I’m the founder of The Comet! I’m the former editor-in-chief and associate publisher of Billboard, and before The Comet I was president of music services for Frontline Management Group/Ticketmaster, where I oversaw all non-management areas including VIP ticketing, branding,…
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2011
Video Premiere: Idea Jam Music – Breaking Out Online
Tamara Conniff, founder of The Comet, brings in music industry and social media experts including Justin Bieber’s manager Scooter Braun, Chester French’s DA Wallach and Topspin’s Ian Rogers to advise YouTube music talents on ways to break out online.
May
2011
Lady Gaga Causes Mayhem on Amazon
As a way to boost their new cloud service, Amazon.com offered users Lady Gaga’s new album for 99 cents (yes, the entire album) for one day only on May 23. As a result, servers stalled, users were not able to download all the tracks, and angry fans took to Twitter and Facebook to express their chagrin. What does it all mean?
May
2011
Seven Days in Music: NARM Edition – the Artist Managers Forum and Billy Mann’s Q&A
Time to take a look at what happened in the music biz at this year’s NARM convention – for the week ending May 15: Billy Mann’s keynote Q&A and the inaugural Artist Managers Forum.
May
2011
I’m super excited to get to interview songwriter, producer, entrepreneur Billy Mann for NARM’s opening keynote session on May 11 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles. We are going to talk about his journey from touring in the back of a Datsun to earning a seat at the board room table of some of the most powerful music companies in the world.
May
2011
NARM Presents the Artist Managers Town Hall Meeting
The Comet’s Tamara Conniff will moderate NARM’s Artist Managers Town Hall Meeting, May 10, at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles. from 3:30 to 7pm. You don’t want to miss this!
May
2011
Seven Days in Music: Lucha VaVoom, Warner Music Group and Paula Abdul.
Time to take a look at what happened in the music biz – for the week ending May 9: Lucha VaVoom owns Cinco De Mayo in Los Angeles and Chicago, Warner Music Group gets a buyer and Paula Abdul is back.
April
2011
Seven Days in Music: Britney Spears, the Grammy Awards and “American Idol”
Time to take a look at what happened in the music biz – for the week ending April 10: Pia gets booted from “American Idol,” the Grammys cut categories, and Britney Spears scored her sixth No. 1 album.
April
2011
Time to take a look at what happened in the music biz – for the week ending April 3: the death of legendary club owner Don Hill, Amazon’s controversial cloud service, and Live Nation’s bid for Warners.
March
2011
Seven Days in Music: Duran Duran & David Lynch, Google Music and Social Start-Ups
Time to take a look at what happened in the music biz – for the week ending March 29: David Lynch directs Duran Duran, Google is showing off it’s Cloud music service, and VCs set their sights on social start-ups.
March
2011
SXSW Panel: “Backstage Pass: Lifecycle of Your Concert Ticket”
Here’s the photo to commemorate the rowdy panel I moderated at SXSW. For the scoop check out my SXSW round-up.
(Photo: Front Row, Chuck La Vallee of Stubhub, me, Brock Jones of Bridgestone Arena. Second Row: Tyler Petersen of Eventbrite and Dan Teree of Ticketfly)
March
2011
Seven Days in Music: SXSW Edition
Time to take a look at what happened in the music biz – for the week ending March 20: Michael Robertson’s new disruptive company, Duran Duran, ticketing, buzz bands and more industry musical chairs.
March
2011
The Comet Goes to SXSW
The Comet will be at SXSW! I’ll be moderating a panel on March 19 from 12:30pm to 1:30pm called “Backstage Pass: Lifecycle of Your Concert Ticket.” Come say hi!
March
2011
Seven Days in Music: BlackBerry, LimeWire, Warners, UMG and Glassnote
Time to take a look at what happened in the music biz – for the week ending March 11: Backberry’s tablet comes with a music store, more surprising bidders for Warners, a LimeWire settlement, Glassnote starts a publishing division and UMG news.
March
2011
Seven Days in Music: Doug Morris, Warners, EMI and Apple
Time to take a look at what happened in the music biz – for the week ending March 4: Doug Morris goes to Sony, Warners and EMI bidders continue to circle, and Steve Jobs make a surprise appearance.
February
2011
Seven Days in Music: James Fanco in Drag, Video Ringtones and Ticketing
Time to take a look at what happened in the music biz – for the week ending Feb 25, it was all about the Oscars, Cher, Ahmet Zappa and Stubhub.
February
2011
Seven Days in Music: Grammy Hangover, Britney Spears and “Glee”
Time to take a look at what happened in the music biz – for the week ending Feb 18, it was all about the Grammy hangover, Britney Spears and the “Glee” wars.
February
2011
Seven Days in Music: Super Bowl, Bieber Fever, Lady Gaga and Grammy Week
Time to take a look at what happened in the music biz – for the week ending Feb 11, it was all about Christina Aguilera screwing up the Super Bowl, Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, the Huffington Post and Grammy Week.
February
2011
Exclusive Blog: Seven Days in Music: EMI, AEG, and the Rolling Stones
Time to take a look at what happened in the music biz – for the week ending Feb 4, it was all about EMI, AEG, ticketing, and the Rolling Stones.
January
2011
Exclusive Blog: Seven Days in Music: Sundance Edition
Time to take a look at what happened in the music biz. For the week ending Jan 28 it was all about Sundance, composers, new artist Allen Stone, and indie band Holy Water Buffalo.
January
2011
Exclusive Blog: Seven Days in Music
Time to take a look at what happened in the music biz the week ending Jan 21 – from “American Idol” to the hottest new restaurant and industry hang to open in Los Angeles.
