2013 Latin Billboard Conference & Awards

Now that the Grammy’s are over, it’s time to move onto the next big event, the 24^th Annual Latin Billboard Conference & Awards. On April 23rd 2013 the Latin music industry’s top executives, artists and music fans will gather at the JW Marriott hotel in downtown Miami to talk about what to expect from the music industry this coming year.

Rdio Acquires Cd Baby and TuneCore's Music Catalogs

Rdio Acquires New Music

Rdio, an Internet radio service, which operates in 13 major markets, has just acquired the catalogs of CD Baby and TuneCore. This major deal settled between these online music services helps raise Rdio’s catalog to over 18 million songs. 

This deal was not an easy task for Rdio and faced many challenges along the way. CEO Drew Larner said in a statement “Obviousy the self-service aspect of what these guys do is going to bring a lot of indie music to the platform. We had a couple of issues we had to get over in terms of getting these deals done, but I'm pleased we did finally get them done because it's an important step."

Currently Rdio is working on a system in which artists get paid directly

Warner Chappell Acquires Master Recording's From Miramax Films

Warner Chapelle/Miramax

Miramax films is known to have some of the most influential and powerful movies of our time such as, Good Will Hunting, Gangs Of New York, Sin City, and Finding Neverland. Along with these films great composers such as Howard Leslie Shore, and Danny Elfman have written their music. Last week Miramax and Warner Chappell reached an agreement
in which Warner Chappell will acquire Miramax’s entire master recordings.

Warner Chappell administers Miramax’s music therefore the agreement was reached due to their longtime acquisition.

With this agreement Warner Chappell owns the rights to Miramax’s master recordings and takes on the responsibility of licensing the newly acquired music to different media channels such as, film, TV, commercials, radio, Internet, advertising and games.

This is a great strategic move for Warner Chappell especially during
a challenging time for major record labels and publishers. In a time where record labels and publishers need to discover more ways to grow profits, Warner Chappell hit a grand slam with this agreement

Black Keys, Home Depot, Pizza Hut Fight Over Infringement Case

Unfortunately, many underestimate the importance of proper copyright registration and the damaging power that copyright infringement has on a company’s reputation. In a recent litigation reported by Billboard, Pizza Hut and Home Depot infringed on songs written and performed by the well-known band called the “Black Keys”

The band filled a federal lawsuit claiming that both Pizza Hut and Home Depot did not have the proper permissions or licenses to use their songs in commercial ads promoting their products.

The song used by Pizza Hut is called “Gold On The Ceiling” and Home Depot used “Lonely Boy”, both songs belonging to the hit album called “El Camino” which sold over 840,000 albums during last year’s release.

Defining Quality Music

Ikey Music Publishing: Quality Music

Just because a song makes you feel in an unfavorable way, does that really mean it is not good quality material? As a music creator, our mission is to reach deep inside of people’s souls and make them feel what we are feeling at that very moment, or at least make some sort of connection.

YouTube's Audio Ripping Legal Battle

Several Websites such as YouTube-Mp3.org and Music-clips.net whose main purpose is to rip the audio from YouTube videos have received letters of violation and have been ordered to stop 7 days of receiving the letters. YouTube’s owner Google, who strongly argues that these audio ripping websites are illegal
and are violating YouTube’s terms of service, has initiated these legal actions.

American Idol’s Steven Tyler Signed To Ole Music Publishing

Steven Tyler Signed To Ole Publishing

Billboard has recently announced the exclusive worldwide publishing deal made between Ole Publishing and American Idol’s own Steven Tyler. Tyler has been incredibly busy with judging talent on American Idol as well as working on his newest album called “Music From Another Dimension” which has a release date of August 28^th 2012.

Ole Music Publishing’s creative director Chad Richardson said in a statement “I can enthusiastically say that it's an amazing piece of work and that Steven and the band sound better than ever”.

Some of Steven Tyler’s fans might have already heard some of the hits from his forthcoming album such as “Feels So Good” and “The Noise Inside My Head” which made their debuts in early 2011. In addition, these hits were released precisely with his autobiography, which helped boost sales drastically due to his long-term global success.

Ole Music Publishing will be responsible for Steven Tyler’s administrative publishing side such as royalty collection/distribution and granting various licensing deals. It has been made official That Steve Tyler and his band will kick off their “Global Warming Tour” in Minneapolis starting June 16^th 2012.

In a recent statement made by Steven Tyler, he seems thrilled by the new publishing deal made with ole by saying “Chad is a songwriter and lover of music, who heard what I heard and it was a perfect fit into another dimension for all of us," said Tyler in the release. "I look forward to working with Chad and ole”

Steven’s continuation of music creation has astonished millions of music lovers as well as new generations within the music industry. After hearing some music samples myself, I can easily say that Steven and his band still have the elements to make great music which are: Passion and creativity.

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"All My Life" MIGZ: Featured Artist Of The Week

Migz a native New Yorker from Brooklyn has always had Latin music run through his blood as well as through his family. One can only imagine the excitement and the intense cultural fusion within the New York streets and it’s Latin music pouring out of radios, television and into people’s souls. Migz, inspired by his grandfather Luis Guillermo Colon, also a musician, passionately carries the legacy of musicianship through his rhythmic styles in Bachata and Hip-Hop. Migz along with his chart topping music has been fortunate enough to perform along side Grupo Rush in such places like California. In addition, sharing stages with well-established performers in Puerto Rico, New York, and Miami. Currently Migz is signed to Godsplan Records and is working on his newest album. Down below is Migz recent work called “All My Life” Bachata version. Hope you enjoy our featured artist of the week!

"All My Life" Singer MIGZ

http://www.jango.com/music/Migz+God+s+Plan+Records?l=0

Warner Chappell Changing Their Business Model?

In the early 2000’s, few understood the power and ability of the Internet as well as the opportunities social media would bring to music creators and consumers. Most, if not all major record companies and their sub publishing companies such as EMI, Warner Chappell and UMP were resistant to change their business models to better satisfy their customers.

Television's Effect On Song Purchasing

How effective is music placement on Television? Is it very effective or just another jingle from a struggling musician looking to make ends meat? 20 years ago having your song place on commercials or TV shows was a sign of mediocrity or for some, failure. However, now with the changing music industry and technology, having one’s song placed on television channels is considered great success and almost certain to reach stardom.

Spotify Launches In 14th and 15th Market

On Tuesday May 22^nd Spotify launched its service in New Zealand and Australia, its 14^th and 15^th market equaling over 40 million new potential members.

Entertainment Copyrights

Ikey Music Publishing had the honor and privilege to interview entertainment attorney William Hochberg, based out of Santa Monica, California. We had the pleasure of meeting during the 2012 Latin Billboard Conference that took place in Miami, Florida late April. As for my assignment, William was more than willing to answer a few basic question about his opinion on the music industry today, and where he see the future of it. When asked why is music publishing still important and where he sees the future of music publishing, he made it clear that music publishing remains “a fairly stable source of revenue compared to record sales”.

Recent Entertainment Lawsuits

If you have ever taken a business class, the Section 1 Sherman Act might ring a bell. This act protects businesses from business practices that may be deemed unfair for competition within its own market. Sirius XM Radio has recently exercised this law in their lawsuit against SoundExchange and A2IM.

Are the jobs of artists managers decreasing?

Its seems with much passion, creativity and the use of today's newest technology any singer/songwriters can succeed without the help of an artist manager...at least up until they can't handle it anymore.

Had the privilege and honor to attend the "Cotton Club's Talent Showcase and Beat Battle"

Janvier On "Negotiation Power"

Janvier is an aspiring R&B singer which signed with IKEY Music Publishing in March 2011. Since then he has had the support and guidance of IKEY Publishing in contracts, career choices, and most importantly in negotiations. However, when Janvier was asked if it was always this easy when he was on his own, the answer was "absolutely not".

Carnival Cruise stocks drop significantly

On Friday 13th 2012 the world witnessed the horrific Costa Concordia crash off the cost of an Italian Island. This crash not only had a personal and emotional effect on those on the ship and their loved ones, but also a crippling effect on the financial future for Carnival Cruises and their stakeholders.

IRS audits 1 in 8 millionaires in 2011

Its is no surprise that in today's economy people look for ways to avoid paying taxes and retaining as much profit as possible. Therefore, the IRS in the past 3 years has enforced audits for citizen earning over $200,000.00, each year becoming progressively more intense.

Sheryl Sandberg: Women In The Workforce

In today's society, we often see more women reaching top management and corporate positions, something that was not a norm in previous years. Laws, associations and the strong efforts of our culture and society have allowed for this to happen, however, there still exists a very strong glass ceiling for many women.

National Music Publishers Association ( NMPA )

In the world of music publishing and advancing technology, it is of importance to keep copyright law, and regulations updated, in addition, maintain a strong voice for the rights of publishers and its music creators. Thankfully, the entertainment industry and music publishers have the strong support and help from the National Music Publishers Association (NMPA).