*Age:* 23
*Home Town:* My Office
*Company:* Seven 30 Entertainment
*Pet Peeve:* Corporate dinosaurs too scared to stay ahead of the game.
*Life Goals:*
*Personal:* To create a large family and to show them how to build there own
legacy and a premium lifestyle.
*Professional:* To enrich the global economy by creating new jobs and
revenue streams.
*Hey Nick, thanks for taking time out of your busy schedule to answer some questions and tell the world about yourself. With that said, why don’t you tell us a little about yourself, where you’re from, how you got to the point you’re at now. *
I am a 23 year old entrepreneur who grew up in Montreal, Canada and spent a part of my childhood in Houston, Texas. I began composing music for kid’s albums at the age of 11 and had my first published album soon after. Some of my friends and I formed a group called N.B.A and when I was 17 we landed a deal and an opening spot on Rhianna’s first ever Canadian tour. As much as the spotlight appealed to me, it was the behind the scenes action that truly caught my eye. At 19 I decided to retire from performing and obtain an education in Entertainment Management and Copyright Law at Trebas Institute.
Hey everyone it’s Nick. I want to share something special with you directly so I am writing my very first blog post! When CARAS called me the “poster child for a new business model”, the 360 model they were referring to was a wild concept… Today it is the industry standard. This made me say that it is about time to create a better model than 360: something that is infinite!
Rather than sit in the confines and laurels of a sloppy model that is dated today, I have decided to adapt and create a very special new business model for the music industry that will change everything and monetize the hard work and love we all put into this industry for artists and administrators alike. Soon I will share it with you!
Until then check out this amazing video about the social media revolution! Click the link below to watch!
Whenever me think of great Canadian music we always think of all the talent in Toronto but never think about the other hard working artist making noise in their provinces.
Leila is a singing dynamo from Montreal, Quebec that is making noise with successful singles in both English and French.
You maybe more famiilar with her than you think. Her song “Move” was on MTV’s Real World Brooklyn and “Push Me Away” was played on MTV’s Taking the Stage.
Check out her phone interview with UrbanAmore.com and her experience as both a french and english recording artist.
To get more information on Leila go to www.myspace.com/leilalovesmusic or www.thisisleila.com
“Companies of the future will see the public as their partner. Rather than suing customers, they’ll give them blankets, and a return of all fees when a concert is canceled. There’s no service in this industry. And it was the lack of service that shredded Detroit’s reputation…”
“We’ve got a long way to go to reestablish music’s dominance on the popular culture landscape. It can be done, but only if the execs stop worrying about their lifestyle more than the music and the acts get honest and stop scalping their own tickets, only if making music isn’t about fame but songs, only if stars earn that moniker from the music they make as opposed to the contests they win.”
Comparing Packaging Options For Compact Discs – A Environmental & Toxicological Assessment,” a new RIAA and NARM joint study of CD packaging highlights the environmental impact of various CD packaging options.
Think moving from less plastic to more cardboard – even recycled cardboard – is the answer to going green? Think again. Some new packaging still uses a bit of plastic to hold the CD in place and that creates a “mixed” recyclable that can be even more difficult to dispose of. Even all-cardboard cases cause problems unless you use just the right adhesives since most glues contain carcinogens.
The 69 page study recommends an open dialog between artists, labels and suppliers to find and use the greenest available packaging for each project and the use of eco-labeling to keep consumers informed. Or we could all just go digital…
Google’s music-related activities in China situation has apparently heated up considerably. These developments may be crucial and need further exploration.
As you may know, Google owns a good chunk (or all?) of the Chinese search engine Top100.cn, one of the biggest rivals of the Chinese super-portal and ruling search giant, Baidu. However, Google is still a more or less distant second in the Chinese search market (in 2008, Google had approx. 16.6% vs Baidu’s 76.9%) and really needs its Top100 property to better compete with Baidu. The major issue here is – you guessed it – the availability of CONTENT- or rather, the simple displaying of links to millions of music & film files that those hungry freeloaders i.e. digital natives want to stream or download. Read the rest of this entry »
