Universal's UMGD and Redeye USA Labels Seeking Artists For World-Wide Digital Distribution

Isaac J Gordon (Indie-Monster) is an independent music promoter and artist manager. Currently, he holds the title of VP of A&R for Black Ink MMG/Bungalo/Universal UMGD, and is owner of Monster Entertainment. Isaac is currently seeking artists to promote and distribute digitally world-wide via Universal's UMGD, or Redeye USA. All genres are welcome!

Click here to learn more about this opportunity

Capitol Records Seeking Indie Bands

Capitol Records have a passion for indie bands and they're even out to hear some new emerging Grunge. If they love what you're doing they'll be in touch to talk about a deal. They can't wait to hear what's out there!

Click here to submit your music to Capitol Records

Capitol Records Seeking Top 40 / Urban Bands / Acts

Capitol Records (Coldplay, Katy Perry, Lily Allen) are currently on the lookout for top 40 and urban-leaning bands and acts seeking to take it to the next level. Talent and a great sound are the key ingredients. If you've got both and can deliver the goods they want to hear you. Please submit only your best track(s).

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A Unique Way To Fund Your Music Career

As technology progresses, the landscape of the music business changes almost daily, and the power to make things happen as a musical artist really is in your own hands.

Social media, blogs, iTunes ... the list of great and innovative creative tools keeps on getting bigger and bigger, and one of the latest online resources to enter the mix is kickstarter.com.

Simply put, Kickstarter is a means to attract funding for any creative project you wish. Fancy raising a few thousand dollars to record a single? Put your project on Kickstarter and see if you can generate some funding. Need to raise some finance to put on a live gig? See if you can capture the imagination of potential donors to invest in your dreams.

Make a start now!

Mercury Records Want To Hear Your Music!

Mercury Records, a subsidiary of Island Def Jam Records and part of the Universal Music Group, want to hear your music for roster consideration.

If you have songs which you feel Mercury Records might like, submit your songs online here.

Cover Song Copyright - Recording a Cover Song

One great way to earn a living in the music industry is to record and release cover songs. The advantage of releasing a cover song is you can leverage the power of keyword searches on popular download sites such as iTunes which means there is a high chance your particular cover version will get heard and maybe even purchased.

Think about this scenario - you decide to record a cover of Lady GaGa's 'Poker Face' and release it on iTunes via Tunecore. Now, whenever someone performs a search on iTunes for 'Poker Face', there is a very good chance your cover version will appear high up in the search results. Can you imagine how many plays this could get? It's a great way of exposing your band to a much wider audience and gain new fans.

If you want to record and release a cover song, you will need to make sure you have the relevant authority to do so as the original copyright holders are entitled to a royalty on every download, however the good news is it isn't a huge amount and you still stand to make a good profit on each sale. The even better news is there is now a service called Limelight which you can register with for free that makes the whole process of getting cover songs cleared for release a complete breeze. You only pay a small fee when you actually release something.

Check out the website and get your cover songs released today!

How unsigned bands make money online

Here is a very interesting article on the BBC News website about how unsigned bands make their money online (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment)

How To Make It In The Music Industry - Live and Unsigned Competition (UK)

If you are a musician or band living in the UK then check out www.liveandunsigned.uk.com.  They are offering you the opportunity to perform live in front of some of the country's top producers, Label execs, promoters and DJs. If you make it through the auditions you will compete at the Live Showcase finals with a chance of making it to the National Grand Final and the Live and Unsigned Festival.



YOU COULD BE PLAYING THE LIVE AND UNSIGNED FESTIVAL!


Over £100,000 in prizes are up for grabs along the way with the winner offered a comprehensive winners package which includes; festival slots (Including representing the UK at the biggest festival in Asia I rock), UK tour exposing their music to over 40,000 people and a recording contract with Future Music, with up to £50,000 investment!


The only caveat is there is a small fee to pay (@ £10) to register for an audition, but it's probably a small price to pay for the opportunities offered, plus the fee will probably deter most people who aren't that serious about entering which means there could be less competition for the bands that do enter.  Good luck!


Live and Unsigned Promotional Video

How To Make It In The Music Industry - Why Artists Need To Know Their Rights

Here is a very interesting video post about why artists need to know their rights.



Video Source: www.artistshousemusic.org
Follow up comments: http://blog.tunecore.com/2010/11/why-artists-need-to-know-their-rights.html

How To Make It In The Music Industry - New Social Networking Site For Musicians

moozi.cc is a new social networking site for musicians which allows bands to bring their SoundCloud tracks, Facebook page updates and Twitter tweets all to one place. It's free to register and it looks pretty cool!

Check it out the new music social network today and register for a free band profile!