Most Popular


The EM Poll




CURRENT ISSUE

SUBSCRIBE
$1.84 an issue!

EM DIGITAL EDITION
Try it for free today!

browse back issues


Follow Us On...




Industry Insider: Ariel Hyatt (Part 1) 

Dec 1, 2009,

By Jason Feehan and Randy Chertkow

Social-media Websites have changed the world, and with their power to spread the word faster than any other media, they have profoundly affected the way...

Industry Insider | Q&A: Ari and Danny Hest 

Aug 1, 2008,

By Elianne Halbersberg

Recording artists once looked upon a major-label record deal as the Holy Grail. But now, thanks to the Internet, signing one's rights over often at the...

Industry Insider: Q&A: Alan Friedman 

Jul 1, 2008,

By Ravi

You may not think of yourself as a business owner, but if you're earning income as a self-employed musician, composer, producer, programmer, and so on,...

Industry Insider: Q&A: Derek Sivers 

May 1, 2008,

By Mike Levine

When it comes to the independent music scene, few people are more knowledgeable than Derek Sivers (see Fig. 1). He began his music career as a guitarist...

Industry Insider: Q&A: Brooke Wentz 

Apr 1, 2008,

By Mike Levine

The old refrain You ought to be in pictures usually refers to potential actors and actresses, but nowadays it could also apply to independent musicians...

Industry Insider: Q&A: Amanda Cagan 

Mar 1, 2008,

By Mike Levine

The Internet has empowered today's musician like never before. Career advancement is no longer exclusively predicated on having a record deal. If you...

Music Business Insider: Q&A: Tim Westergren 

Dec 1, 2007,

By Mike Levine

If you haven't yet been to Pandora.com, get ready to be impressed....

Music Business Insider: Q&A: Jeff Price 

Nov 1, 2007,

By Mike Levine

The Web offers independent musicians the ability to self-distribute, allowing them to bypass record labels, distributors, and other gatekeepers...

Q&A: Bev Green 

Jun 1, 2007,

By Mike Levine

This is the second of two columns featuring music attorney Bev Green, a veteran entertainment lawyer in the San Francisco area who practices at the firm...

Q&A: Bev Green 

May 1, 2007,

By Mike Levine

Sooner or later in your musical career, you'll need to sign a contract or make an agreement....

Q&A: Michael Petricone 

Apr 1, 2007,

By Mike Levine

Electronic Musician's interview with Michael Petricone, VP of the Consumer Electronics Association, who tells why he thinks the major record labels are stifling technologies that could help independent musicians....

Q&A: Michael Laskow 

Mar 1, 2007,

By Mike Levine

Predicting the future is never easy, but trying to anticipate what it will bring can help a lot as long as you really know the subject that you're speculating...

Q&A: Jack Rudy 

Feb 1, 2007,

By Mike Levine

In the music-for-picture world, composers get most of the glory. But there's another group of professionals who have a big impact on which music gets...

CURRENT ISSUE

Look inside the current issue

Subscribe for only $1.84 an issue!

EM Digital Edition
Try it for free today!

NEWSLETTERS

Read current newsletters:
emusicianXtra
EM Software Update
eDeals

Find out more and subscribe to newsletters...

Composer Steve H. on scoring iPhone games and more.Go

Products from Sony Creative Software, Tonehammer, Impact Soundworks, and Fab Filter previewed. Go

Back to Top