Tag: music industry
Tony Rettman talks about what it takes to be a radio host, author in...
What do you do when your local punk scene is all you know? Make a living out of it. Tony Rettman was just another...
SideOneDummy’s Jamie Coletta talks about what it takes to be a publicist in the...
Simply put, Jamie Coletta loves music. She grew up listening to New Found Glory and Brand New, and her grade school notebooks are probably...
Want a career in music? Berklee’s summer programs can help you get there
Berklee offers a pretty kickass way for high-schoolers to spend their summer: at its Five-Week Summer Performance Program, based in Boston. A summer spent...
Jake Carruthers talks about what it takes to be an illustrator in the music...
Jake Carruthers is a 22-year-old illustrator from Toronto who has created album art and T-shirt designs for many of the scene’s hottest acts—August Burns...
Good Charlotte and Jessie J share advice on getting into the music industry
In part five of our Good Charlotte Musicians Institute Conversation Series, which features a guest appearance by Jessie J, we open up questions to...
MI Conversation Series with Sleeping With Sirens
Sleeping With Sirens are the latest artists to participate in our MI Conversation series where AP Senior Editor Ryan J. Downey goes in-depth with the...
A Day To Remember booking agent Dave Shapiro talks with CreativeLive
Every wonder what it’s like representing some of the biggest bands in the scene? Here's your chance to find out! CreativeLive talks with Dave Shapiro—booking...
Meet the CD factory worker who leaked 2,000 albums
The New Yorker has ran a fascinating story about Bennie Glover, a (former) CD factory worker whose job involved packaging albums from some of...
Poll: Which day of the week should new albums be released on?
Forget the music industry’s standard Tuesday album release day. A recent study ran by Digital Music News found that 68 percent of fans say...
Music industry moves global album release day to Fridays
As we reported last August, the idea of the music industry moving the global album release day to Fridays (instead of the traditional Tuesdays) was...
