Record producer

For the past three years, Record of the year has been given to songs that had features with it (probably doesn't make a difference.) The mixture of beat and music in it is really good, Mark Ronson did a good job on engineering the song. I mean, this song was my jam for 2015. The…

way people consume music today. With the new ability of obtaining music for free, whether if it is legally or illegally through numerous file sharing sites, record labels have been put in a special situation where they have to come up with new ways to gain profit beyond record sales, their main source of profit in the past. In a new type of record deal, the 360 Deal, the hassle of investing millions of dollars into an musician’s career to get a mediocre return in today’s music business has a…

Dame Dash, also known as Damon Dash is a record producer, music executive, and entrepreneur whose net worth is -$2 million. His rise and fall His rise Roc-A-Fella Records Dame co-founded the music label Roc-A-Fella Records with Jay Z. The label became popular and Dame’s net worth at one time was $50 million. He was the CEO in the late 90s and early 2000s. The most popular artists had signed into the label, ranging from Kanye West, Beanie Sigel, Juelz Santana, Jay-Z, Memphis Bleek, to DJ Clue.…

the founder of Motown records, Berry Gordy created change in society and music through the sound of Motown. Berry Gordy opened up Motown records and at the time African Americans had very little opportunity in the music business. The Motown record label released many songs that supported the civil rights movement, and made African Americans proud of their heritage. He also collaborated with many of his signees to create new groundbreaking music. Though opening up Motown Records, Berry Gordy…

on tv shows, on social media, at sports events, in elevators, in church and so much more. Yet left and right musicians are cheated out of money. Making money as a musician has become extremely difficult due to ad-supported online streaming, corrupt record companies, and the expectancy of free music from recent generations. The increased popularity of ad-supported music streaming and online radio, and decreased popularity of iTunes, has robbed artists of potential revenue. Spotify, one of the…

computers and other technological advancements that contributed to the distribution of music led to changes in the music industry, ultimately changing how the artist can get their music to the consumer. One of the first affects felt by artists and record labels was the decline of overall album sales. Consumers were now capable of picking and choosing specific songs they wanted to purchase and listen too. The initial stage (from about 1998 to 2001) of the digital music revolution was the new…

Rather than imprinting grooves on a cylinder, the gramophone used a flat disc much like a vinyl record to record sound. The convenience of the disc allowed for the gramophone to be reproduced more easily than the phonograph, though Edison continued to advance his invention, developing the motor-driven and the wax cylinder phonographs. A few years later…

“Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.” This is what John Ortberg had to say about grit and the effect it has on people and the world. When giving the TED Talk, “The Key to Success? Grit”, Angela Lee Duckworth shared something similar, “...One characteristic emerged as a significant predictor of success. It wasn't social intelligence, it wasn't good looks, physical health, and it wasn't IQ: It was grit.” Duckworth’s insightful words showed me that grit is more…

Technology began to advance rapidly and the record labels could not keep up starting from the 60s to the 2000s with the development of tapes, where people recorded radio, and later the invention of the CD. The labels were scared because they were losing control of the public with burnt CDs and mixed tapes made essentially free. During these years there were five major labels: Sony, EMI, Universal, BMG, and Polygram. As the years proceeded into the 2000s, labels bought out other labels because…

“things were better in the past, because they were simpler” trope that she repudiates in others. Bayles creates a ‘straw man’ out of late twentieth century music and proceeds to beat the stuffing out of almost every artist and genre who dated to record for more than a few hours on more than four tracks. While she promises to offer solutions to music she readily admits she does not like nor thoroughly understands, she simply leaves her target scattered on the ground with a gleam of satisfaction…