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Lease Hip-Hop instrumentals from OMP.COM – hear what’s available – Updated – 6-7-2010
Limewire News …
Last week a U.S. federal judge ruled peer-to-peer file sharing company LimeWire has performed in copyright infringement. The ruling comes nearly four years after the lawsuit case was first issued in August of 2006.
In making her decision, U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood stated, “The evidence demonstrates that [LimeWire] optimized [their] features to ensure that users [could] download digital recordings, the majority of which are protected by copyright, and that [Lime Wire] assisted users in committing infringement.”
Mitch Bainwol, chief executive of the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) explained the decision should indicate an inevitable end to LimeWire and its services. “Unlike other P2P (peer-to-peer) services that negotiated licenses, imposed filters or otherwise chose to discontinue their illegal conduct following the Supreme Court’s decision in the Grokster case, LimeWire instead thumbed its nose at the law and creators.”
He continued, "The court’s decision is an important milestone in the creative community’s fight to reclaim the Internet as a platform for legitimate commerce. The court has sent a clear signal to those who think they can devise and profit from a piracy scheme that will escape accountability."
Though the court has not ruled on monetary damages yet, the RIAA is seeking $150,000 for every piece of infringing work made available by LimeWire. A conference for further proceedings is set for June 1.
BattleCat – Cali Is Active
Kind of old but it’s still to see the creative process… check it out if you have the time.
Reason 5 – Is On It’s Way …
More info can be found on the Propellerheads website -
So far, it looks like they’re borrowing heavily from Ableton LIVE’s concepts and workflow. I recommend getting the upgrade when it drops, no matter what. Having the latest version of REASON can only enhance your workflow. Save Up!
Selling Music Online – A Reality Check
Article by David Nevue
I am often asked how much money a person can really make selling music online. I hear both extremes, both from artists who think they’ll use the Internet to make it rich, and others who don’t believe anyone can make any money online selling music. The truth is somewhere in between.
What follows is a brief, edited excerpt from the introductory chapter of my book, How to Promote Your Music Successfully on the Internet.
Will You Make Millions?
Let’s get real for a moment. Promoting your music successfully on the Internet is hard work. Don’t ever forget that. I’ve spent years doing this. The Internet is not a shortcut to success — it’s simply another tool, one that can be very effective in the hands of someone who knows how to use it. Still, it’s important to have realistic expectations before investing your time and money marketing your music online. You’re going to face some very heated competition. There are literally tens of thousands of musicians out there who already have web pages on the Internet (as of this writing there are over 143,000 artists registered with CDBaby.com alone). How can you compete with all those artists? They are just the tip of the iceberg. Once you embark upon your promotional journey, you are, in a very real sense, competing with every other web page out there. How can you possibly stand out in that crowd? Pretty daunting, isn’t it?
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The Deal Maker
By TJ Chapman
TO HELP YOU STEP UP YOUR HIP-HOP GAME, LEARN HOW A POWER BROKER BREAKS ARTISTS
I started out DJing back in ’84 when I was in eighth grade. From there, I hopped into other things like management and promotions. From the management came other deals, including renegotiating a contract for my first artist that I managed named Beatmaster Clay D, one of the Florida-based legends and pioneers, back in ’92. I did my first major deal with Island Records for an artist named Prince Rahiem in ’93. It was all about hard work, but I guess my success was also due in part because I moved from Detroit down to Florida at the right time, during the middle of developing this whole southern music scene.
How can artists build buzz for themselves without a major label backing them?
The best thing, in my opinion, is viral promotions. I’m real big on that. For me, the No. 1 way to build your buzz is using the various viral tools that exist, such as the free e-mail accounts from Gmail and Yahoo, as well as the free e-mail lists like FanBridge and ReverbNation and various social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook. They can work the various blogs, message boards and forums. Another good one is Imeem, where you can build your own playlists.
The streets are also definitely important. With the new generation of kids and musicians, everything is all about the computer and the Internet. But they need to supplement promoting online with the traditional street promotions: making sure you hit the clubs, making sure the DJs know your name, dropping mixtapes, getting your music played — from the regular clubs to the strip clubs. Everybody thinks it’s all about having a rep in the street, and that’s not necessarily true. It’s really about developing credibility in general.
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1.Intro
2.Get the Money – Mic Geronimo ft Royal Flush
3.Green Day – Lloyd Banks ft Havoc and Cormega
4.Euphoria – Rakim ft Styles P, Jadakiss and Busta Rhymes
5.The Invitation – 50 Cent
6.I See You – Snoop Dogg
7.Dancin’ – Hoodfellas
8.Puttin’ Work In – EPMD ft Raekwon
9.Be Me – Lil Wayne
10.Come Out – Tony Yayo ft Nice and Prodigy
11.Southside Symphony – Frenchie, Deezy the General, Louis V & Lexx9Eleven
12.The Pyrex/Smells Like ‘95 – Fokis and Havoc
13.Outro
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