Antonio Rosario - Week 6 - North Star Media

Hello world,

I am two days late in writing this blog, and my excuse is work.
I hope that works for you. :-)

So 2 weeks ago, I realized the work-load I had at North Star was okay, but it wasn't enough to really keep me stimulated, so I asked for more work. A lot more work. And a lot more work is what I got.

Besides trying to track down a ghost record company for over due royalties, I am now involved in designing a "landing page" for the band Noises 10, to promote their song being on the show Army Wives. My administration internship has now officially taken an interesting turn, as I am now doing web design for North Star Media.

This week, a huge project is under-way to track all of the quarterly source files for certain catalogues we own from 2004 til now. I didn't take my lunch today, instead, I took a brief half hour break to research current trends.

I suggest all other interns (or anyone who wants to get involved in the music industry) to block out a few minutes daily and check out the following sites:

http://www.billboard.biz
one of the leading sources of new in the music industry

http://www.artistshousemusic.org
wonderful resource for musicians and music business people

http://www.imeem.com
good site with some pretty tasty playlists

http://www.trendhunter.com
updated every 5 minutes with trends in every category

ASCAP also has a daily news feed that just started yesterday. They send you about 10-15 links to some good articles daily to your inbox. It's been a good resource so far.

Once again, I apologize for the tardiness of this blog entry. Days have been flying off the calendar and I can't believe it's Holloween this Friday.