Pharrell Williams says”Go chase Ad Agencies before geting a deal” to his audience at Midem

Not a shocking statement to hear coming from one half of the Neptunes. After 10 years working in Music in Advertising, I can tell you just about every creative out there would give their batting arm to work with The Neptunes, and many have.
I could not agree with him more. Checkout the quick article HERE.
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Should I say YES or should I say NO?

I wanted to take a very timely opportunity to blog about about what can happen to even the most accomplished band; Franz Ferdinand. It was reported yesterday that the lead singer is outwardly bashing his US label SONY for approving a license of the band’s music to McDonald’s without his consent, but did they need his consent? Find out why.

Welcome 2010! My Class at UCLA begins this Tuesday!

Happy New Year to everyone!
My second semester of the HOW TO GET YOUR MUSIC LICENSED IN A COMMERCIAL class begins this Tuesday. There is still time to register. Our guest speakers have been announced, and so far they are fantastic.
Landis Smither – Director, former Creative Director at Old Navy, and Ogilvy Mather
David Taylor, Music Producer [...]