where to get all the news about Artist incl photo and stories

campa

New Member
On most radiostations,MSN,Yahoo, bbc,cnn website , there is always something about artist News,
exsample ; Lady gaga is comming out with a new album in next month , that is posted on most websites what have something to do with music , where do those websites get this information from / Or into there websites?

I dont want to use feedzilla , i want something like MSN,Yahoo, bbc,cnn, billboard website have,
does anyone know how to get this ?
 
Hi

Most sites like the aforementioned receive there info directly from artists media and promo teams they get paid thou sounds of pounds dollars to advertise and promote this info by the artists media machines
 

MykeH

New Member
I was thinking along similar lines my question is - where can I get music stories (Text) for FREE and not get done for copyright infringement.

Basically I want to take a story and reuse it as is or if need be tweak/Angelicize it for a British audience.

Any thoughts?
 

General Lighting

Super Moderator
Staff member
what genres?

for dance genres the artists themselves or their agents may supply free to use info similar to what freshradio said but on a smaller scale. even for big artists, if you can trace back the original story to the artists press agency you are most unlikely to get trouble for using it if its already been on the BBC or similar. for more underground dance genres some artists are almost a bit reclusive/unwilling to "self promote" which is ironically a bit of a pain if you do want to put something more in your show about them!

Bear in mind two things though - if you are playing mainstream music there's a ton of music / artist gossip info anyway. introducing more might not add much value to your program.

if you are not, with dance genres particularly folk are now realising that the days of making a main paying career out of being either a musician or radio presenter are coming to an end. The same digital revolution what makes our stations possible took away the revenue stream for a "pop star lifestyle" - the current stars are related to old showbiz types or have connections, once these die out so will that industry. I've got a side interest in natural history and environment (plus I once worked for the UK's environment ministry) - even completely doomed species do not just go extinct overnight so its easy to mistakenly think they are still thriving.

This won't stop folk making music, DJ'ing, presenting shows or anything else but increasingly they juggle this with a second day job, where their employers may or may not be supportive but even if they are they may not want the controversy associated with a employee in the entertaintment industry. hence some artistes becoming "publicity shy" .

This isn't completely harsh - say you ran a cupcake shop and a young woman working there was a really good DJ/producer. would you really want your business disrupted or even put at risk by tons of fans hanging around, or worse, stalkers and having to call the cops on them and spend extra on security for your employee? it might turn out that you have to painfully let her go even if she is a really good employee and a friend, and yet she can't make enough to support her family from music than cupcakes..

However where you might be able to get extra content (albeit with obvious positive spin) if you are makign a specialist music program is info about what instruments, studio equipment etc they use, how they make music, that sort of thing. this should work for EDM genres and others as though I'm no expert on other genres I know that folk are really passionate about different guitars and other instruments and their sound (my little sister is a very talented guitarist and singer for instance).

perhaps we as online stations should leave gossip to trashy mainstream companies what get themselves nicked for grubbing through dustbins and robbing folks voicemail pin codes and private phone call info, and concentrate more on music ;)
 
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MykeH

New Member
Thanks for that it was very helpful

Our music genre is Classic/Modern Rock. So for example I would be surpirsed if a New Flash did not go out saying The Who, Queen etc would be featuring at the Olymics closing.

If I could from tnhe feed where that kind of info come from it would be great. I don't want to sound like a lazy journalist, I sure I could scan the orther Rock stations and see what they are posting in terms of Rock news and rewritre the story so as not to get done :D for plagerism etc.

Thank you for replying
 

General Lighting

Super Moderator
Staff member
TBH I'd just take the RSS news feed off any mainstream news site's "entertainment/music" section and use that as a start. the modern rock lot tend to send their news to so many sites that its all over google anyway.

A rule of thumb I'd suggest (its not got anyone in trouble so far AFAIK) is if you google the story and its on everywhere from the Telegraph to the Hindustan times, and relayed by blogs the world over (many of which are using these RSS feeds), you might as well treat it as public domain and run it ;)

I'd check your sources conditions but I get the impression many don't mind you using the RSS provided you aren't reselling their content for profit and the ticker links back to their site..
 
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