Category Archives: Music Business

Music Business: Last Chance to Buy a Physical Copy of Esthero’s “Everything Is Expensive”

As if art couldn’t imitate life more than it already has for Esthero’s wonderfully written,  produced, and engineered Everything is Expensive project. The critically acclaimed songstress went independent for the release of her third record and while it was clear that … Continue reading

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Photek Spotlight: Two Free Downloads To Celebrate His Nomination At The 55th Annual Grammy Awards!

Annual music award shows can truly be hit or miss. Either the nominees are widely speculated upon due to proclaimed rigged popularity contests, or they’re mildly intriguing. This year proves to be more interesting than most years. Why, you ask? … Continue reading

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Music Business: Why I Would Like to be in a Conference Room at Sony or Universal Music Right Now

This just in: YouTube has deleted all but five videos from Universal Music’s YouTube account and has deleted all of Sony Music’s videos. Yes, you read that right. All of them. Why is this? It’s no secret that some sort of system … Continue reading

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Music Business: Columbia & Interscope Records See Devastatingly Low Sales For Kreayshawn & Nelly Furtado

Less than stellar album sales from major label recording artists can have haunting after effects. Madonna is still catching flack for having one of the biggest drop in second week sales for MDNA (2012), and while record sales aren’t particularly a determining … Continue reading

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In Retrospect: 2020k Live Shows/Debut EP Release

Preface & Planning The last three months have been a whirlwind. Blog posts should return to a normal pace for now. The explanation is explained below. After being contacted via the 2020k Soundcloud page by Afton Live in regards to … Continue reading

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Kylie Minogue: The Only Normal Pop Star!

Note: This post is all in comedic jest. A change of pace, if you will. A one off. If it’s too much for you, please leave your tears on your pillow because this is secretly a music business post in disguise and … Continue reading

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Music Business: “Battle In Me” Becomes Garbage’s UK Single

This is just a small little blip in continuation with our coverage of the new Garbage album Not Your Kind Of People (expected release: 5/15/2012 on the band’s own STUNVOLUME record label) and a small look at the marketing plan behind the … Continue reading

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Music Business: Lana Del Rey Does Saturday Night Live, Critics Unjustly Play Video Games With Her Career

Lana Del Rey seemingly exploded out of thin air during the past couple of months. Nearly every blog on the internet began raving about the hauntingly atmospheric music and it’s accompanied nostalgic videos with acclaim tripling once news spread that … Continue reading

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“Marry The Night” by Lady Gaga: A Video Premiere & an Excellent Execution of a Mainstream Single

“It’s like Whitney, but imagine if Bruce Springsteen had a baby with Whitney Houston — that’s what it is,” she said. “And that was it! We made a baby. Finally. After all that fornication, miserably long and tedious, Fernando and … Continue reading

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Music Business: The Mistakes and Decline of Potential – Kelly Rowland’s Ongoing “Here I Am” Tragedy

A little over two months ago, 2020k purchased the Deluxe Edition of Destiny’s Child group member Kelly Rowland’s third solo release, Here I Am. It was an interest in the R&B  single “Motivation (Featuring Lil’ Wayne)” and fusion of prior … Continue reading

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