By Staff Report on November 23, 2015
Billy Bragg, contracts, Cooking Vinyl, label deals, Martin Goldschmidt, Mike Smith, Paul Spraggon, Phil Morais
Blogroll, Business
Coverage by Tim Ingham of Music Business Worldwide of a U.K. panel discussion featuring label and legal bigwigs touches on some excellent points, including the effort to negotiate a 50/50 royalty split with artists, the ability to contract for limited-time use of creative product in a label’s catalog and the reality of YouTube: “the biggest way […]
By Staff Report on November 23, 2015
Business
Bob Bowen, who has served as music supervisor on more than 60 feature films, has been named head of music for Amazon Studios. Currently riding high on the TV series “Transparent,” produced for the subscription video service Amazon Prime, the company has also produced the hour-long drama series “The Man in the High Castle,” based […]
By Staff Report on August 10, 2015
Business, Commercials
Part-Spotify, part-Tin Pan Alley is how the 7-year-old Jingle Punks has been described. In addition to original music for clients like Red Bull and TK, the company has become known for offbeat renditions of classic ad tunes, creating the music for a kickin’ country western version of the Meow Mix them and chanteuse Masha’s sultry Werewolves of […]
By Staff Report on August 8, 2015
Agency, Business
Warner Bros. The Man From U.N.C.L.E. hits the market this month with a score by a Fortress Talent Management composer Daniel Pemberton. It follows May’s San Andreas, with music by Andrew Lockington, as the second major release to feature music from the the upstart firm. Fortress rocked the film and TV music this spring when […]