Tag Archives: Independent Artists

Music Industry Forum – Howe Gelb


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

Music Industry Forum – Steve Smith


John Paul interviews Steve Smith, Music Editor for Time Out New York about his job, his career in the industry and his love of music of all genres.

Forum – Andrew Tomasulo


Andrew Tomasulo talks to Loyola University New Orleans students about his art and how it’s possible to create revenue through creativity

Music News – With Mark Johnson & Hillary Marker – 2/4/10


The Music News Team talks about developing stories in the music industry

Sync Up Conference – Part 4 – Promoting World Culture in an Economic Crisis


A panel of music industry professionals discuss how the recent economic crisis has affected the music festival scene and its pursuit of new talent

Sync Up Conference – Part 7 – Under the Radar Deals in New Orleans


Music industry insiders Greg Eveline, Mousa, Dino Gankendorff, Jonathan McHugh, & Suzette Toledano Becker talk about New Orleans musicians and why they view conventional marketing and entrepreneurship techniques as “selling out”

Sync Up Conference – Part 5 – The Nonprofit Record Label


Music industry professionals Jill Sobule, Chris Joseph, Tim Kappel, & Steve Riley talk about newly developing non profit music business models and how they’re changing the way music is created and distributed

Sync Up Conference – Part 2 – The Festival Market


A panel of music industry professionals talk about talent buying and what role festivals play in their scouting and showcasing of artists

Sync Up Conference – Part 3 – Breaking Into the Festival Market


Music industry professionals Christian Kuffner, Bruce Barnes, Gary Edwards, & Dave Margulies talk about alternative ways of breaking into the music festival market

Sync Up Conference – Part 8 – Video Games & the Music Industry


Video game industry insiders Ric Neil, Randy Eckhardt, David Hirshland, Ezra Jay, & Elliot Adams talk about how video games have developed as an outlet for independent musicians to gain exposure and about how to get their songs to game designers