTAPE – DJ 2Mello & Rapmullet.com – Summer Breeze
MIX-TAPE ROOKIE OF THE YEAR – DJ Spinatik
BEST MIX-TAPE (DUO/TEAM) – DJ Whut It Dew & DJ Scrill
BEST CHOPPED & SCREWED MIX – OG Ron C – F-Action 50
MIX-TAPE ARTIST (MALE) OF THE YEAR – Gucci Mane
MIX-TAPE ARTIST (FEMALE) OF THE YEAR – Rasheeda
PROGRAM/MUSIC DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR – J Blaze (WWLD)
SLEPT ON PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR – Bigg V (WGNL 104 / WAID106.5)
BREAK-THRU PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR – Charlamagne Tha God (WHXT 103.9-Columbia, SC)
IMPACT PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR – AG (WUBT 101.1-Nashville, TN)
IMPACT ARTIST OF THE YEAR – Jackie Chain
PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR – B.O.B.
RECORD PROMOTER OF THE YEAR – Bigga Rankin
STREET TEAM OF THE YEAR – Kingpin Productionz
GRAPHIC DESIGNER OF THE YEAR – Artigraphs
WEBSITE OF THE YEAR – Memphisrap.com
MIXTAPE WEBSITE OF THE YEAR – Mixgrind.com
INTERNET HUSTLER OF THE YEAR – Mocca “Underground Queen”
RECORD STORE OF THE YEAR – Big Oomp Records
MODEL AGENCY OF THE YEAR – Core Models
BEST FREESTYLE (ON A MIXTAPE) -Yung Texxus
BEST BLEND MIXTAPE – DJ Cashis Kay – Blends For That Ass 5
BEST MIX SERIES/VOL – DJ Chuck T – Down South Slangin
BEST RAP MIX OF THE YEAR – DJ Teknikz – Must Be 2 Sides
BEST REGGAE / REGGAETON MIX-TAPE – Dexterity – Deadly Silence (Hip-Hop Reggae#11)
BEST R&B MIX-TAPE – DJ Smallz – Smokin’ R&B Vol. 14
BEST SLOW JAM MIX-TAPE – DJ Finesse & Sounds Of Pleasure – Platinum Slow Jams Vol 34
BEST DANCE/PARTY MIXTAPE – DJ Cannon Banyon – Back In Da Day Booty Shakin
BEST EXCLUSIVES ON A MIXTAPE – DJ Drama
SPECIALITY (BEST OF) MIXTAPE – 24hr Grind-On The Grind: Smoke One 4 Your Brother (Devin The Dude)
INTERNET / SATELLITE RADIO STATION OF THE YEAR – Hiphopfriendsonline.com
BEST INDIE RAP ALBUM OF THE YEAR – Allstar – Starlito’s Way II
BEST INDIE R&B ALBUM OF THE YEAR – Amore Rayne – Journey
BEST INDIE RAP ARTIST OF THE YEAR – OJ Da Juiceman
BEST INDIE R&B ARTIST OF THE YEAR – Skai
BEAT OF THE YEAR – Lil Wayne – A Milli (by Bangladesh)
SLEPT ON ARTIST OF THE YEAR – Paper
INDIE RECORD LABEL OF THE YEAR – Slip-N-Slide Records
INDUSTRY EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR – Tony Neal
INDUSTRY EVENT OF THE YEAR – Crunkfest
INDUSTRY SERVICE OF THE YEAR – TJs DJs
IMPACT MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR – Ozone Magazine
ONLINE MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR – YoRaps.com

Shouts to the SEA Team: Jesse Johnson, Janiro Hawkins & Brent Buford
www.southernentawards.com

What are your thoughts on these 2008 SEA Winners?

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Starfleet Music Charts

February 8th, 2009 / Filed Under: Earwax News -Music / No Comments / Tags: , , , ,

1. Starfleet’s charts for 2/1-15/09


Top-50 Dance Chart 2/1-15/09

Top-50 Crossover Chart 2/1-15/09

Top-40 Urban/Hip Hop/Latin Chart 2/1-15/09

Top-50 Urban/Hip hop Chart 2/1-15/09

2. New music reviews & more

Urban/Hip Hop Music

Grandmaster Flash feat. Red Cafe, Snoop Dogg and Lynn Carter
- Swagger

Maiysha – Wanna Be

Bow Wow feat. Jermaine Dupri – Roc The Mic

Kinfolk Kia Shine feat. Young Dro and Maino – Checkin My
Fresh

Rare Essence – Rock With RE

DJ Felli Fel feat. T-Pain, Sean Paul, Flo-Rida and Pitbull -
Feel It

Slim Thug – I Run

Crossover Music

Miranda Johnson – Square One

The All-American Rejects – Gives You Hell
(Remixes)

Lady Gaga – LoveGame (Remix)

Pussycat Dolls feat. Snoop Dogg – Bottle Pop
(Remixes)

Tim Benson – Someone Else Will

Jennifer Hudson – If This Isn’t Love (Remixes)

The Chemical Brothers – Midnight Madness

Dance Music

Amanda Morra – The Music (Remix)

MSTRKRFT feat. N.O.R.E. – Bounce (Remixes)

Anjulie – Boom (Remixes)

Zhana – Taste My Love (Remixes)

Erin Stevenson – Sweat (Remix)

Cazwell – I Seen Beyonce (Remixes)

Holly Huddleston of the Olly Girls – Striptease
(Remixes)

LaBelle – SuperLover (Remixes)

Starfleet Charts appear courtesy of Starfleet Record Pool

www.starfleetmusic.com

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Music At What Price?

December 8th, 2008 / Filed Under: Music / No Comments / Tags: , , , , , ,

For years I have been lobbying for “variable pricing” for music.
99 cents/song is just too expensive. Especially now, during an economic
depression.

Who do you know that can afford to fill up an iPod with say 5,000 songs
“legally” and pay $5,000.00 for that privilege?

http://www.soul-patrol.com/newsletter/2006/news11/paradigm.html

If you know someone who has that kind of disposable income, please give
me their email address, so I can write them and ask them to legally
adopt me.

Some say that the answer to that problem is that music should be “free.”
I don’t believe that either.

I think that the consumer’s perceived value of “free music” is zero.
Most of the people I know who have vast iPod collections of “free music”
only listen to a relatively small number of those tracks. The rest of
the tracks sit in what is the digital equivelent of a trunk stored in a
corner of the attic surrounded by cobwebs.

Music should be priced according to what the marketplace will bear.
If you think it’s “good music” and nobody buys it at 99 cents, then
lower the price.

People will buy what they can afford and what has value to them on an
individual level.

Music is a personal thing.
Great music is even more personal.
If it doesn’t touch my soul, I don’t want it even if it’s free.

I will pay almost anything for music that truly touches my soul.
But if it’s 1/2 price or 1/4 price this week and it’s gonna be full
price next week, which week do you think I’m gonna buy it?

For music that doesn’t “touch my soul”, but I still might like, I may
want to own it, but probably only at a huge discount. It’s no different
than in the physical world. In the past I have purchased CD’s of artists
that I barely like (ex: Patti Patti Labelle, Frankie Beverly & Maze,
etc.)

But I have waited 20 years in some cases to buy those “greatest hit”
collections of artists that I only marginally like and only when I could
get them for $6.99 or $7.99. I have always loved “compilation albums”
because they enable me to sample an artist at a low risk price.

I would generally buy albums like that during the same record store
visit when I have paid $25.00 for a Passport album. When I got home, the
Patti Labelle, Frankie Beverly & Maze, etc. album would get tossed into
the corner, still in the shrink wrap until someone comes over to my
house & wants to hear it. Meanwhile that Passport album gets opened
immediately along with the bottle of 12 year old scotch I brought on my
way home from the store, I put on the headphones, shut the door & listen
to the Passport album 2-3 times, because I have set the CD player on
repeat.

Translated to today’s world that means I might be willing to pay 99
cents for a great track by Nadir (an artist that I really like) and set
it up to automatically play when my PC boots up, but only 9 cents for a
track by Kindred & the Family Soul (an artist that I only marginally
like) that would likely only get played at the request of someone other
than myself.

For you it may be the opposite…

Either way I would think that the people who are responsible for the
long term financial viability of Kindred & the Family Soul would rather
have me pay 9 cents several times over the course of my lifetime to
acquire their music, as opposed to zero? At least this way I would at
least listen to the music a few times, perhaps by pulling up the track
for someone else to hear? (no different than with my Patti Labelle,
Frankie Beverly & Maze, etc. albums.)

The whole idea is for more people to consume more music. Consumption
goes up when prices are cheaper and people will consume whatever has
value to them on a personal level and they will consume it at a rate
(price) based on whatever their personal likes or dislikes are.

I think that the smart people in the music industry are starting to
realize that this concept is probably their best long term salvation.
Just read some of the comments being made in the music blogosphere and
you can see that the tide is turning.

All of those starving artists and economically depressed record labels
should seriously consider this strategy. Especially right now when
people actually have more time to spend at home listening to music,
since millions of people no longer have jobs to leave their house for
and certainly are in need of something CHEAP that is guaranteed to bring
a smile to their faces.

“Less is not more, more is more…”

Bob Davis

(Bob Davis & Soul Patrol.net contributes timely music industry information for Earwax Digital. The opinion expressed here does not necessarily represent the opinion of Earwax Records.)

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