Staff picks from Semaphore Music 1. Jess Moskaluke (Langenburg, Saskatchewan) “Catch Me If You Can” @jessmoskaluke 2. Storm Queen (Brooklyn) “Look Right Through” 3. St. Spirit (Crystal Palace) “Pigeon” @stspirituk 4. Axis Of (Port Stewart) “We Dine on Seeds” @axisof 5. Life Size Maps (Brooklyn) “Weird Luck” @lifesizemaps
We’ve been banging the table about the changing scope of the term recording artist agreement and the various state laws that regulate talent agents for about 10 years now. Erin Jacobson’s excellent article “360 Deals and the California Talent Agencies Act: Are Record Labels Procuring Employment” published in the ABA Entertainment & Sports Lawyer is a must-read for […]
Here’s a little experiment: Try using Google Adwords “keywords tool”–a program that suggests Google Adwords matched to keywords you enter. Meaning, if you want to buy an Adword because you are selling, for example “harry potter movie”, it will tell you the most popular Adwords you can buy. Just to cut to the chase, try searching for “free […]
This is a video of a great panel at the Creators Conference including a keynote by Robert B. Levine and our friends Rick Carnes and Helienne Lindvall, as well as many other thoughtful speakers. This is about an hour long, but you should watch the whole thing if you can.
COMPLAINT (Summons Issued); jury demand; against Nikesh Arora, Sergey Brin, L. John Doerr, Google, Inc., Paul S Otellini, Larry Page, Patrick Pichette, Eric E Schmidt, K. Ram Shriram, Shirley M Tilghman ( Filing fee $ 350, receipt number 34611064016). Filed by Patricia M McKenna. (bw, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 8/29/2011) (Entered: 08/30/2011) Summons Issued as […]
Staff Picks by Semaphore Music 1. Jessie Baylin (Los Angeles) “Hurry Hurry” @jessiebaylin 2. Atlas : Empire (Glasgow) “At the Edge of the Ravine” @atlasempireuk 3. Forest Fires (Aberdeen) “Best Intentions” @Forest_Fires 4. Frankie Rose (Brooklyn) “Soma” @missfrankierose 5. Keyboard Kid (Seattle) “Breathe In” @keyboardkid206
[A blast from the past, first posted Oct, 2010.] Felix “BYOB” Oberholzer-Gee take note–nobody believes you. Check out Mike Lombardo Music and follow @mikelombardo
Update: Read more about Patronism.com in our Huffington Post interview and listen to the Innovation Central podcast. Patronism.com (and @patronism) allows artists to create a patron-type relationship with their fans and give their fans steady access to the artist’s music. Each artist decides how to structure that relationship, how much to give and how much to charge. […]
When Kim Dotcom partied down at his ill-fated 38th amongst the exotic game and other toys at Xanadu Dot Com in New Zealand, he naturally invited his head of advertising sales, Finn Batato–which made the arrests that much more convenient. Mr. Batato subsequently was allowed to post bail and is now awaiting extradition in New Zealand […]
Staff picks from Semaphore Music 1. Toy Horses (Cardiff) “And It Was You” @toyhorses 2. Devin Therriault (New York) “I Don’t Think I” @devin_music 3. Matt Bailie (Nashville) “Everyday You” @Mattbailiemusic 4. Raffertie (London) “One Track Mind” @raffertie 5. Lissie Trullie (New York) “It’s Only You, Isn’t It?” @untrullie
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