Need To Know

What Distributors Are Looking For

PUBLISHED Jul 24, 2009

Music distributors are the link between labels and retailers. Their job is to get records on the racks and make 'em sell. And not just the...

Music Summer School

How Not to Get Press

PUBLISHED Jun 24, 2009

If I had a nickel for every time I heard an artist gripe about not getting the cover/story/review they richly deserve, well, I could buy us...

Music Summer School

Road Rules

PUBLISHED May 23, 2009

Hey bands! Before you hit the road this summer, here are ten things that will totally improve your life on the highway. 1. Take digital ph...

Schooling the Music Biz

PUBLISHED Apr 21, 2009

What do you need to become a rocket surgeon? A high school diploma, a BSc, maybe a BEng, for sure an MD and a couple of PhDs. But the musi...

How to Work with a Producer

PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2009

In the days Before Digital, the process of recording, mixing and releasing music was to today's musician unimaginably difficult and cumber...

Merchandising

PUBLISHED Feb 21, 2009

Love the Band, Bought the: a) Pen b) Shot glass c) Thong d) Apron A huge part of being a fan is feeling an emotional connection to the ban...

Transmission 2008

PUBLISHED Jan 21, 2009

Working in the music business as it goes through a turbulent sea change, one can't help but feel a bit like an ape in 2001: A Space Odysse...

Freefall

Canadian Music Business In 2008

PUBLISHED Nov 23, 2008

Reporting on the state of the music business, this column has had occasion to note over the last year or two that the arse was pretty much...