http://makingthemogul.com The journey of a young professional in the music business. Wed, 01 Oct 2008 01:22:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Don't get me wrong, I support and purchase digital downloads from iTunes, etc, but as a personal preference, I still buy CDs. Even though I mostly listen to music on my computer, iPod and Blackberry, I still prefer having a physical disc to sync the music from and to keep on ... http://makingthemogul.com/2008/09/i-stay-buying-cds/ The internet and the streets alike have been buzzing for months about 3 artists: Asher Roth, Charles Hamilton & Mickey Factz. Could they be the new faces of Hip-Hop? What are your thoughts? http://makingthemogul.com/2008/09/the-faces-of-hip-hop-20/ Here's an interesting video I found of Jimmy Iovine discussing his views on today's music industry and his vision on the direction it's taking. (Note: The video is about a year old) He offers advice for new artists as well as talking about possible distribution models, what makes a great producer ... http://makingthemogul.com/2008/09/jimmy-iovine-discusses-the-future-of-the-music-business/ I just saw this video and had to share it with you guys. I'm surprised I've never seen in it before though, since it's apparently a very popular viral video. No matter what kind of mood you're in; you will definitely laugh and smile watching it. This video took Matt Harding to 42 ... http://makingthemogul.com/2008/09/dancing-all-over-the-world/ There might be more to this whole Sarah Palin/Tina Fey comparison. Maybe McCain-Palin is just a big joke? http://makingthemogul.com/2008/09/could-there-be-more-to-the-sarah-palintina-fey-comparison/ Truly, an incredible and inspiring speech. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kv8eiDvrHJ4] http://makingthemogul.com/2008/08/barack-obamas-speech-at-the-2008-dnc/ I came across this website a few weeks ago and wanted to share this with the producers and beatmakers out there. This website, Hobnox.com is offering $30,000 to contestants who submit their music productions into their Evolution 2 contest. They have 3 different categories for their contest; Music, Film & Culture ... http://makingthemogul.com/2008/08/make-a-beat-online-win-30000/ I saw this and had to post it. If you follow me on Twitter, you know my daily obsession with watching Fresh Prince of Bel-Air re-runs. Well, Canadian rapper, Shad, decided to drop this hilarious parody music video for his song, "The Old Prince Still Lives At Home". You have to watch this ... http://makingthemogul.com/2008/08/hilarious-video-shad-the-old-prince-still-lives-at-home/ If you're an aspiring artist, producer, DJ or professional, you should already know how important conferences, showcases and contests can be. If you don't already know; then I'm telling you now; they're important. I make it a point to attend several of these events, even if it doesn't necessarily pertain to ... http://makingthemogul.com/2008/08/rasha-entertainment-presents-the-demo-clinic-in-atl/ Finally got my Blackberry Bold today. For those that follow me on Twitter, I did my first live videocast yesterday, after UPS dropped off the package. It didn't end up recording, so I was planning on doing another short video clip, but as the people who logged onto the live videocast know, ... http://makingthemogul.com/2008/08/blackberry-bold-finally/