Sentences with phrase «major labels»

He could be a source of talent for major labels.

Did you know quite a few, if not most, of organic food companies these days are actually owned by major labels that you stopped supporting years ago?

But OK Go and other artists prove major labels are not the only source of financing for the aspiring rock «n» roll star.

Certainly, major labels whose strategies are weighted towards direct - to - consumer sales have less to gain.

Given the number of services offering major label tunes, access to that content doesn't make a streaming service unique.

Control of rights is heavily concentrated within a few major labels and organizations.

Record companies and music publishers are not our enemies, but let's be clear: lobbyists for major labels are looking out for their shareholders, and seldom speak for Canadian artists.

While successful Christian rock bands (including Switchfoot, POD, and Jars of Clay) make deals with major labels, it hasn't happened as often in Christian hip - hop.

While major label deals grant SoundCloud access to the world's most popular catalogs, the royalty payments accompanying that catalog can be a Sisyphus - like experience.

Over the past six years, the band has straddled that unyielding line between Christian and mainstream markets while maneuvering through the tangled web of major label bureaucracy at a time when the record industry continues to crumble.

PitStop's work can be found across all entertainment mediums: Theme Parks, Video Games, Television, Radio, Visitor Attractions, Theatre Shows and Major Label Records.

In August of 2011, Jeff released his self - titled major label debut album for Blue Note Records.

Nili Lotan is hardly a newcomer to the fashion biz, after spending decades at major labels like Nautica, Liz Claiborne and Ralph Lauren the Israel - American designer launched her eponymous line in 2003.

Spotify, Pandora, SoundCloud, and others are building and promoting playlists as the leading acquisition and retention hooks, as major labels scramble to own and curate the most influential lists.

It's bad for music fans that Itunes is selling indie music side by side with Major Label music.

This time around, he's decided to become a producer in addition to a singer - songwriter — a decision that many artists are now taking, bypassing major label budgets to make and release albums independently.

Even after adding major label content, eMusic's user base is likely still heavy on fans of lesser - known bands that have signed with independent labels.

Gerard Cosloy, head of Matador Records, explained the departure in a post on the Matador blog: «[A] s eMusic has brought more major labels into the fold, they have changed the terms on which they deal with labels, some of which we have found impossible to accept, in our own interests, those of our artists, and ultimately those of their fans.»

Instead they joined a show called «The Voice» which aims to capitalize on the credibility of indie artists by finding journeyman artists and giving them a shot at major label contracts.

In addition, a source told Billboard that Google's looking to hire additional staff to handle major label licensing.

While Twisted Sister was - in the words of Dee Snider — «the poster child for the unsignable band», they had a true major label believer in the States: Atlantic Records» Jason Flom.

The symbols of my junior - high loserdom had gone major label on me, and so as the advertisements and press articles began to make X-Men a household word, I dug out my old, neglected boxes of comics to try to figure out what had made them so important to me in the first place.

Both heavy with bass and filled with memorable hooks, Q's long - gestating major label debut is tight in length and rich with intent.

The e-book publishing world may be about to split up into the equivalent of the music industry's major and indie labels: major labels tend to make deals that maximize revenue and limit free promotion, while indies try for maximum promotion in hopes of getting revenue later.

Major label muscle» mantra.

The agreement with UMG should allow for deals with Spotify's other two major label partners, Warner Music Group and Sony Music Group, to be completed in short order — deals that likely will match the parameters set in the Spotify - UMG deal — paving the way for Spotify's initial public offering.

Jeff Toig, who took on those duties after stints at Cricket Wireless and Muve, made bad decisions that not only poisoned company culture but also led to the crippling of an ad platform that didn't attract major labels or make the company much money.

By now you may know that Warner Music Group has become the latest major label to sign a licensing deal with Facebook.

A source tells TechCrunch that Dubset is getting closer to securing deals with the other two major labels Warner and Universal.

This past June, legendary producer and major label insider Jimmy Iovine unveiled Apple Music as the grand finale of the tech titan's semi-annual product showcase.

Successful at booking and playing gigs locally and regionally ranging from art openings, parties, weddings, proms, bars, and opening for major label artists such as Of Montreal, Air Traffic Controller, Coleman Hell, amongst others.

Spotify has to pay out 70 percent of its revenue from major label music, but not from other content types like video and podcasts.

Several others have deals with spiritual or gospel divisions of major labels, said Bellini.

Cultural Policy Should Support Actual Canadian Artists The vast majority of new Canadian music is not promoted by major labels, which focus mostly on foreign artists.

As a musician she has had major label deals and toured with such notables as Don Henley, Stevie Nicks and Rufus Wainwright.

I feel the thing with major labels is that they say, «I love this band.

Em and Royce have pursued very minor collaborations here and there, most notably on the song «Bad Meets Evil» on Eminem's major label debut, The Slim Shady LP.

Major label content is also available through an array of streaming options: Spotify, Apple, (now) SoundCloud, Pandora, Tidal, and so forth.

Breakdowns, meltdowns, and blowouts cause shuffling at major labels.

Harley Weir shoots advertising campaigns and lookbooks for major labels including Balenciaga, Céline, Stella McCartney and Jacquemus.

The Chicago native has been subverting the music industry's traditional business model since he was a teenager, declining to sign with a major label and instead releasing his own streaming - only mixtapes, featuring unique strains of hip - hop splashed with sunny spirituality.

Like other on - demand services, you'll basically be able to listen to whatever song you want, as iHeartMedia has already signed deals with all the major labels.

«The reason there is a huge pass - through problem, which means that the payee is the major label, so Universal Music Group collects that revenue.

According to the Journal, Spotify is operating on a month - to - month basis with at least one major label.