This week’s Music Industry news, views, videos, advice, and reviews, and also our Quick Tip of the Week for using the Music Jobs website. Week ending 5th April 2013
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Turning a hip hop fan base into a brand and a multi-million dollar business is no small feat, and recently, Forbes magazine took the same methodology they use to create their annual list of the world’s wealthiest individuals and applied it to the hip hop scene.
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The premiere soul event Summer Spirit Festival is back for its seventh year, with world famous acts in soul, R&B, jazz, go-go, and hip-hop gathering for an all-day affair on Saturday August 4th.
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Chicago rapper Steinomite has finished recording his debut rap album, and is turning to creative crowd-funding website Kickstarter to help fund the last phase of the project.
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More music industry advice and tips from veterans of the biz. The Red Bull Music Academy (RBMA) is a series of music events where young newcomers to the world of the music business (producers, singers, arrangers, DJs and musicians) take part in two week’s worth of studio sessions, live performances, workshops, lectures, mentoring and more [...]
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(Image licensed via Creative Commons, courtesy of Shad Bolling) I came across a very interesting (and slightly amusing) video piece recently covering the birth of Hip Hop. Back in 1981, ABC ran a news piece on their long-running 20/20 show called ‘Rappin’ to the Beat’, which tried to grasp the new sounds, sights and styles [...]
Read More...The Beastie Boys are back with a vengeance, with a new album (“Hot Sauce Committee Part Two”), lead single (“Make Some Noise”) and 30 minute accompanying music video cum short movie, titled “Fight For Your Right Revisited”. The full “Fight for Your Right Revisited” video premiered last night on MTV2, mtvU, VH1 Classic, and Palladia, [...]
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