In 2010 the video game industry had sales between $15.4 billion to $15.6 billion.[i] This includes the likes of Guitar Hero, Rock Band, Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, Madden, NBA2k, and more.
All these games have one thing in common; they all include licensed music. Video games would be boring if they were just motion graphics without sound. Even video games developers that created games as old as Tetris had the foresight to know that sound enhances the video game experience. Some video games literally revolve around music (i.e., Guitar Hero & Rock Band), others have scores, and some license whole tracks from artists.
Posted by Muammar Reedon January 17, 2011 Events /
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California Lawyers for the Arts is hosting their annual workshop on the interface of music, technology and law. This seminar will be the best place to rub shoulders with some of the biggest players in music industry.
This event takes place on Saturday, January 29th, 2011 – 9:30AM – 5:30PM at Ex’pression College for Digital Arts located at 6601 Shellmound Street Emeryville, CA 94608.
Seminar Topics include: Online Marketing, Legal Aspects of Band Management, Music Copyright, Online Radio, Music in Film, Television, & Video Games, Smart Phone Apps, and much more.
Posted by Muammar Reedon January 07, 2011 Events /
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DefendSound.com is hosting Music Appreciation Week starting January 10th, to raise music education awareness. Participate in our campaign and paste the following to your Facebook status this week to help raise awareness:
“This week is Music Appreciation Week, change your profile picture to a picture of your favorite artist/band until Jan. 16th to raise music education awareness. Visit defendsound.com to donate and learn more about your local music charities. Please repost.”
The year 2011 will be a world where it’s not unusual to see a 10-year old clutching a Blackberry or an IPod. Yet, ask the average 10-year old, teen or college student to give you an in-depth analysis of Copyright Law, and you will receive a series of blank stares.
Similarly, if you ask the average parent of a 10-year old, teen or college student to give you an in-depth analysis of how to operate an X-Box 360, you will receive the same series of blank stares with a bit of head scratching.
