The Center For Music and Arts Entrepuenership

Merchandise is an essential part of a band's income. Because it is so important, bands are starting to create stores in the areas they are going on tour. Many people say that this is a trend, and will soon be out of "style" but many of the current pop-up stores are turning into actual stores where bands can sell their merchandise on a daily basis. The newest band to utilize this new form of revenue is Odd Future. The band has set up shop in Los Angeles while they will be performing there. For more information on these pop-up stores, read here.

A new piece of legislation circulating Congress at the moment will try and curtail music and media shared on the internet. It initially tries to crack down on illegally owned music. In theory, this bill is good for artists who don't make money on illegally shared music. It is not so good for those new artists who try and get their music out to the public. read more.

EMI, one of the world's leading music companies, has just been sold in to Sony for $2.2 billion and Universal for $1.9 billion. Now there are only three major record labels left, Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group. Read More.

In an article by David Rose from knowthemusicbiz.com, the affects of spotify on less famous indie bands are discussed. Rose outlines many points that will benefit these indie bands from discoverability to monetization, spotify will help these bands. Read more.

Billy O'Connell interviews Howe Gelb about his long and successful career as an independent musician.

John Paul interviews Jon Mueller, a musician and web community leader who helps people make a living from being a creative person. Mueller has performed throughout the world and collaborated with many musicians in the art music genre. His website that helps foster creativity is rhythmplex.com.

John Paul interviews Jeff Apregan of the Apregan Group, an event production company. Jeff has a wealth of knowledge in the entertainment world from his long career in the business.

John Paul interviews John Williamson of Music Dealers, one of the fastest growing music publishing companies.

John Paul and Billy O'Connell interview Shaneika Brooks, product manager at Blue Note records. She talks about what it takes to get a band signed to a selective label and how labels operate in the current Music Industry.