Steve’s Music Roll

If anyone didn’t know, many of the Virgin Records Mega stores have closed their doors after many years in business. At first, I was shocked that the store on Broadway in Manhattan shut its door. However, I was really shocked when I found out that the Orlando store located at Downtown Disney in Walt Disney [...]

I think some artists have the ability to create decent work with the new technology, but due to the mediocrity that music has become, the quality of talent imparted into the work is reduced. The record companies are not as interested in the quality of the artist any more as they are in the monetary [...]

The record industry has changed drastically in the last 30 years. Up until the end of the 1980s, record companies were relatively leanient toward new artists. Artists were able to be covered by the record label for one or two albums before getting an ultimatum. Now, it’s a requirement that the song or album be [...]

Author: Tim Eutin
Today’s music business is more complicated then ever. The digital revolution has made it easier and less expensive to make a quality CD. There are more outlets to reach the public with your music then ever before with MySpace, Playlist.com and web-based radio outlets. There is also more competition then as well.
What can [...]

We all can write a song and record it. The challenge is getting that song heard by the masses. In the days gone by, the only way to make it big was to get signed by one of the major record labels. There were no other mediums of getting your music heard. Now, there are [...]

The current trend with distribution of major label records seems to simulate the party game of limbo. Everyone is doing something more and more drastic to get sales up in physical media. Some are going vinyl and others now seem to be doing CD, but aiming at low cost department stores to sell their discs. [...]