Music Business Secrets XVI (12/23/10)

Today we had a great show, with some of our regulars (Aboss, SoundStarRecords, etc.) and some surprising visits (Thanks to Mike McCready & Anthony Cavallaro!). Great talks about what season is the best to release an album, some talk about Major Music Events & young artists and lots of questions, here you have what we talked about:

- Releasing Music in the 1st/4th quarter: Pros & Cons
- How to set up a release:

• Reverbnation (Website)
• Podcast Alley(Website)
• AirplayDirect (Website)
• Radio tags
• Remixes

- Major Music Events in the US & Europe

• Billboard Conferences (Website)
• NAMM (Website)
• MIDEM (Website)
• Future Music Forum (Website)

- European Market for American Artists
- Dance Music in Europe

• Strictly Rhythm (Website)
• Motto Records

- Young Artists
- Hip Hop in Spain

• MAI (Facebook)
• Yaina (Website - Facebook - MySpace)
• Paula Dominguez
• Dituyi

- Metal in the US
- Genre to get in
- Producers in London
- Mixtapes
- A&R & why they don't risk anymore

Our peak in the chatroom was 8 people & we had people from Germany, New York & Detroit!