Archive for the ‘Music Profiles’ Category
– Click here to watch the video and launch the widget Don Passaman is one of top entertainment attorneys in America whose clients include Janet Jackson, Quincy Jones, REM, Tina Turner. He is also author of the widely acclaimed “all you need to know about the music business” Clips discuss the following: 1. Role of [...]
Personal Management Q&A This Article Originally Published December 2001 By Kenny Kerner Since I’ve spent a good portion of my 32-year music business career in management, I thought I’d devote this TIPS column to answering some of the most frequently asked questions dealing with artists and personal managers. How much do I pay a personal [...]
Major Label A&R Panel, Part 3 TAXI Road Rally 2006 Michael Laskow, Moderator Panelists Guy Routte, A&R Consultant, Columbia Records, Urban Tony Ferguson, VP of A&R, A&M/Interscope Kirk Boyer, Sr. Director of A&R, Lyric Street/Disney, Nashville Steven Melrose, President, Left Wing/Virgin Records (at time of panel) Audience member: For your current projects, do you guys [...]
Major Label A&R Panel, Part 2 TAXI Road Rally 2006 Michael Laskow, Moderator Panelists Guy Routte, A&R Consultant, Columbia Records, Urban Tony Ferguson, VP of A&R, A&M/Interscope Kirk Boyer, Sr. Director of A&R, Lyric Street/Disney, Nashville Steven Melrose, President, Left Wing/Virgin Records (at time of panel) OK, Ferguson, I ask you this question every year [...]
Major Label A&R Panel, Part 1 TAXI Road Rally 2006 Michael Laskow, Moderator Panelists Guy Routte, A&R Consultant, Columbia Records, Urban Tony Ferguson, VP of A&R, A&M/Interscope Kirk Boyer, Sr. Director of A&R, Lyric Street/Disney, Nashville Steven Melrose, President, Left Wing/Virgin Records (at time of panel) People think that A&R guys are a bunch of [...]
Craig Aaronson Sr. Vice President, A&R, Warner Bros. Records Interviewed by Cathy Genovese Where did you grow up? I grew up right here in Los Angeles in the San Fernando Valley. I went to school at Taft High School. I’m a native; never lived anywhere else. How did you get started in the music business? [...]
Hi all, here you will find two links in which the royalty computation for a music producer is discussed. The information is accurate and it is taken from “all you need to know about the music industry” by Passman Part 1 – Record one royalties, Retroactive to record one at the all-in rate, Retroactive to [...]