Le Cirque du Soleil

You probably heard about Le Cirque du Soleil, which has been producing impressive live shows around the world.

MDNA World Tour

You probably already heard or read about Madonna's new tour called: MDNA. Madonna's last 'Sticky & Sweet Tour" grossed over $400 million with a total of 85 shows in 32 countries gathering 3.5 million fans.

WORLD MUSIC DAY

Summer is around the corner! Isn’t very exciting?

I asked my friends how we should celebrate the first day of summer on June 21^st but nobody really seemed as excited as I am!

I got the opportunity to explain to my American friends how the first day of summer is important in our culture!

SOME HISTORY...

I found this amazing visualization that was published on the British tour operator Thomson.

This is an interactive map visualizing the evolution of Western music since 1800 and today!

It shows the appearance and the inter-influence of popular genres such as jazz, soul and disco, which were born from multiple sub-movements and musical movements (traditional African music, calypso, Christian hymns, etc.). The map is accompanied with an interactive timeline to see the places and dates of the birth of musical movements; it also gives us the ability to trace some musical genres’ journey.

MUSIC & COURT CASES

Eminem's former label, FBT Productions, sued Universal Music over digital royalties.

FBT Productions signed Eminem in 1995; later, Eminem joined Universal Music. FBT productions agreed to receive a 12% royalties on "record sales." At that time of the contract, the digital royalty (involving platform such as ITunes) was unclear, leading Eminem's former label to argue that digital royalties should be considered as licensing and not "records sold." FBT Productions' argument was rejected in March 2009. However, in september 2010, a federal appeals court overruled the decision by entitling FBT Productions to 50% for "all recordings licensed to digital distributors."

MANAGER/FAMILY/ARTIST...

All artist managers’ have a similar goal: to pitch their artists with the purpose of giving a boost to the talents’ careers.

Managers have important duties and responsibilities such as creating schedules and planning activities, as well as negotiating different types of contracts. Most importantly, the relationship between the artist and the manager is crucial in this business; the artist must be able to trust his/her manager and the manager has to strongly believe in his artist.

SPORT - Live Game 2012

The month of February is around the corner and many of you are very impatient. I am not talking about you, Ladies, with your unavoidable Valentine’s Day but to our basketball and football fans.

BONJOUR 2012 !

2011 is now history!

Happy New Year to all of you! May all your dreams come true! I wish all the best!

According to The Billboard, the year of 2011 has been an important boosting year for the live music business.

Would you like to know which artists made it on top of the list?