Interview With JP Bommel, Vice President, Sales & Business Development, MIDEM I recently interviewed JP Bommel, Vice President, Sales & Business Development, MIDEM, who is based in New York City, NY, U.S.A. In the interview below, we discuss what is in store for the fortunate music industry representatives who will attend the 2007 MidemNet conferences, and 21-25 January 2007, at the Palais des Festivals, Cannes, France. Below is part two of our interview. Part one can be found at the following link:           "Interview With NYC-based JP Bommel, Vice President, Sales & Business Development, MIDEM"

  Bommel Sheds Light On Upcoming MIDEM 2007 Conference Events
by Anne Freeman, I recently interviewed JP Bommel, Vice President, Sales & Business Development, Midem, who is based in New York City, NY, U.S.A. In the interview below, we discuss what is in store for the fortunate music industry representatives who will attend the 2007 MidemNet conferences, and 21-25 January 2007, at the Palais des Festivals, Cannes, France.

by Peter Spellman, If you plan on releasing your music on the Net, through satellite radio, or via music services like Muzak, you'll need to understand the following. A lot of information on a music CD isn't music. Some of it are codes that help trace the uses and sales of your music online. Without them there is a good chance you'll miss out on royalties owed you. The four important codes you'll need are:

The 29 Key Principles of Independent Music Marketing by Anne Freeman, For Bob Baker, founder of The Buzz Factor, marketing is his profession and his passion, and marketing for Indie bands is his specialty. Bob has authored numerous books on various aspects of running your Indie band or label as you should: as a business.

By WorkshopLive, My friend Ray used to work in one of New York's great guitar stores. He said that for most of the people he sold guitars to, if the color was right, the guitar sounded fine. (He also said that, with all of the gorgeous guitars that hung on the wall in that store, they made most of their money on picks and strings. Who knew?)