Author Archive: Don Cusic
Don Cusic is Professor of Music Business at Belmont University. He has authored 18 books, including his most recent “Discovering Country Music.”
MIDEM Blog—Fair Share for Creators
Was this the last MIDEM? That was a rumor rolling around Cannes this year […]
Category: Featured, Sales/Marketing
MIDEM Blog—Mark Geiger on The Future of the Music Business
It’s grey, windy and chilly in Cannes, but at MIDEM there are heated discussions […]
Category: Featured, Sales/Marketing
MIDEM Blog—Artists Still Need Label Services
Belmont University’s Don Cusic reports from the global conference in France […]
Category: Featured, Label, Sales/Marketing
MIDEM Blog—Music Is Key For Marketing
Focus on future of streaming and companies who need music to market their products […]
Category: Featured, Sales/Marketing
Global Repertoire Database At Midem; ‘This Year It Is Real’
Last year at MIDEM, the Global Repertoire Database (GRD) initiative was announced; this year that initiative is […]
MIDEM: Day 3 and 4
“Vision Monday” is a feature of MIDEM where panels and leaders address and discuss major issues […]
Live From MIDEM 2013: Day 1 and 2
The annual MIDEM gathering opened Saturday (Jan. 26) in Cannes, France. The weather was much more agreeable […]
MIDEM: The Final Day
The final day at MIDEM (1/31) brought snow to the normally warm and sunny south of France […]
Category: Artist, Exclusive, Featured, Organizations, Publishing
Live From MIDEM: Day 1 and 2
Belmont University professor Don Cusic reports exclusively for MusicRow from MIDEM in Cannes […]
Category: Artist, Exclusive, Featured, Sales/Marketing
Seeger Bio Celebrates “Power of Song”
In the new Pete Seeger biography, To Everything There is a Season: Pete Seeger and the Power of Song by Allan M. Winkler (Oxford University Press, 2009), the author notes that throughout his life, Seeger “didn’t smoke, drink or chase women; instead he chased causes.” Pete Seeger’s life was “singing truth to power” and author […]
