Artist Management Court Silicon Valley’s Entrepreneurs

An interesting article about Artist management and how they're searching for new platforms to promote.

Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga’s managers are looking for the next best thing.

They’re not looking for the next Bieber or Gaga— well, they’re looking for that too, but that’s not what I’m referring to here— they’re aggressively searching for the next great web platform.

See the interview here

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TechCrunch

Gun Horse Records

I'm excited to announce, (well pre-announce) that Gun Horse Records is to be live, well,... um, soon. At least the domain and temporary site is up. http://www.gunhorse.com

A little about my new to-be label:

Welcome to Gun Horse Records! We are small Northern California based, indie record label. In 2010, we have realized the shift in the music industry. The independent artist can make it without, big label bureaucracy, and red tape. Hopefully, that’s where we come in. It’s about the art of music and performance, not just a packaged product. The small label was started in the garage among the fog banks of the northern California coast. We cater to the independent artist, and the independent fan. We don't have much money, but we look good doin' what we're doin'.

Our mission:
Make music. Record. Send. Pay the rent. Sleep. Start over.

Is there an Apple in the cloud?

So, there are some I mean rumors in the air… Or, I should say, rumors in the ‘clouds’-- Apple, which might have more clout than the current record industry, (Which I guess is another debate.) May provide a streaming music service, or accompany iTunes, so your content to an Apple cloud. No details have been announced yet, however, this may make for an interesting topic in the next week’s Apple event in SF on the 27th.

So, your iTunes library could be in the cloud? ITunes could be subscription based? Is this competition to Rhapsody? To Pandora? Who knows? But Apple’s acquisition of Lala could play into this somehow. This shows how fast this industry is moving. This will be interesting to see when, or if it’s announced on the 27th.

Stay tuned.

~G

Article courtesy from Greg Sandoval's Media Maverick Blog on CNET