A Matter Of Music

What is Metadata and how do you use it?  Dawn walks you thru an example of adding Metadata to your music in Disco.au

Steve Hindalong is an accomplished drummer, percussionist, songwriter and award winning producer best known for his work in the alternative rock band the Choir.

This week we interview Joey Taylor. We met Ojo in 1985 when he produced the album Incandescent, the first release for Dawns band Crumbacher. 

Joe began his musical career in the late 1970's Southern California punk rock/prog rock/alternative music scene.

He is the founder, principal songwriter, producer, and keyboard player for the rock group Undercover an 80’s Southern California Punk rock band.

He also founded and was the general manager of Brainstorm Artists International/Innocent Media, a production company and record label distributed by Sony Music and Word Records in the US and by international distributors and licensees all over the world. Producing/executive-producing around 100 full-length recordings.

He has extensive knowledge of all aspects of the music business and is currently a Professor at James Madison University in Virginia, teaching  History of Rock, Songwriting, Artist Management, Legal Aspects of the Music industry, Marketing of Recorded Music, Entrepreneurship in the Music Industry and Music Publishing.

He has an MBA from UCLA, and an MM in Theory and Composition from California State Fullerton.

In PRO's #2 We explore how the PRO payment system works.

Simon Tam of The Slants. Author, Musician, Activist, and Troublemaker. We talk to Simon about his marketing, the case that took him all the way to the Supreme Court, and the fact that artist must know the business as well as the creative side of the music industry.

In part one we discuss the purpose and function of Performing Rights Organizations.

Joe Sidoti shares his journey in the music business and gives us some expert advice on equipment and the art of recording engineering.

Beth and Dawn explain many of the terms found in Recording Contracts and Sync Library Contracts. Find the time links to specific terms in the description.

We interview Chris Ryan a young, yet seasoned songwriter who has written music for General Hospital, 20/20, What Would You Do and dozens of other TV Shows, with hundreds of placements. 

A broad overview of Music Publishing.  If you’ve written a song you’ve got publishing.  Publishing is the golden egg the music business goose lays – It’s how you make money!