URBAN NETWORK DIGITAL & AMALGAMATION MAG 2014
“Back to Basics: The Music & Entertainment Summit 2014,” the ultimate networking event for the music-entertainment industry, is coming to San Diego in the spring of 2014.
The three-day Summit, hosted by Urban Network Digital & Amalgamation Magazine, is scheduled for May 1-4, 2014. The event will be held in the San Diego Conference Center of the Four Points by Sheraton, 8110 Aero Drive, San Diego, California 92123, placing attendees alongside the most experienced and influential executives in R&B/Hip-Hop/Pop, Radio & Mixshow DJs, Social Media, the Digital Realm, Music Songwriting & Production, Marketing & Branding, Urban Lifestyle, Contemporary Gospel, the Entrepreneurial Arena, and more
The three-day Summit, hosted by Urban Network Digital & Amalgamation Magazine, is scheduled for May 1-4, 2014. The event will be held in the San Diego Conference Center of the Four Points by Sheraton, 8110 Aero Drive, San Diego, California 92123, placing attendees alongside the most experienced and influential executives in R&B/Hip-Hop/Pop, Radio & Mixshow DJs, Social Media, the Digital Realm, Music Songwriting & Production, Marketing & Branding, Urban Lifestyle, Contemporary Gospel, the Entrepreneurial Arena, and more
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Performer’s Right to Public Performance Royalties
Whether you are a featured artist, session musician (including remixers), or performing producer, if any tracks that you have performed on are broadcast on the radio or played in public, subject to qualifying rules laid down by phonographic performance collection societies, you are entitled to (public performance) royalties from the broadcast plays of your recorded performances (also known as “Neighbouring Rights” outside of the UK).
Regarding US resident performers and Neighbouring Rights. Unless the performers have performed on recordings made outside the USA there are limited rights available.
Whether you are a featured artist, session musician (including remixers), or performing producer, if any tracks that you have performed on are broadcast on the radio or played in public, subject to qualifying rules laid down by phonographic performance collection societies, you are entitled to (public performance) royalties from the broadcast plays of your recorded performances (also known as “Neighbouring Rights” outside of the UK).
Regarding US resident performers and Neighbouring Rights. Unless the performers have performed on recordings made outside the USA there are limited rights available.
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Kaye-Ree is a visual illustration of the word new. Our fascination of new things to come is apparent and when it does arrive, our anticipation is usually satisfied. Soul music aficionados wonder what will be dubbed after the Persian/German singer-songwriter, Kaye-Ree. Kaye-Ree released her highly anticipated Debut Solo Album May 2009 on Reevolution Music, sharing her influences, experiences and wisdom in her songs with us and called it "Endless Melody" as an omen for her music-career.The collaboration with Mercedes-Benz for the presentation of the E-class 2009, right after their album release was quite a big step for Kaye-Ree and Felix Justen.
Bobby Rush’s just released Down in Louisiana showcases another side of a man who deserves being mentioned in the same context as the blues greats Muddy Waters, Sonny Boy Williamson, and B. B. King. Writing in Blues Access 15 years ago, Stanley Booth compared Bobby Rush to Dylan as an inspired synthesist with his lyrics. The new album underlines his abilities in this regard. His vocals would fit comfortably with Excello veterans like Slim Harpo and Lazy Lester. His harmonica playing is refined, masterful and as intricate as a full horn section. Produced by his longtime keyboardist Paul Brown in Nashville at Ocean Soul Studios with a core band of four, Down in Louisiana begs the world to re-examine Bobby Rush. He is way more than a caricature, and his marketing savvy concerning how to cross over to a white audience without losing his core African American fan base places him in a unique position among our most serious blues giants today
“I don’t really want fame and fortune; I just want to enjoy playing my music for people that enjoy hearing it.”
Sara Alina.
That’s the kind of humility and maturity that first strikes you when talking to 16-year-old Sara Alina. It’s not what you would expect from a preparatory high school student who just completed her first CD, entitled “Sara Alina” and her first music video, but it’s a common thread in her life and her music. At 15, she attended Boston’s Berklee College of Music, where she completed “ Music Theory 101” and participated in a “ Songwriting Workshop”
Sara Alina.
That’s the kind of humility and maturity that first strikes you when talking to 16-year-old Sara Alina. It’s not what you would expect from a preparatory high school student who just completed her first CD, entitled “Sara Alina” and her first music video, but it’s a common thread in her life and her music. At 15, she attended Boston’s Berklee College of Music, where she completed “ Music Theory 101” and participated in a “ Songwriting Workshop”
Today, musician-songwriter-arranger Reginald Harmon tours throughout the U.S. and the Caribbean, captivating audiences with his smooth melodies and spicy rhythms. Few artists are capable of mastering more than one art form but Reginald of Dayton, Ohio is one such artist. Harmon was educated at Central State University and the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. Yet his most important education was sharing and growing with other national recording artists from Dayton, Ohio. His unique sound attracted the attention of other musicians and has led to several musical collaborations. Harmon’s original composition, “ R U Ready,” was recorded by nationally known artists, Pieces of a Dream. Harmon as an educator believes the Arts are critical to the entire academic experience.
Born and raised in Mobile, AL, Carlett is a graduate of Alabama State University (ASU).
She’s been in the music industry since the early ‘90s. In 1994, Carlett was signed to Mercury Records as part of a girl group, Female.
Her real strength came though, through writing songs for various other music artists She’s also written music for television and film, as well as working as a vocal coach.
Artists who have experienced her skills set include
Shaq
Paula Abdul
KRS-1
Kid Rock Christina Aguilera David Archuleta Hilary and Haley Duff
The inspiration and the deep-seated emotions that accompany her tracks stem from her own pain.
After a tough and abusive marriage and other challenging relationships, Carlett has stepped out on her own with a passion for life, love and the Lord that is unparalleled.
Her debut CD as a Gospel artist, “Unbreakable,” presents the glory of true love – the unconditional love of our Lord Jesus Christ.
She’s been in the music industry since the early ‘90s. In 1994, Carlett was signed to Mercury Records as part of a girl group, Female.
Her real strength came though, through writing songs for various other music artists She’s also written music for television and film, as well as working as a vocal coach.
Artists who have experienced her skills set include
Shaq
Paula Abdul
KRS-1
Kid Rock Christina Aguilera David Archuleta Hilary and Haley Duff
The inspiration and the deep-seated emotions that accompany her tracks stem from her own pain.
After a tough and abusive marriage and other challenging relationships, Carlett has stepped out on her own with a passion for life, love and the Lord that is unparalleled.
Her debut CD as a Gospel artist, “Unbreakable,” presents the glory of true love – the unconditional love of our Lord Jesus Christ.
J.STRING’S ACID TRIP NATION is the newest community to the urban dance-hip hop world. This international groove sound is centered around the production style of J.STRING, ACID TRIP. Every so often a music producer completes a project that is a true vision of the direction that they see music going. After years of producing on the underground, J.STRING felt it was time to head in this direction. He immediately started working on remixes with this ACID TRIP sound. The industry took note of this new producer with this new sound.
Jureesa La’ Twon born February 20, 1982 was raised in Port Gibson/ Pattison, Mississippi area. “The Duchess” as many know her is a small town country town girl with big dreams, big heart, full of talent and a gift for music. I have been influenced by so many great artist many who are in Soul Heaven but still so many who are still standing thank all of these great artist because they have left me with a lot to sing and write about but most of all they have shown me how it should be done . I am so inspired and thankful to these awesome artists without them my inspiration would possibly not be where it is today. I pride myself as a true down home Southern Soul Blues artist/ songwriter/ entertainer waiting for the world to sit back, listen and enjoy the expressions of my soul. It does not matter to me how big or small the crowd; the show must go on giving 100%.. My love for music and the desire to share drives me to be the best.
Ellis Hall, accomplished and prolific performer, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist with a five-octave range, is entertainment’s best-kept secret. In a career spanning over four decades, Hall has solidified a reputation for soul-searing Rhythm & Blues, and has electrified audiences throughout the world. A master of the guitar, bass, piano, keyboards, and drums, Hall has also made a mark as an incredible songwriter, arranger, and producer. He is well-known for his work with the magnetic soul sensations Tower of Power, where he was lead singer and keyboardist in the mid-1980s. He has also performed with a multitude of musical icons, including Stevie Wonder, Patti LaBelle, George Benson, Herbie Hancock, Earth Wind & Fire, Natalie Cole, George Duke, Bobby Womack, Billy Preston, James Taylor, Kenny G, Sheila E, John Mayer and his musical mentor Ray Charles.
Gareth Hunter, (born 16 March), is an American musician, song-writer, composer, producer, and philanthropist. Prior to his first composing contract at age 19 with H&H Records (a branch of A&M Music), Gareth was known to many as a child prodigy. He began playing percussion instruments in his father’s band at age three. By age four he competed in his first national competition in Denver, Colorado, placing third amongst adult competitors.
The summer of 2012 brought a reconnection with Gareth and longtime friends Zuri Craig and Jeffrey Lewis (of Tyler Perry’s’ “Madea’s Big Family”) for an independent test release entitled “What Do You Do”. Written by Jeff Lewis, composed by Gareth and Leonard Tyson, and produced by Gareth, “What Do You Do” marked his debut as Executive Producer. Currently Gareth is busy recording more independent work featuring up and coming artists to complete his three year processed album "Blemishes of Perfection" (Due out 2014). Gareth's video for the official 2013 fall release of single “What do You Do” will lead the way into three self-titled album releases scheduled for 2013-2015. “A Mothers Love” (A fundraiser to fight Child Trafficking and Child Prostitution) will be the climatic end in a two year campaign designed to establish Gareth as a true dominant entertainment force while giving back to the community that supports his art form. Gareth is determined to bring his vision of true musical artistic expression merged with community service to the forefront of music lovers and the socially conscience alike.
The summer of 2012 brought a reconnection with Gareth and longtime friends Zuri Craig and Jeffrey Lewis (of Tyler Perry’s’ “Madea’s Big Family”) for an independent test release entitled “What Do You Do”. Written by Jeff Lewis, composed by Gareth and Leonard Tyson, and produced by Gareth, “What Do You Do” marked his debut as Executive Producer. Currently Gareth is busy recording more independent work featuring up and coming artists to complete his three year processed album "Blemishes of Perfection" (Due out 2014). Gareth's video for the official 2013 fall release of single “What do You Do” will lead the way into three self-titled album releases scheduled for 2013-2015. “A Mothers Love” (A fundraiser to fight Child Trafficking and Child Prostitution) will be the climatic end in a two year campaign designed to establish Gareth as a true dominant entertainment force while giving back to the community that supports his art form. Gareth is determined to bring his vision of true musical artistic expression merged with community service to the forefront of music lovers and the socially conscience alike.
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MIDEM 2014This year 20214, Midem was smaller in size, smaller in attendance but much more intense with business deals. The smaller floor size made it much easier to find company booths, easier to find executives and much easier to have private meetings.
The announcements at Midem were ground breaking to say the least: Will.I.Am in his opening day speech, delivered via Skype said: “The state of the music industry is delusional… our music is seen more than it is heard… They’re showing you music rather than you’re hearing music… I try my hardest not to dwell on how delusional and dysfunctional and splintered the industry is. I surround myself with mega super geeks, so we can make and market hardware and things like that. Maybe I’m chasing something I would probably never catch, but I’ve been here before when I was in the ghetto chasing the dream of starting a band.” “I really encourage every single person in the music industry to try and compete not with other record companies, but compete with Samsung, compete against LG, compete against the big ones! Why is Sony competing against Universal? As a matter of fact, HOW DID SONY LOSE? THEY HAD THE CAMERA, THEY HAD THE RECORD COMPANY… How did you lose to Apple?!” Will cited Dr Dre and Beats as inspiration that the music industry can go into the hardware game and compete. “Boom. How do you like that shit?!” In the panel debate on whether streaming music can be a sustainable platform for artists things got hot. After a year of criticism of services like Spotify from musicians including Thom Yorke and David Byrne streaming was directly accessed. Radiohead’s manager, Brian Message, spoke more positively about the impact streaming had on the last album from another of his clients, Nick Cave. “We put streaming right at the forefront of everything he did, right the way from developing Spotify apps through we then used lyric cards and all that kind of stuff, in order to drive an awareness campaign without him having to do too much promotion. And that worked very well for us,” he said. Meanwhile, Deezer’s CEO Axel Dauchez talked about the way the industry can’t just make music available to stream – it has to think hard about how people will discover new music through these services, in order to convince artists that it can pay off for them. “If the platform is just a jukebox, people will only listen to the tracks they already know. If we do that, no money will finance the creation of new music,” said Dauchez. “We have a common responsibility to generate discovery: to force people to try new artists, new songs… Investing in new artists is not a marketing tool: it’s an industry need… if 70% of the streams are done in the back catalogue, there will be no new creation. In a session on new frontiers for music videos, The Collective Music Group’s Jordan Berliant noted that in 2014: “What has changed is the video isn’t a promotional thing: the video IS the thing… It’s not something to promote something else.” Berliant said that labels criticizing YouTube for not making them enough money were missing the point: they perhaps haven’t mastered what fellow panelist Brandon Martinez described as the “12-month content cycle” of a successful channel. ““It’s not a place to make money right now, but it’s not primarily because of YouTube or Google in my mind, it’s because the people representing the content primarily don’t understand the marketplace,” said Berliant Lyor Cohen Unveils 300,a New 'Content Company' with Atlantic Deal, Google Backing and Ex-Warner Brass which has just signed an interesting deal with Twitter’s music division. “We’re going to create A&R tools to find artists early, and help develop them,” he said. “I’m really happy to be working with them. Certainly the modern A&R business, we all are looking for talent in various places, and certainly Twitter is a terrific place to look at talent, just like YouTube. If you want to get signed, I think you have to engage with Twitter, and of course YouTube. And we’ll be looking and trying to develop tools that the rest of the music community can utilize. That’s super-exciting for us.” Cohen also threw his weight behind streaming music as the future for the industry. “I think this is an amazing opportunity for entrepreneurs to be independent, especially in the music business. I see macro-business models that are not on some chalkboard, but actually reality. I certainly believe in streaming as being the future of very healthy business, and so the tide would rise.” “In the modern A&R business we are all looking for talent in various places, and certainly Twitter is a terrific place to look at talent,” Cohen said. “If you want to get signed, you have to engage with Twitter, and of course YouTube, and we’ll be looking to try and develop tools that the rest of the music community can utilize.” “The mission statement is to create a lasting reputation for high quality and artist development,” Cohen told the audience. I see 300 as a massive effort to organize and utilize independent new music, energy, creativity and acts for the financial gain of an already “FAT” executive cadre. Developing a system that will find the “crème” of the Indies, nurture them and gain financially off their concepts has been the way of the major label since majors were created. THIS IS JUST THE FIRST PHASE OF A NEW USERY SYSTEM. The greatest NEW service and system made available at this Midem hands down was MUSIC KICKUP Music Kickup is a 100% free digital music distribution service to major digital music stores, coupled with their new services Career Path and Music Kickup Foundation. This company has the potential to become a music internet behemoth. Their concept is simple enough, Digital distribution with ALL of the major digital storefronts (iTunes, Amazon, EMusic, etc...) for FREE “Our disruptive technology enables 100% free and super fast distribution. This combined with Career Path creates great platform for artists to develop.” Antti Silventoinen, CEO Music Kickup Every artist and musician wants a 100% free digital music distribution service to major digital music stores, but the Career Path service is truly what makes the difference. Career Path is a groundbreaking artist development toolset and service that pushes the artist forward task by task. Building on Music Kickup world leading analytics and their partner network, they build human curated artist pathways for regions, artist development and genres. The qualified and quantified data makes sure that the artist will always be presented with the right next steps and opportunities. Career Path will be online March 4th 2014. This allows for the ability to have a virtual consultant online who will give the artist specific tasks to accomplish day by day allowing them to market, promote and sell their music. Additional marketing partners include manufacturing, marketing, promotion, design and video all ready to assist the artist in having a winning Career Path. “The combination of career development tied to actionable distribution solutions based on analytics and data is a smart marketplace solution. I'll be watching closely what this company can do for artists of all sizes around the world.” Jay Frank, Owner & CEO of DigSin and Author of the bestseller Futurehit.DNA Also expanding Career Path is Music Kickup partners, such as 3plet, Radar Music Videos, Band App and MusicXray. Career Path gives them unique a unique platform and access to artists, who through Career Path can be reached at the right time. Adam Perry, CEO of BandApp and drummer of Bloodhound Gang comments: "We are super excited about the BandApp partnership with Music KickUp. The platform allows artists to really manage their careers like never before online and BandApp will play a big part in that. Providing both artists and fans with powerful, free tools is what we are all about, and so are Music Kickup. We are delighted to be onboard a cant wait to see the results!” “Since we started Music Kickup in 2011, we’ve been working with thousands of artists to produce the most complete service for artists to build their careers and sell their music”, Perttu Sutinen, COO of Music Kickup explains. ”After two years of development, we’ve finally nailed it!” |
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