I AM ME - Live

Come on let's x-face it. It provides good comedic value, but it's really just pants.
'Crucially, there are far easier and more successful ways to get into pop these days. Instead of going through 20 weeks of prime-time torture, why not just guest on a Rudimental song (or similar house-pop anonymous producer)? It worked for Sam Smith, John Newman, Jess Glynne and Ella Eyre. Otherwise, you can do what the likes of Jessie J and Birdy did and just post your stuff to YouTube, hoping it’s good enough for someone to notice.'

http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/oct/27/has-the-x-factor-run-out-of-singers

Has The X Factor run out of singers? When even Simon Cowell is moaning about the quality of the vocals on this year’s show, you know you’re in trouble, writes Sam Wolfson

Ever wondered how to cut through & access Arts Council money? Opportunity to learn from Anita Dinham, who works for Arts Council England, the largest agency for arts and culture funding. She helps funding applications for music genres not sufficiently represented. 13 places only & in Brum.

Lowdown- Show Me The Money | Punch This Lowdown is all about how you can get help to better your musical journey. Show Me The Money is all about getting your hands on funding!

Blimey - that's a feat... 'To Stop Piracy, The Music Industry Is Debating A Global Weekly Release Day For New Music'.

To Stop Piracy, The Music Industry Is Debating A Global Weekly Release Day For New Music While stories of how harmful piracy is in the music industry don’t get reported as much these days as when the internet first took over as the primary distribution channel for music, it still plagues the business, hurting sales of every artist, regardless of popularity or genre. Album leaks may [...…

One of the largest video game companies in the world is currently seeking songs for upcoming titles to feature in-game. Deadline: 29/08/14.

Top Rated Video Games Need Music for Features *Please select a song from your playlist to submit to this listing.

'Creating an instrumental version almost doubles your chances of being used on TV because it opens up your track to so many different possible uses.' In other words = that mean more dosh.

5 Steps to Prepare For Licensing Your Music 5 Steps to Prepare For Licensing Your Music A Guest Post by Symphonic Distribution Licensing music is a much more involved process than just selling music. On your part as the content creator

So, How Do You Succeed In The Music Industry?

How To Make It In The Music Industry How To Make It In The Music Industry A Guest Post by DiyMusicBiz.com How to make it in the music industry… Such a popular question, one that’s on the tip of everyone&

Just. Naughty. Boy.

I'm not the messiah, I'm just a Naughty Boy - video Music producer Naughty Boy talks about starting his stellar career from his shed after winning £44,000 on Deal or No Deal. Watch the full interview tonight on Channel 4 News at seven.

Go on - be more commercially inventive 'Spotify only pays $0.007 for each track streamed, but this soon starts to look like real money when you consider that 100 streams makes 70 cents. Throw in a modest fanbase and take into account that each track only lasts just over 30 seconds (the minimum required by the service to count as a full stream) and you can begin to see how the band cleverly used the streaming to their advantage.'

Vulfpeck ... the band who made $20,000 from their 'silent' Spotify album The US band asked fans to stream their five-minute album of silence to generate money for a tour . Their scheme seems to have worked

Gotta say has a point...this BBC 1Xtra debacle sounds too familiar and reflects a serious sad state of affairs...

Ed Sheeran at No 1 was not the biggest problem with 1Xtra's power list By confining its list to artists, the radio station concealed the real sources of power in the music industry – and made it look less white than it really is

'Is Technology The New Beatles?' Presenting cool use of tech & future vision of technology’s engagement with music.

Is Technology The New Beatles? — MusicTank This think tank debate will present a vision of technology’s engagement with music and shed light on what new technology fused with music is bringing to the industry.

Wake up & smell the coffee...'Someone must be making money out of the music on You Tube but it certainly isn't the people who write the songs," said Mason. "Delilah would need to be streamed roughly 113,250 times for [co-writer] Les Reed and I to earn enough for a coffee each at Starbucks.'

Sharleen Spiteri criticises YouTube's 'take it or leave it' music licensing deals Texas star: 'Songwriters fully support independent record labels in their fight to get better terms and deals from YouTube'. By Stuart Dredge

From YouTube channel to One Million Record Sales! Whoa.
'began as a YouTube channel that Darlington and his friends used to share music and support each other’s tracks. As their dedicated YouTube fan base swelled, they became increasingly involved in music promotion and scouting, and a fledgling media company soon took on the trappings of a modern record label'.

The Monstercat Label Model: From YouTube Channel to One Million Record Sales Monstercat CEO and founder Mike Darlington never intended to make a record label.