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Ipod Can Now Handle Music and Videos

The new iPod is now lighter, slimmer and cooler looking, it has new features that surpass other mp3 players. The best new features of the video iPod concern the sound quality. The iPod video is small, compact and sleek, it is very easy to use, and it has tons of great features that are second to none and can only be found on iPods.

Taking portable video entertainment to a different level than it ever has been, it features a color screen and video playback capabilities. The new Apple video iPod is pushing the envelope with technology by combining mp3 music and video in one device.

Consumers embraced the new iPod, it allows consumers to keep all of their music and video in one place, the device is light weight and is portable so all the videos and music can go where ever you go. The iPod has a 5-inch color display that lets you take your music videos wherever you go. Unlike in the music versions, Apple did not include an option to rip movies to play on the Video iPod.

If your priority is storing music over video, get the iPod Video. Many automobiles have the normal AM/FM Stereo and CD player, but many automobile manufactures are including and jack so you can plug in your mp3 player. Most of the people who benefit from the iPod are those people who want to listen to music, watch movies or TV shows or who want to keep photos You can listen to all your music. You can do more than just listen to music. Many manufactures have created accessories so you are able to listen to your iPod in your car, these gadgets work very well and are worth the investment. Until just recently, you used to have to have an expensive CD player and a multitude of CDs with you in order to listen to whatever you want, whenever you want.

It is very exciting when you receive your new video iPod, you now have the ability to watch videos on a mobile video player. Once you download the movie or video you can simply transfer it to your iPod, however if you want to be able to watch the movie on your DVD player while at home then you might want to think about this. If you’re like many new Video iPod owners, you are excited about the idea of carrying your movie collection along with you wherever you go.

According to the informational websites, the number of video downloads have reached and might have passed the one million downloads since it was introduced. There are many companies that have created software that will convert to the iPod format, some even come with extra software so you can view the pictures or videos before the conversion process starts, this comes in handy if you want to view the information before putting it on your iPod. You can download, convert and transfer and you have the ability to watch all kinds of movies, home movies and TV shows.

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Steps to Handle Free Music Contracts

It is easy to find Free Music Contracts but what exactly are they? These agreements are forms that have the basic clauses of the deal. They are great for anything that just needs a simple agreement. They can be a real time saver and certainly prevent you from having to put up a lot of money for an entertainment attorney. There are many places that you can find these forms and quickly put them to use. In fact it just takes 3 easy steps to be up and running with these convenient forms. If you need more details you can just modify them to fit your needs.

Step one: Free Music Contracts can be obtained from different websites on the Internet. Some of these websites will offer examples of various forms and others will let you download the real thing. Be careful to be sure they are written properly as not all the forms will be good for your purpose.They are generally simple forms that you and the company, club etc. will fill out. If you go to Google and search for these types of agreements you will find plenty. One of the best websites for forms is http://www.karemar.com/category/free-music-contracts-and-legal-agreements they offer a large variety of simple agreement forms.

Step two: find the Free Music Contracts you need: Once you have found the forms you can select the right one for your specific need. Understand the particular deal you are going to negotiate for and go through the list carefully. You will find a list of agreements in alphabetical order. There are ones for performers, songwriters, musicians and more. If in doubt about the exact one to chose you can select more than one. You can look them over carefully and then you will be able to decide which one will be best for you.

Step three: Download the Free Music Contract; print it and you are ready to go: Once you have made your selection you will need to download it to your computer in a small file. You can save it to your desktop for easy access. Once you have downloaded the file print out some copies that you can take with you to the negotiating table. Look over the form carefully to double check if you need to add some clauses or modify it according to your state laws. You may need a little legal help for some of this.

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DO YOU WANNA GET PAID OR PLAYED

Hello my name is Dee Scott, I’ve been singing for as long as I can remember.  I am a single mom with 3 beautiful sons. My sons are extremely gifted in the arts, songwriters, vocalist and producers.  I have been telling them about the music business since I taught them their ABC’s.

I love writing music also and I love writing poetry.  Although my grammar skills are not the best, my sister Angela helps me with all that!  Anyhow’s, I have been telling my sons about how back in the day and even now, songwriters who did not learn the business side of the industry got ripped off badly, their songs are still being played today in commercials or movies and they are not getting a dime.

So, I have taught my sons about owning their studio masters, always get a copy of everything they do in the studios. Bring the CD-R Master to me so that I can copyright everything they do, also I have set up their ASCAP Writers/Publishers membership. My oldest and youngest are amazing songwriters and they both have mad vocal skills, I’m not just bragging cause I’m their mom it’s true.

They are both a triple-double threat Intelligent, Talented and Handsome, they can Sing, Dance, Writer (poetry/songs) and Act. I have been corresponding with a very talented young gifted black Entertainment Lawyer about representing my sons regarding all business agreements/contracts. My eldest Darryl attended Hamilton Music Academy in L.A. and my youngest just graduated and is currently just starting out with a new group from the Hampton Roads, Virginia area. 

Darryl has performed with the House of Blues gospel rooster on Sunset in L.A., he has recorded with Jackson Browne on “World In Motion” and other Browne track, Steven Siegal’s “Under Siege II Soundtrack” and with the HOB Gospel Choir sang with the choir on Barbra Streisand’s Timeless Tour.  Isaiah sang with the Virginia All State Choir with one of the highest tenor scores in his district, he also performed in a Gospel Workshop/Concert with Chester Baldwin.

My sister and her sons are amazing fine artist, her youngest and her eldest have won art contest in Northern, VA. Her eldest Leon attended The Art Institute of L.A.-California in Santa Monica and was featured on a Cox Cable TV Art Show. My sister has  a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree and is currently an art teacher and just received her Master’s in Teaching. I took my sisters artwork and I made Cards, Postcards, Notecards, Calendar, Mousepad, Posters, T-Shirts, CD/DVD Music Video and we have just printed our 1st book, “Sisters, Don’t Neglect Your Gifts”. Had my 1st music video premier on Bobby Jones Gospel BET TV and now working on releasing my 2nd music video “Woman, Thou Art Loosed” about 4 little girls who grew up and combined their unique talents and encourage others to do the same. Now, we have almost 7,000 hits on YouTube, GospelTube and GodTube combined.  I set up an account on Songcastmusic and our singles are on sale on iTunes, AmazonMP3, Rhapsody, EMusic, Napster for only 99 cents. My goal now is to go thru CDBaby, ArtistMonitor/RadioWave – Mediaguide to get our music on over 2,500 radio stations commercial, non-commercial, college and digital downloads on varies internet radio stations.

I copyright all our works, music, book, commercial jingles, fine artwork, poetry etc.  My sister Angela and I have a new start-up company called D’Angela Publishing, two sisters with two talents Fine Art and Gospel Music. We want to encourage women and young people to pursue their gifts in the arts. So, we started with our own children who are extremely phenomenal talents. Today, the internet is an awesome avenue for anyone who has a passion and a desire to really make a dream deferred become a reality, JUST DO IT!, Don’t let anyone or anything stop you. Go to the library and read starting your own business, about copyrights, publishing your own material, go online and create a website page to sale your stuff, set up a business bank account, link it thru PayPal and get busy. Make sure you own everything you do, don’t let some music company or publishing company convince you to do a 80/20 or 70/30 deal with them getting and owning the larger portion of your art. You might find a good Entertainment lawyer to negotiate a contract for you and get a production or distribution deal and give them a 10% or 15% cut and you keep your 80%.  DON”T GET PLAYED, GET PAID! As I want to encourage you to do what God has sent you here to do and when you start making money, help others and bless others. Live a simple life, honoring God, don’t be foolish with your money, 1st give back to God and then buy you some real estate, get a Roth IRA and make sure you get a Health and Life Insurance. Don’t go buy a house you can’t afford yet!, buying cars and clothes and bling bling. (smile) Buy you a condo/townhouse or build an apartment to rent out, invest in a franchise like Subway. Feed the hungry and clothe the nake. Let your money make more money! You can’t ever out give God.

Being a single mom financially it is hard and we need sponsors to press and print everything, but I know that the sales and royalties from our music will help us accomplish our goals. We want to use a portion of the proceeds to help buy gifts for prisoners children during the Christmas season,  ask some gospel artist to minister and have a dinner in a nice hotel and give them their gifts. Always, leave your hands open to give to others and while you do watch God bless you!!

OUR WEBSITES: http://www.myspace.com/dangelapub 

Luv Ya Madly,

Dee Scott CEO D’Angela Publishing

Music Business Contracts And How To Handle Them

There are a few different scenarios that will come up in a musicians career were you will be dealing with music business contracts. It’s so important not to lose your head and sign on the dotted line right away. I know in most cases it’s tempting but practice some self control.

  One of my favorites of the music business contracts is the record deal. From my experience this is the one that most musicians completely lose there head over and sign at the first opportunity. The way I look at is if one label is interested in you then you will find at least one or two more that will be interested in you as well. So shop your music around so you can leverage the labels to your advantage. Next you need to find an entertainment lawyer. It’s so important to find an entertainment lawyer specifically because he or she is an expert in this particular field. Going over music business contracts is something they do on a daily basis. I have found entertainment lawyers at a reasonable price so I know they are out there. The money and heartache they save you in the long run makes it all worth it.

  Music business contracts are not just for record deals. In the music industry you will see them for many things. Basically anytime you go on tour or have something going on that will involve money you can bet that a music business contract will be presented to you. In every case hire an entertainment lawyer to translate the music business contracts back into English for you. That way you will always know what you are getting into.