killing is my business

KILLING IS MY BUSINESS: 4 Music Biz Stories to Watch in 2015

January 14, 2015

2014 was a year of major tumult for the music biz. CD and download sales took a beating as streaming continued to skyrocket; at the same time, streaming services took a beating from many quarters of the industry, and not a single one of them has proven profitable. U2 apologized for the biggest album release in history, and…

KILLING IS MY BUSINESS: Scion’s Jeri Yoshizu on the Future of Corporate Branding

April 10, 2014

If you’re anything like me, you’ve welcomed the last five years of Scion’s patronage of metal with a mix of gratitude and suspicion. No doubt, they’ve made it possible for fans to hear new tunes and see lives shows from some of the best bands in extreme music, usually at zero cost to all parties…

KILLING IS MY BUSINESS: Licensing Specialists Jeff Gray & Sam James Velde

December 5, 2013

So, maybe your metal band ain’t destined for a multi-million dollar CGI family film. There are still opportunities to license your music for movies, TV and other audiovisual media. If you’re serious about it, you’ll need to cozy up to music supervisors (they’re paid to find the perfect music for a project) and licensing specialists (who pitch music…

KILLING IS MY BUSINESS: Pixar Exec Tom MacDougall Talks A/V Licensing

December 2, 2013

by Etan Rosenbloom 500 words an issue is barely enough to spell my name, let alone introduce an entire sector of the music industry in the monthly Killing Is My Business column we introduced in Decibel issue 110. That’s why we’ll be posting occasional interviews and supplementary materials right here on the Deciblog. The idea is to explain…