http://www.ericbeall.com Eric Beall: Music Publisher. Author. Educator. Consultant. Music Business Weasel. Thu, 12 Jan 2012 05:45:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en There’s never a busier day on the publishing calendar than the day after a holiday, and the first working day after New Years is the mother of them all.  Having had a nice two week break to sit and contemplate the future of music, the inadequacies of their present situation, ... http://www.ericbeall.com/to-do-list-2012/ Recently had an opportunity to spend a very impressive evening at Berklee College of Music’s “Perfect Pitch” event, which matched student songwriters with student vocalists for a concert that gave hope to any of us planning to stick around the pop music business for the next five years. Out of ... http://www.ericbeall.com/pitching-in-tomorrows-game/ Here's a switch--- instead of an interview with another industry player like we did last summer, this week I thought I'd turn it around, and share some excerpts from an interview that I did for Songtrust.com. For those who don't yet know, Songtrust is a fantastic new service that I ... http://www.ericbeall.com/the-spirit-of-independence/ During the travails of the past decade, when record label turned against downloader and publisher turned against record label and streaming service turned against publisher, the sage music industry commentators have been crying in the wilderness: “Hold up guys! Remember: we’re all in this together”. Yea. Right. I think I might have even ... http://www.ericbeall.com/happy-together/ Hope everyone had a great summer. I wound it up with a nice break at the end of August, and am just now starting to get back in touch with that Music Weasel lurking deep inside of me. Have to say though, it was a rough end ... http://www.ericbeall.com/reach-out-and-touch/ When I first designed Music Publishing 101 at Berkleemusic almost ten years ago, music publishing was a side of the music business about which even many major record label executives knew embarrassingly little. Today, the music publishing model is in many ways the foundation of the music business—an industry built ... http://www.ericbeall.com/meet-jon-bonci-from-music-publishing-101/ When it comes to holding onto a spirit of optimism in the midst of the music business jungle, no one compares to Peter Bliss. He is perhaps the most aptly named songwriter ever (with the possible exception of Denise Rich). [caption id="attachment_435" align="alignleft" width="187" caption="Peter Bliss"][/caption] Peter has been making music, and ... http://www.ericbeall.com/interview-with-peter-bliss/ Having vowed to keep the blog positive and focused on the new developments that could actually save the industry, I’ve decided to do what any cynical old music business weasel would do: I’m calling on people younger and smarter than myself. (Doug Morris—wake up from your nap and take note.) In what ... http://www.ericbeall.com/interview-with-david-hoffman/ I’ve been waiting about 5 years to write this particular blog. I can’t say that it’s done with total confidence. Like a person in the desert finding a fresh pool of water just ahead, I’m a little afraid that what I’m seeing is just one more mirage. It’s not written ... http://www.ericbeall.com/hello-mr-brightside/ It’s become the ultimate music awards show cliché: a twenty-three year old pop star telling aspiring musicians in the crowd to “never give up on your dreams”, as if Joe Rockstar’s three or four year climb to stardom offered irrefutable proof of the inevitability of hard work leading to success. Of ... http://www.ericbeall.com/try-try-try-again/