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iTunes Blacklist Bullies

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musikandfilm
July 22, 2015
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Once again we have a major move in the record industry for majors to take over the industry and shut the minor labels and artists down. Gee does that surprise us?

It started when the major labels fought the digital age. Then when they could not win that battle they bought every digital distributor they could that exists in the world.

Then they embraced streaming services and publicly announcing “Indies are becoming competition and we need to level the playing field” So they made deals with streaming companies. They took in millions of advances to allow these streaming companies to stream their catalogs.

They never asked any of the artists or labels if they wanted or agreed to be streamed, they just did it. Then they took the millions of yearly advances and never shared a dime with the artists or labels. Then they even took the minute airplay royalties and kept them too. Artist know they are now being paid peanuts for music they created that cost them money to create.

Now the majors have aligned themselves with iTunes and developed a blacklist (list below). iTunes is rejecting releases from digital distributors that have had deals with them for many years. These are digital distributors that would not agree to be bought out. So let’s bully them and put them out of business. No reason other than to push them out of business and take over the music industry with the majors. In other words, if a major labels does not own the master recordings, iTunes is taking it down

After all this is the American way. Let’s be corrupt, deceitful, and greedy. INDIE ARTISTS haven’t we all been insulted enough? None of you are making any money on digital distribution anyhow, so why are we supporting these bullies. Because they tell you as an artist you need the exposure? Take your music down and tell iTunes and the majors to go screw themselves.

Not only did they blacklist the artists below but if you have done any remakes of any songs they are pulling them all down. Harry Fox Agency was the premier agency that licensed the Indie Artists to perform and release remakes read this http://www.sesac.com/News/News_Details.aspx?id=2253

What business does a songwriters association have in buying a licensing agency?

Here’s the blacklist. Why is Bing Crosby blacklisted? Why is Eric Clapton blacklisted?

iTunes Blacklist:

Ahmad Jamal

Al Jarreau

Al Jolson

Albert King

Alfred Butt

Andy Williams

Aretha Franklin

Art Blakey

Art Farmer

Art Pepper

Art Tatum

Artie Shaw

B.B. King

Barbara Streisand

Barry White

Bela Bartok

Ben E. King

Ben Selvin and His Orchestra

Benny Goodman

Bernie Leighton

Beryl Davis

Bessie Smith

Betty Carter

Big Bill Broonzy

Bill Evans

Bill Haley & His Comets

Billie Holiday

Billy Eckstine

Bing Crosby

Bix Beiderbecke

Bo Diddley

Bob Dylan

Bob Hope

Bob Marley

Bobby “Blue” Bland

Bobby Darin

Bobby Rogers

Bobby Vinton

Brenda Lee

Brook Benton

Buck Owens

Buddy Clark

Buddy DeFranco

Buddy Guy

Buddy Holly

Burl Ives

Cab Calloway

Cannonball Adderley

Celia Cruz

Charles Mingus

Charles Trenet

Charley Pride

Charlie Barnet

Charlie Christian

Charlie Parker

Charly Soler

Chet Baker

Chicago

Chick Webb

Chubby Checker

Chuck Berry

Chyvonne Scott

Claude Nougaro

Cliff Richard

Clifford Brown

Clyde McPhatter

Connie Francis

Conway Twitty

Count Basie

Danny Kaye

Dave Brubeck

Dean Martin

Della Reese

Dexter Gordon

Daryl Hall & John Oates

Dick Haymes

Dinah Shore

Dinah Washington

Dion & The Belmonts

Dizzy Gillespie

Django Reinhardt

Dolly Parton

Donald Byrd

Doris Day

Duke Ellington

Earl Hines

Eartha Kitt

Eddie Cochran

Edith Piaf

Ella Fitzgerald

Elton John

Elvis Presley

Enrico Caruso

Eric Clapton

Eric Dolphy

Ernest Tubb and His Texas Troubadours

Etta James

Fats Domino

Fats Waller

Francis Bay

Frank Sinatra

Frankie Lymon

Frankie Valli

Fred Astaire

Gene Ammons

Gene Autry

Gene Vincent

George Benson

George Jones

George Shering

Georges Brassens

Gerry Mulligan

Ginger Rogers

Glenn Miller

Hank Mobley

Hank Snow

Hank Williams

Harry Belafonte

Hasil Adkins

Henry Mancini

Herbie Hancock

Horace Silver

Howlin’ Wolf

Ike & Tina Turner

Jackie Wilson

Jacques Brel

James Brown

James Taylor

Jan & Dean

Jerry Lee Lewis

Jerry Lewis

Jimi Hendrix

Jimmy Durante

Joan Baez

Joe Tex

John Coltrane

John Lee Hooker

John Lennon

John Mayall

Johnny Cash

Johnny Hallyday

Johnny Hodges

Johnny Mathis

Jonathan Winters

Judy Garland

Julie Harris

Junior Wells

Leadbelly

Led Zeppelin

Lena Horne

Leonard Cohen

Les Paul

Lester Young

Lightnin’ Hopkins

Lionel Hampton

Little Anthony & The Imperials

Little Richard

Lloyd Price

Lloyd Ryan

L’Orchestra Cinematique

Louis Armstrong

Louis Prima

Ma Rainey

Mahalia Jackson

Maria Callas

Marilyn Monroe

Marion Hutton

Marlene Dietrich

Marvin Gaye

Mary Lou Williams

Mary Wells

Maurice Chevalier

Max Roach

Mel Torme

Merle Haggard

Miles Davis

Muddy Waters

Nat “King” Cole

Nina Simone

Nino Rota

Ornette Coleman

Orson Welles

Oscar Peterson

Patsy Cline

Patti Page

Paul Desmond

Paul Whiteman

Pearl Bailey

Peggy Lee

Percy Sledge

Perry Como

Pete Best

Pete Seeger

Petula Clark

Quincy Jones

Ray Charles

Ray Conniff

Ray Eberle

Red Garland

Red Nichols

Robert Johnson

Rosemary Clooney

Roy Orbison

Ruby Murray

Sam & Dave

Sam Cooke

Sammy Davis Jr.

Santana

Sarah Vaughn

Serge Gainsbourg

Sex Pistols

Shirley Bassey

Sidney Bechet

Simon & Garfunkel

Slim Whitman

Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

Solomon Burke

Son House

Sonny Rollins

Speedy West

Stevie Wonder

Sun Ra

Tennessee Ernie Ford

Tex Ritter

The Andrews Sisters

The Beach Boys

The Beatles

The Chi-Lites

The Cleftones

The Coasters

The Commodores

The Crickets

The Drifters

The Everly Brothers

The Four Tops

The McGuire Sisters

The Modern Jazz Quartet

The Platters

The Rat Pack

The Rolling Stones

The Shirelles

The Supremes

The Whispers

The Yardbirds

Thelonious Monk

Tito Puente

Tommy Dorsey

Tommy Roe

Tony Bennett

Tony Pastor

Tony Sheridan

Van Morrison

Waylon Jennings

Willie Nelson

Wilson Pickett

Woody Guthrie

Woody Herman

Youth Of America

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TOURING UPDATES SOON!!!

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June 26, 2015
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Remember when you first discovered you wanted to make music? That feeling of the hair standing up on your arms when you realized that THIS was what you wanted to do for the rest of your life? To be on a stage with THOUSANDS of people screaming your name and singing your hit songs? Well Musik and Film is working hard making connections to help make all of that a reality. We have been talking with all major touring companies and festivals contacts in Europe, Asia, India, and more to make world tours possible for indie artists! Things are looking really good for upcoming touring possibilities! We are still working on these developments, but we were so excited about it we couldn’t wait to share! We will be offering opportunities to our artists to tour Asia!  So stay tuned to the site for more information!!!

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Album Reviews for Ajay Mathurs release 9 to 3

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June 23, 2015
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Ajay Mathur has been lighting up the charts with his album release “9 to 3”, and Musik and Film has enjoyed watching the success he has realized with the help of The Promotions Team at Musik and Film Records, he’s gotten a few reviews back on the release and we would LOVE to share them with you!! Don’t forget to check out Ajay’s album for yourself! Also check out some of our other artists working with Musik and Film Radio Promotions!! Don’t forget to check out Ajay’s album for yourselves! www.ajaymathur.com

 

 

We’ll just leave these right here:

“Ajay Mathur’s Wild Ride with ‘9 to 3′”:

“There’s something relentlessly urgent about Mathur’s voice and the tracks themselves.” – Scallywag Magazine

http://scallywagmagazine.com/ajay-mathurs-wild-ride-with-9-to-3/

“Ajay Mathur – 9 to 3 (Self-Released)”:

“Chronicling an odyssey across the highest mountains and darkest valleys of American music, 9 to 3 sounds like a love letter from Mathur to each of his favorite musicians.” – The Big Takeover Magazine

http://bigtakeover.com/recordings/ajay-mathur-9-to-3-self-released

 

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Make Music and Money Too?!?!

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June 22, 2015
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The world is filled with artists, bands and songwriters. All are compelled to make music. Why? Because it’s in their soul. They have no choice. It’s a creative outlet, they feel it, breathe and hear in their head.

I have been creating music since I was a kid, and I will never stop. We musicians have to do it regardless of free streaming or whether we make money from it. But we should be paid for our creativity and there are ways even in today’s music market that a creator of music can make a living from it.

“How?”, you ask? The first thing a creator of music has to do is realize that it is a business. Your business of creating music. Like any other business, your business needs capitol to operate. You need a sound business plan and a good product. In this case the good product is good music.

Okay, so you have recorded the tracks at home and think they are good enough for the world to hear. This is generally not correct unless you are one hell of a studio engineer. When you’re done recording take your session files to a great studio. That’s right great – not good. Have them remix and re-master for you. Radio compresses files so if your tracks are thin and goes to radio they will sound thin. The ole’ saying is “If you are going to do something do it right…”.

Now you have a great product. That’s the start of being in business. So now you think you can go to CD Baby and the world will hear you and want your product. Wrong again. You think that people will see your release and want to hear it. There are literally not millions or billions but TRILLIONS of songs on Spotify and other streaming services. How are they going to find you?

So now you think “Ah Ha!”, social media and I will get fans. You will find a lot of other fellow musicians but rarely fans that will buy your music.

The answers are simple. Radio is still the best way to get and artist heard and gain fans. Yes there are a lot of radio promotion companies out there. Some good and some not so good. You want mass airplay around the world. After all, we are all connected globally now.

Don’t promote your music locally or just in your country. Promote it globally. Find a good publisher who knows what they are doing. They will track down your airplay royalties worldwide. Yes, airplay royalties. Radio actually pays you to play your song. The BBC network 1 thru 6 is the largest radio network in the world. If you get picked up on the main BBC networks they pay in the hundreds of dollars for each spin. A hit song can generate thousands in airplay royalties.

That’s one way to make money off your music. Then after radio is playing your music contact them. Tell them you are coming to their town and want to perform. Ask them what some of their advertising venues. They will be happy to tell you and in most cases be happy to do a 3 way call with the venues. Radio will tell the venue you are playing on their station. If they are playing you in Warsaw Poland then you are a star in Warsaw. Use that status. Radio wants the venue’s advertising dollars. You want a good paying gig. You go to the well-advertised gig, get paid and sell out all your merchandise. Radio got paid so they are now your friend and will play anything you send them. The venue had a full house and want you back. It’s a win-win for all.

Make Money from your music. Radio promotion, airplay royalties, paid performances, merchandise sales.

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Radio is looking for new Summer Hit Songs

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Rhonda
June 16, 2015
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Radio around the world wants fresh new material. They are tired of what the major labels send them -the same ole’ artists every week, same sound. Radio and their listeners are tired of this.

Musik Radio Promotion’s Campaigns can get you heard and played to a potential 250,000 stations in 180 countries!  Choose your plan now!

Read or watch video!

What most people don’t realize is that the BBC is the largest radio network in the world. You can’t bribe the BBC. You can’t pay them any amount of money to play a song they don’t think their listeners would like to hear or a song that is stale. This applies to radio stations and networks around the world.

The majority of the US market is controlled by major labels, and radio conglomerates and payola in one form or the other. But radio outside the US is dying to get their hands on fresh new songs by artists. These radio networks and stations are not influenced by major labels or payola. They are influenced by their listeners who want to hear fresh new music from fresh new artists. Not the same top 40 artists cranking out the same  stale songs.

We have charted countless artist`s new music around the world. We can get your songs heard around the world! Want to be able to tour? You can’t successfully tour without radio support and airplay.

Besides getting your music played and heard around the world you can earn airplay royalties for your song being played. What are you waiting for – Someone to find you among the billions of songs on Spotify and be paid a fraction of a cent?

Submit your song today for consideration of Musik Radio Promotion’s worldwide radio campaigns.  Radio only plays well produced and recorded material that are potential hits. Is your song a potential new summer hit song?

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Mississippi Native, Jeremy Roberson Debuts With Single Suicide

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Rhonda
June 12, 2015
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As a veteran, the plight of  soldiers returning home is near and dear to Roberson’s heart.

Suicide statistics -22 veterans every day. Every day.  “After cheating Death from Wars of Hell they live through everyday just trying to survive. They come home to the ones they love for which they sacrificed so much”, Roberson comments.

A native of Mississippi,     Jeremy Roberson recently released his single, “Suicide” with Musik and Film Records and spoke candidly, “I don’t know what happens at that moment when someone thinks they can’t take life anymore. It is such a tragedy, but I also wish before they get to that point, Please Stop!  And think what it is going to do to all those that love you, and how they will suffer for the rest of their Lives.”

Watch for an in-depth interview coming soon from this thought provoking singer/songwriter.

 

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Musik and Film Records Featured Artist Harry Tietjen

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June 10, 2015
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“I’m happy to work with Stephen Wrench and his kind team. Incredible, how fast the success came. Very professional work together and the activities exactly hit the point.”

Tietjen’s comments recently when he began working with Musik Radio Promotions on a campaign for his single, “Now I’m Free”.

However,  Harry Tietjen has been entertaining music lovers around the world for decades. Starting off at a very young age, Harry learned to play guitar, and piano, as well as sing. He landed his first gig in France at the age of 17 and hasn’t slowed down since; going on at age 20 to win the North German Singers competition with his first band, “Harry’s Gang”.

In the early 80’s Harry and a friend of his started a rock n roll club called “The Castle” in Hamburg. After two years of excitement at The Castle, he decided it was time take his music on an adventure, and set out to share his music in Morocco. He left his hometown of Hamburg and moved to Morocco to set up a new band. After a few months the funds ran out; unfortunately before the band could really take off.

“Then it hit me, why not solo performances in hotel bars and at Moroccan family celebrations, after all English cover songs were all the rage.”

“I was most fascinated by the extremes in daily life. One day, singing accompanied by lively guitar in the middle of corrugated iron ghetto for enthusiastic pop fans and the next, playing piano in a luxury hotel followed by a sumptuous 4-course menu for polite society.”

“Or sometimes people would simply & politely ask me if I could play something on my guitar play whilst sitting in a cafe. The music was ever present then as it is now and with an equally strong connection. People invited me home to their families and told me their life stories”.

In the 90’s, after eventually returning from his trips around the world, Harry found the “Come Together Studio”, producing bands like Inusa Dawuda, King Kurlee, Sandra king, Lightman, and others.

All these years later, Harry is still passion driven to create music, going on to win several awards in Germany in the late 2000’s to include Germany’s Best Folk Rock Voice 2008, Germany’s Best Pop Voice 2009, and Best Arrangement in 2010. Harry has teamed up with Musik and Film’s promotions team to send his music ‘round the world yet again, with his single “Now I’m Free” soaring to Number 1 in the Rock charts in 2015. We caught up with Harry Tietjen and asked him a few questions about his career in the music industry

 

 

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What has been your greatest opportunity in your career so far?

The awards, yes. Germanys best Popvoice 2009, Germanys best Folkrockvoice 2008 and the best arrangement 2010. Of course that was great. But even more something else in the live situations. If people are touched by the music, especially in small music club and if after I start singing people are immediately silent and listen. Then there is this moment of magic.

 

What do you think drives you to continue your pursuit as a professional musician?​

Harry: My passion. I have to do it. Think there´s nothing better than if you follow your passion. 

 

What do you think distinguishes a true music artist from an entertainer?

Harry: The best is when he´s both. But a true music artist tells something from his heart no matter what he gets for it.

 

What made you want to pursue a career in music?

Harry: You know, I´m an idealist. I´m happy if I can inspire people a little bit or make them dream.

 

What advice would you give a music artist who is just starting out?

Harry: Think that you always can do a little bit more than you think you can do and find the right musicians or team that really fit you.

 

When did you realize that you wanted a career in music and what prompted that decision?

Harry: I was 14. At that time I scared my parents with a self-made Electric-Guitar and there was a deep moment of knowing – this is my vocation.

 

What is so special about your album?

Harry: That I have worked the biggest part of my history into it has certainly helped. The wild times in our own live music club, the exciting years on the road with my guitar, the creating of the music studio and the many, many live gigs have all contributed towards making the album very special.

 

How would you describe your music?

Harry: The Style is Rock Pop with Blues, Country, Latin and Funk elements.

 

What are your goals where do you want to take your music?

Harry: I mostly did perform by myself on the guitar. The next step will be performing my original songs with a big band around the world.

What has been your experience been like working with Music and Film?

Harry: I´m happy to work with Stephen Wrench and his team. It’s incredible just how fast we’ve been successful. We work very professionally together and our activities hit the goal.

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