Sentences with phrase «music record label»

UK About Blog Electronic music record label heading in the direction of Minimal and Techno music, hosting weekly radio shows on several radio stations.

Celebrating three decades of intense side - scrolling action and exploration, video game music record label GameChops has released a tribute to Metroid in celebration of its 30th anniversary with an original track titled «Elysian Sky» by electronic artist Varien, who's best known for his work on The Wailing Dead, Furious 7, and Monstercat.

I also own a music record label in the Atlanta area.

The latest world - music sensation from award winning Ghanaian Hiplife artist Sarkodie's SarkCess Music record label, Akwaboah, is gaining traction with his recent international hit, I Do Love You, which features top Nigerian rapper, Ice Prince.

Vevo's owners include two of the top music record labels: Universal Music Group, owned by Vivendi, and Sony Music Entertainment, in addition to Google and Abu Dhabi Media.

Not exact matches

Record labels used to rely on radio play and music videos to ensure sales, but in today's music industry (one heavily influenced by the Internet, of course), advertising and television are the «new radio,» says David Hayman, creative director and music supervisor at Toronto's Supersonic Creative.

Not content to just offer drivers Spotify access, Tesla is reportedly in talks with major record labels to create a new way for people to listen to music.

Some believed the name was given in honor of Apple Records, The Beatle's music label, while others thought it represented the forbidden apple of knowledge bitten by Eve.

«The initial purpose of record labels was connecting musicians with people who wanted to listen to their music,» says Damian Kulash, OK Go's lead singer.

And yet, various players in the recorded - music industry — record labels, publishing companies, music distributors and even individual artists — routinely argue that services like Spotify aren't paying enough, and that advertising - supported services like YouTube are even worse.

His music made money for countless people who worked in his industry — the ticket sellers, studio musicians, streaming services, distributors, and recording labels.

It seems companies like Spotify have learned from Napster — they work with record labels and artists to allow for legal music streaming.

In other words, it'll be easier for record labels to prevent music from being copied.

Record companies, on the other hand, want to hike Spotify's fees to as much as 58 % of revenue, though Spotify could gain some leverage by offering labels the opportunity to make some music available only to the streaming service's 30 million paid subscribers.

Shortly after launching, however, Landr realized that music labels and recording studios could be customers, too.

At the 40th celebration of Virgin Records, the 63 - year - old who has helped shape the music, space and airline industries, recalled crying when he sold the record label more than 20 years ago for $ 1 billion.

HMV has historically made up a huge chunk of music sales in Canada so everyone from record labels to musicians will now have to consider whether pressing music onto physical formats is even worthwhile, says Cross.

At the time, Business Insider spoke to Chris Reed, known as Plastician, owner of the Terrorhythm Recordings music label which he launched in 2002.

Independent music retailers are the primary beneficiaries of the niche boom, along with bands and record labels that press vinyl along with the standard CD release.

Thanks to that innovation, music revenues have steadily crept back up: Spotify boasts 140 million customers, of whom 70 million are paying monthly — a gusher of cash for artists and record labels.

With Snapchat recently amping up its streaming music and entertainment content, Spiegel's rumored eyes for his ex's record label comes as no surprise and could prove to be a smart move.

Facebook (fb) is reportedly in talks with major record labels and music publishers to reach a deal that would see its billions of users allowed to include music in videos uploaded to the platform.

With sales of recorded music withering, the hot idea among record labels was to sign artists to so - called 360 deals, where a company didn't just release a band's recordings, but promoted the concerts, sold the merchandise, and shared in profits from websites, fan clubs and film deals.

The bankruptcy: Hayes found himself in debt to Union Planters Bank, which administered loans for his music label, Stax Records.

Spotify pays record labels directly for their music, and it pays a huge amount because it has no choice — YouTube's advertising revenue is never going to approach what the music industry wants in terms of payment.

Getting lots of money from Spotify may be great for music labels and owners, but it's not doing much for Spotify: The company lost $ 200 million last year, and the massive payments it makes to record companies (which amount to more than 85 % of its revenues) are a big part of the problem.

Google (GOOG) secured deals with three of the four major record labels — Universal Music, Sony, and Warner Music Group.

We won't see a Hanson empire on the scale of Diddy's, Taylor says, but the brothers have always exhibited an entrepreneurial streak: They have their own record label, do their own merchandising, run their own web properties, and organize music and beer festivals.

We went from running a small record shop to starting up a record label with recording studios and then added our large music megastores to our portfolio.

The trio's original vision for the company was quite different; they wanted to create a fantasy music league in which participants could build their ideal record label.

In April, the streaming service signed a deal with Universal Music Group, one of the largest of the global record labels, which would allow the label's artists (including Swift) to restrict their new albums and songs to paying subscribers for two weeks.

Right now, much of its revenue goes to paying licensing costs to the record labels and music publishing firms, leaving it with large and growing losses.

According to several music executives, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the talks are private, Apple recently tried but failed to persuade record labels to agree to lower licensing costs that would have let Apple sell subscriptions to its streaming service for $ 8 a month — a discount from the $ 10 that has become standard for services like Spotify, Rhapsody and Rdio.

The GottaGrooveBot enables musicians, record labels, developers, live event organizers, and entrepreneurs to launch crowd funding & pre-order campaigns for vinyl records and other music - related projects — connecting music fans to new projects and material.

That doesn't mean the money will necessarily go to the musicians who recorded or wrote the songs, since their payouts are governed by often - byzantine contracts with music labels and publishers.

This assertion was made after the world's largest music streaming service Spotify, secured a new multi-year licensing deal with the world's largest record label, Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA)...

In February 7, 2013, it announced a definitive agreement to sell Parlophone Label Group, a unit of EMI Recorded Music, to Warner Music Group.»

Though releasing music over the Internet is not a new idea (just go to any band's MySpace or Purevolume page), for an artist of the caliber and notoriety of Radiohead to forgo a record label in favor of doing it on their own is truly revolutionary.

The drama of the music industry — we've all heard about it to some degree as artists that we follow change record labels, go independent, struggle to make it and so on.

Early MXPX albums, released on the then - small Seattle - based label, became some of Christian music's first crossover records and eventually achieved the band a major label deal while also garnering Tooth & Nail mainstream attention.

It was there that he ended up moving into the basement of famed Christian music producer and Poor Old Lu band member Aaron Sprinkle, a man whose name would eventually become nearly synonymous with the Christian indie - rock label Tooth and Nail Records.

Well known for serving as the backdrop for hundreds of movies and a hub for all sorts of creative media companies that are headquartered there — including famous record labels like Universal Music Group and Interscope, filmmakers such as Miramax and Lionsgate Films, and a myriad of tech developers — creativity and ingenuity abounds in this Pacific paradise.

In 2013, Armada Music celebrated its 10 year anniversary, enjoying a 5 year win of the International Dance Music Award for «Best Global Record Label».

After that Ismail squandered a fortune funding not only that inspirational movie but also the music label COZ Records («The guy was areal good talker,» says Rocket); a cosmetics procedure whereby oxygen was absorbed into the skin («We were not prepared for the sharks in the beauty industry»); a plan to create nationwide phone - card dispensers («When I was in college, phone cards were a big deal»); and, recently, three shops dubbed It's in the Name, where tourists could buy framed calligraphy of names or proverbs of their choice («The main store opened up in New Orleans, but doggone Hurricane Katrina came two months later»).

Former Barcelona goalkeeper José Manuel Pinto became a music producer after retiring from football, having set up his own record label, Wahin Makinaciones, back in 2000 while with Celta Vigo.

President of Troubadour Music, among the most successful independent record labels, Raffi was a pioneer in music for children and families: his CDs, tapes, videos, and DVDs have sold over 14 million copies in Canada and the US, and his books, more than 3 million coMusic, among the most successful independent record labels, Raffi was a pioneer in music for children and families: his CDs, tapes, videos, and DVDs have sold over 14 million copies in Canada and the US, and his books, more than 3 million comusic for children and families: his CDs, tapes, videos, and DVDs have sold over 14 million copies in Canada and the US, and his books, more than 3 million copies.

Hip - hop impresario Russell Simmons, who is behind the music label Def Jam Records, said he had spoken with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio about the group's demands.

Feargal Sharkey, chief executive of UK Music, which represents UK musicians and record labels, criticised the change to the law.

Zylofon media on its record label when it comes to music signed Becca, Stonebwoy, Kumi Guitar, Joyce Blessing and Obibini and as well signed on actors Benedicta Gaffah, Bibi Bright, James Gardiner, Toosweet Annan and Zynnel Zuh for the movies wing last year.

Parish is also the cofounder and president of Solar Mosaic, an online platform to develop and fund solar installations, and Green Owl Records, an environmentally friendly label under the Warner Music Group.