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TYPES OF MUSIC ROYALTIES
There are four (4) different types of royalties, each derived from a separate and distinct copyright. The four potential sources of royalty revenue in the music recording and publishing industry are:
(1)
Mechanical royalties: paid from record companies for record sold based on the exclusive to reproduce and distribute copyrighted works.
(2)
Public performance royalties: paid by music users for songs in the… Continue
Added by ReggaeWoman on October 17, 2009 at 12:13pm — No Comments
Sell Your Music on CD Baby - the biggest indie cd store online
WANT TO SELL MORE CDs?
Then you need to get your music on the largest (and coolest) indie music store in the world: CD Baby. After all, CD Baby gets over 100,000 unique visitors a day and has paid over $100 million to artists just like you. And the best part is: Because Disc Makers and CD Baby are now sister companies, it’s a snap to become a CD Baby member. You li… Continue
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Is dancehall still dancehall?
Terry Lyn
After nearly three decades of chart dominance, there is no new musical genre waiting in the wings to dethrone dancehall, yet stakeholders are split on the meaning of its longevity.
Some say the music continues because the society has not evolved since the '80s. Contrastingly, others say danceha… Continue
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WELCOME TO DISCOVER NEW CLIP "MUSIC IN ME"
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Congrats to the JARIA board
Congrats to Freddy McGregor, who was last week elected the first chairman of the newly formed Reggae Industry Association of Jamaica (JARIA). Freddy, who has had a lot of practice steering his Big Ship, was up against another entertainment industry big leaguer, Flames head honcho and artiste, Patrick 'Tony Rebel' Barrett. In addition to Freddy, the board comprises Howard McIntosh, Jerome Hamilton, Ibo Cooper, Stephen Stewart, Ventrice 'Queen Ifrica' Morgan, Jackie Lync… Continue
Added by ReggaeWoman on May 10, 2009 at 11:24pm — No Comments
ZEMA: Release of new CD - Zema With The Gladiators Band, "Jubilee"
Kingston, Jamaica, May 5, 2009 - Melchizedek Music is pleased to announce the release of the highly anticipated new roots reggae CD from Zema with the legendary Gladiators Band, entitled JUBILEE (MEL2060). Described as one of today's top female modern roots reggae vocalists, this roots daughter brings her soaring and engaging voice along with her years of experience as a professional musician backing… Continue
Added by ReggaeWoman on May 6, 2009 at 10:22am — No Comments
TAMI CHYNN HEATS UP BLUE BEAT
In a polka dot ensemble, Kingston-bred Tami Chynn serenaded a hot crowd with old and new hits in the second performance of the Unplugged Series at Marguerite's Blue Beat last Thursday evening on Gloucester Avenue in Montego Bay, St James.
Fans cooled down to Chynn's soothing ballads amid the blazing spotlights and atypical sweltering heat that last… Continue
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Canada's Reggae Music Achievement Awards - June 14
According to the organisers, this year's event boasts many upgrades to last year's cerem… Continue
Added by ReggaeWoman on April 8, 2009 at 10:05pm — No Comments
Children to receive new shoes in honour of Cedella Marley
Added by ReggaeWoman on April 8, 2009 at 9:00pm — No Comments
Jamaican singer ANGEL featured on SONG NUMBERS website front
ABOUT SONG NUMBERS
Songnumbers provides a simple answer to musical promotion and marketing. The Brainchild of CEO Michael Sharp, Songnu… Continue
Added by ReggaeWoman on March 23, 2009 at 6:00am — 1 Comment
Special Cecilia PhotoClip Song's Show Case
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RIDING THE RIDDIM
February/March Issue
Caribbean Beat Magazine
Green Synergy promo girl Vanessa Dennis
Photography by Roysweetland@gmail.com
Bogle, butterfly, pepperseed, gully creeper, nah linger, passa passa…there’s no end t… Continue
Added by ReggaeWoman on March 11, 2009 at 12:00am — 1 Comment
New York...March 28, 2009 Baba Roots 1st Annual Awards Tribute to Women in Reggae!
Added by Grace on March 2, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments
A look at domestic violence
Monday, March 02, 2009
MOST domestic violence involves the male partner assaulting the female, according to facts from The Crisis Centre. Statistics from the Jamaica Constabulary Force for 2008 show that 2,501 cases of domestic violence were heard in the four… Continue
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CEDAW - Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
CEDAW: for your protection
THE Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) is an international agreement to protect women from discrimination in its various forms. The Jamaican Government signed the a… Continue
Added by ReggaeWoman on March 2, 2009 at 9:09am — No Comments
International Women's Day: the women, the issues
Monday, March 02, 2009
NTERNATIONAL Women's Day(IWD) affords us another opportunity to reflect on the contribution of our women; the backbone of the society. Women have paid a high price for freedom because they had to fight and are still fighting for rec… Continue
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Red Stripe to launch Project Artiste today
He looks somewhere in his twenties; confident, but with just a hint of trepidation. With his bag slung over his neck and down to his side, he salutes the head table, sits on the seat of the conscious and prepares to be interviewed by a panel which partially holds his fate in their hands.Kemp. this project is ranked as one of the best things an… Continue
Added by ReggaeWoman on February 18, 2009 at 8:44am — No Comments
GOVERNMENT MOVES TO IMPLEMENT ACTION PLAN TO CLEAN UP MEDIA AND PUBLIC SPACES
Minister of Culture Olivia 'Babsy' Grange and Education Minister Andrew Holness have been asked to collaborate and prepare for cabinet revie… Continue
Added by ReggaeWoman on February 18, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments
‘KISS’ OF HYPOCRISY?
By: Maria A. Hitchins
Strange that the music selectors of this nation continue to ‘blaze a fire’ in the name of homosexuality, But yet seemingly condone and up hold ‘girl on girl’ vulgarity.
Quite prominent on the local airwaves these days, is Katey Perry’s “I kissed a girl and I like it.” And hardly a disc jockey has yet to… Continue
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RWW FASHION FEATURE - 'BRIDGET SANDALS'
Novia McDonald-Whyte - Contributing editor Jamaica Observer
Sunday, December 07, 2003
Sandals designer Bridget say "Bridget sandals" in Jamaica and fashion watchers, as well as lovers of sexy leather straps, will smile the smug smile of those in the know. It has been, for Bridget Brown, (known by thousands as Bridget), a journey of twenty-odd years. The fact is, the leather soles of her sandals almost left her barefooted on several occasions. "It took me three years," Bridget tells SunDay to get my feet off the ground. I paid the price for not going to school. I had to endure artisans not cutting the leather properly, bad work attitude, sabotage, you name it, I went through it."
A baptism of fire, some might be tempted to add for the former Playboy Bunny. "I was a bunny between 1972 and 1977 at the Playboy Boscobel Beach," says Bridget, flashing her signature toothy smile, and still conscious of that bunny poise.
"Playboy was forced to close (no tourists were coming to Jamaica). I was forced to come back to Kingston. I had to find some means of survival. My first stop was G's One of a Kind -- an upscale boutique that sold one-of-a kind Italian shoes and clothing. I left that in May 1981, after Bob Marley's death. I sold pound-cloth for Carmen Brown of Karmen's Corner. "There I was with my scale underneath my arm, and my cushions at my side. I really never wanted to make sandals. I also made skull caps and crochet bags."
Start she did and never looked back. Bridget even found the time and finances to attend school in Milan. "I went to school out of curiosity. I wondered if I was doing something wrong. Little did I know that I was in fact doing something right. My customers are happy, the sandals are fitting right, and I, too, am satisfied. I admire what I am doing."
No idle boast. Bridget Sandals were on the runway at New York Fashionweek, and Caribbean Fashionweek. Bridget Sandals are in Barbados, St Kitts, Antigua, Lincoln Avenue, South Beach (Miami), in the Village (New York) and at Controversy -- Battersea London.
Come next season, there's the possibility of a shipment to Japan, San Francisco, Salt Lake City, and Dallas.
"You have to be skilfull to survive. It has been a 20-year fight for survival. It's a struggle to maintain quality, confidence, style, craftsmanship. Finally, you have to have integrity in business."
As the chat comes to an end and Bridget does that Bridget walk towards her taxi, and there's a feeling that the very best is still to come from this beautiful sister.
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