Holiday Greetings!

If you are an up and coming artist, here is some more invaluable information.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/04/technology/04myspace.html?_r=2&ref=technology&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

If you are an artist, this is information you need to know.

Please visit this link….

http://blog.copyrightalliance.org/blog/The-MiddleClass-Artist

I’ve been doing this series of articles with excerpts from “Michael Anderson’s Little Black Book of Songwriting”.
This article is a bit different. It’s more of an overview – an op-ed piece if you will.
As a longtime screener at Taxi and now as an instructor at Musician’s Institute Continue Reading »

This comes from our friend and colleague, Michael Anderson.

ti-tle n.
A name or descriptive heading that identifies a composition.
A word or phrase or sentence that is used to designate a work and thus distinguish it from other works and often indicate the nature of it’s content.

Most non-professional songwriters do not understand the importance of the song’s title. Continue Reading »

MusicBovine friend, Susan Tucker, is a wonderful source of information. Please visit her sites…
myspace.com/susanetucker
songwritersconnection.com

I want to give you a strong dose of realism. I have judged song contests, taught workshops, etc and have had the opportunity to hear thousands of songs. I’ve interview very successful hit songwriters for my books, so I think I’ve seen the full spectrum. I feel like I have a good idea of what it takes to get from here to there.
Here’s what I think Continue Reading »

Jennifer Yeko, once again hits the nail squarely on the head!!!!
Please visit her site after you read this!@http://www.truetalentmgmt.com

There is a trend that’s developed among superstar artists.

They’re giving their music away for free! Continue Reading »

Jennifer Yeko offers such wonderful advice…please visit her web site at http://www.truetalentmgmt.com

Do you ever watch the Tonight Show with Jay Leno? Continue Reading »

I just wanted to take a moment to brag about your very own contributor and co-founder here at musicBovine.com. My good friend and business partner Chris wouldn’t do this and I had to wrangle this information from him.

Chris Keaton, along with songwriters Larry Willoughby and Hank DeVito were honored on Monday, October 15 at the ACSAP Country Music Awards for the song “Building Bridges”, recorded by Brooks and Dunn (with additional vocals by Sheryl Crow and Vince Gill), which was one of the most played songs of 2006/2007. The awards ceremony was held at the historic Ryman Auditorium.

Congrats Chris! What an honor!

Attention, all bands! This is an article you MUST read! Please send me your comments!

http://www.pollstar.com/news/viewnews.pl?NewsID=8542

Legendary rock outfit, Led Zeppelin will end its digital-music holdout when Warner Music Group makes the legendary rock outfit’s entire catalog available to download from Nov. 13…read more at the following link!

http://billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3i66abf6954df1d43ff607d282e4cd9444?imw=Y