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The Music Business Goes To School: Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine donate $70 Million to USC for a new Arts Program

By The Wiz On May 17, 2013 · 1 Comment
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A couple of weeks back I wrote a blog about music industry executive and legendary music producer Jimmy Iovine being selected to speak at my Alma Mater USC’s 2013 commencement. This week sees an even bigger announcement concerning the University I attended for my undergrad, and Jimmy Iovine. The day after Iovine spoke for a [...]
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Women Rock

By Ghezzi On May 17, 2013 · 5 Comments
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Ruth Brown. Etta James. Billie Holiday. Ella Fitzgerald. Sarah Vaughan. Bessie Smith. Ma Rainey. Sippie Wallace. Bonnie Raitt. Grace Slick. Chrissie Hynde. Stevie Nicks. Deborah Harry. Janis Joplin. Joni Mitchell. Madonna. Joan Jett. Patti Smith. Adele. Amy Winehouse. Rihanna. Gwen Stefani. Dolly Parton. Loretta Lynn. Wanda Jackson. Beyonce. Norah Jones. Just a few female pioneers [...]
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Red Bull Academy

By The Commish On May 10, 2013 · 1 Comment
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Each week as I scour the internet for relevant topics and trends to write about, my girlfriend always comes to me with her recommendations of what she thinks might be a great topic or article. Bless her heart; I usually am dismissive on what she recommends.  Sometimes she brings me an article that I end [...]
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“Starving Artist”…it doesn’t have to be that way

By Ghezzi On May 10, 2013 · 2 Comments
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Musicians have the power to make a living with their craft. Like any other business, you must have a plan. Here’s a scenario: You start a band, take any gig that you can and don’t make a dime. In fact, you go into debt. You’re buying instruments, renting rehearsal space and hiring a “manager” to help [...]
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Independent Rapper ‘Chance’ has Major labels chasing after him. Why?

By The Commish On May 3, 2013 · Add Comment
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On a daily basis, I explain to emerging recording artists how major record labels work in today’s new music business paradigm. I still find it rather interesting that majority of the artists who I encounter, still think they could get signed just by getting their music heard by an A&R rep, a music manager, or [...]
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Undeniable

By Ghezzi On May 3, 2013 · 1 Comment
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US chart records and achievements. Jackson’s Thriller (1982) remained at number one on the Billboard 200 album chart for thirty-seven weeks, second only to the soundtrack for West Side Story. Thriller spent a record 80 consecutive weeks, more than a year and a half, in the Top 10 of the Billboard 200. It was the first [...]
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Record Label Exec Jimmy Iovine gives Commencement Speech at University of Southern California

By The Commish On April 26, 2013 · Add Comment
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When I first started in the music business, going to school to study the music business, or recording were not common options. Not only were most of the music related majors available at colleges and universities music performance or music theory based, it was really uncommon at the time for aspiring musicians looking to launch [...]
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Revolution?

By Ghezzi On April 26, 2013 · 7 Comments
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Your music is great. You are a genius. You are better than everyone else. Keep telling yourself that, hold your breath and see what happens. We’ll wait. There are millions of musicians around the world vying for attention but none of them are as talented as you. Amazing how many musicians actually say that out [...]
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Twitter launches music platform

By The Commish On April 19, 2013 · 3 Comments
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We are a social media generation. Pretty much every company has a website, a Facebook, a twitter account, and even some have a YouTube channel or video. Social media has become an integral part of everyone’s lives, especially musicians and recording artists. It is the key component to an artist’s connection with their consumer base…their [...]
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Ch ch changes

By Ghezzi On April 19, 2013 · 3 Comments
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Don’t blink. You’ll never catch up if you do. That’s how fast the Music Industry is changing. Everything you thought you knew, forget it. We are in the the age of technology and you can either embrace it or be left in the dust. Musician’s heads are spinning as they try to stay current in [...]
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