The Issue Pandora is attempting to reduce the royalty rate they—by law—must pay the artists whose...
Month: December 2012
The Gap Band’s “Burn Rubber On Me”
Enjoy this week's Funk Friday installment, featuring The Gap Band. Can you dig it?...
Copyright Alert System: Can the Music Industry End Infringement?
PEER-TO-PEER FILE SHARING HAS ALLOWED COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT to become so commonplace that...
The Time’s “Jungle Love”
Stars of Purple Rain and Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back, The Time epitomize what it means to be suave, cool and funky. Plus, who wouldn't want a friend whose sole responsibility was to dance and...
Spotlight on Ballyhoo!
Expanding Their Fanbase Through the Festival Circuit http://youtu.be/xUsGkf4g-2w GENRE: Reggae/Punk HOMETOWN: Baltimore, MD ARTISTIC APPROACH: Playfully mixing reggae and punk. www.ballyhoorocks.com...
Spotlight on Kepi Ghoulie
When Punk Rock Heads to Pre-School http://youtu.be/zg8FPfNdCyc GENRE: Children’s Music/Punk HOMETOWN: Sacramento, CA ARTISTIC APPROACH: Playing music for kids that won’t drive parents crazy....
RULE: Using The Right Gear to Evoke ’80s Stadium Rock
RULE EP by RULE In the middle of Harvard Square, Boston metal quartet RULE is set up in a corner table upstairs at Charlie’s, a kitschy bar that would have probably been filled with cigarette smoke...
Ben Sollee Discusses Crowdfunding to Record New Album
http://youtu.be/xf29sAchQAw It’s a quiet, warm Saturday afternoon in downtown Louisville, and the lobby of the city’s most iconic display of Southern grandeur, The Seelbach Hotel, is bustling with...
Crushed Out On Analog Mixing and Learning From Fellow Musicians on the Road
http://youtu.be/dxnT5Wy6gwo Three years ago, Frank Hoier and Moselle Spiller probably didn’t picture themselves here: 1,200 miles from home, killing time between tour stops in a Kansas City bowling...