A little over a year ago, the recording industry was surprised to learn that Madonna wasn’t signing a new record label contract, but instead was signing a deal with Live Nation, a big concert promoter, to handle pretty much everything having to do with her business, including releasing new CDs. The WSJ Magazine is running [...]

Many artists who often have little or no support from major labels have found their way into the ears of vast audiences in the process, and the trend doesn’t seem to be abating. In popular music, independent music, often shortened to indie music or “indie”, is a term used to describe independence from major commercial record [...]

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of PacSun. All opinions are 100% mine. Ken Block is one of the co-founders and recently appointed Chief Brand Officer of DC Shoes. Block has competed in many action sports events including skateboarding, snowboarding, motocross, and most notably rally racing. Now he has a new line [...]