
MySpace is set to launch a digital music platform and has got some of the biggest music labels interested in joining forces.
According to the New York Post, the social networking giant has been working on a digital-music venture with Sony BMG and Warner Music Group and is close to inking a deal, which may become official as soon as this week.
The new MySpace Music platform will combine pay-per-download and ad-supported video and audio.
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Thursday, March 27, 2008
Myspace Inks deal with Major Labels!
Thursday, March 20, 2008
360 DEALS: The Final Nail In The Major Label Coffin?
New so-called “360 deals” on major labels want a piece of everything the artist makes. They get their name because a circle has 360 degrees and these deals take revenue from all directions, sales, touring, licensing, publishing, acting, modeling, merchandise—you name it.
They offer big bucks, higher percentages and look and feel like major label deals of yesteryear, with the press releases and executives shaking your hand in offices perched high in some big-city skyline. But are they? Could it be that these deals are merely a façade: one where the label may be committing fraud right at the onset of the deal, and, in all probability, even BEFORE the toner on the contract is dry
Sunday, March 2, 2008
Polling #1
RAESHON - "GOING TO DA MALL"
WITH 158 VOTES
"Going To Da Mall"
A native of Newark, New Jersey, Raeshon currently lives, writes, and performs in Atlanta, Georgia. Raeshon moved to the city as part of his desire to experience the sounds, emotions, and rhythms of multiple urban environments. Based on these urban encounters over the past 10 years, Raeshon has developed a unique style of music that mixes and celebrates hip-hop, rap, and rhythm and blues.
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