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On my latest podcast episode: Musician’s social network Vampr co-founder and CEO Josh Simons talks about touring expenses, using unseen collaborators, representing artists for sync placements, learning from bad publishing deals, and much more.. The CD turns 40 years old, and it almost never happened Plugin developer Slate Digital gets acquired by Audiotonix Listen to it the at BobbyOInnerCircle.com, or on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Stitcher, Mixcloud, Google Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, Deezer, TunIn Radio, and RadioPublic. Enjoy the […]

Much of Puerto Rico is still without power after Hurricane Fiona struck the island three weeks ago, causing a nationwide blackout and leaving thousands without water or electricity. This storm hit the island just five years after Hurricane Maria, and FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell expects the damage estimate to once again reach billions of dollars. President Biden visited the island last Monday, making promises to rebuild Puerto Rico “faster, stronger, […]

Before most people even had a chance to see it for themselves, writer-director Andrew Dominik’s “Blonde” had already been chewed up and spit out by audiences targeting any major release that drums up even the slightest amount of controversy. From the moment insider sources dubbed the film as “unreleasable” in the early stages of post-production, Dominik’s boldly unconventional (and fictionalized) biopic about the life and death of Marilyn Monroe never […]

Most of us are online these days for various reasons. Maybe it’s to engage with fans, maybe it’s to find a new audience, or maybe it’s just for personal enjoyment. The point it, we’re on it a lot more than we realize. It puts it all into perspective when we have some data points to refer to, and these social media statistics are a big help in that. 1 – […]

Welcome to LATINA’s weekly roundup of the best new music. This week’s list features the return of Paulina Rubio and Yahritza y Su Esencia’s epic team-up with Ivan Cornejo. Also featured on the list: new albums from Ozuna, Javiera Mena, and Isabella Lovestory, plus, Monsieur Periné’s sexy dance track and the emergence of Mexican singers Mariangela and Ingratax. Paulina Rubio and Maffio, “Me Gusta” Paulina Rubio is back! The Mexican […]

Catalog. You hear that term tossed around a lot. For a record label, catalog means any release that is more than 18 months old, but for an artist it means anything that isn’t new. Artists by nature prefer to think about what they just finished, and many times don’t consider their old releases that important. Spotify has some data that may make you rethink that approach. There’s a new post […]

On my latest podcast episode: Scoring mixer Justin LaRocca talks about making the transition from musician to engineer, the differences between engineering music and post production, the complexity of mixing Lord of the Rings, the many plugins in his mixing template, and much more., and much more. YouTube has a secret weapon to overtake Spotify as the best place for music All-time best-selling pedals Listen to it the at BobbyOInnerCircle.com, or […]

No matter how powerful social media is today, a website is still one of the most important tools that an artist can have. The reason is that you control everything about it, while a social site can (and does) change look and design at will without you having a say in the matter. Of course, if you have a website, you want it to rank high when fans and potential […]

Welcome to LATINA’s weekly roundup of the best new music. This week’s list features Christina Aguilera’s most personal Spanish song yet, Kenia OS kicking off a new era, and Wisin y Yandel’s final album. Also on the list: Young Miko teams up with Lyanno, Chiquis joins forces with Raymix, and a girl power moment between Natti Natasha and María Becerra. Plus, Maluma’s new love song and Danny Ocean’s ode to […]