Articles by Allison Outhit

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...

Waye Mason

Executive Director of Halifax Pop Explosion and Instructor, Nova Scotia Community College

PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2009

A 20-year veteran of the Canadian music industry, Waye has booked bands, founded a label (No Records), and worked as business management co...

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...

Moe Berg and Laurence Currie

PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2009

Former Pursuit of Happiness front-man-turned-producer Moe Berg (the Cliks, Robin Black and the Intergalactic All-Stars) and engineer/produ...

Jeremy Black

President, Third Estate

PUBLISHED Feb 21, 2009

Third Estate (a href="http://www.third-estate.com" target="_blank">www.third-estate.com) is a full-service music merchandising company base...