Do you consider yourself an artist? Then ask yourself this: Are you living an art-committed life? In Creativity for Life, famed creativity coach Eric Maisel describes three ways one can embrace creativity in one’s life. We can approach everyday tasks in a creative, resourceful way, engaging in “artful living.” We can also embrace creative output [...]

Warner Music Group has partnered with Tapulous, the leading developer of music games for iPod touch and iPhone bringing a new catalog of music to users of the game. The AP reports that with this announcement, Tapulous now has agreements with all of the major recording companies, providing more options for consumers and more exposure [...]

Thank you to all of the good folks at the Music Publishers Association, since 1895 the oldest music trade association in the United States, for honoring the Copyright Alliance with the prestigious Arnold Broido Award for Copyright Advocacy. Mr. Broido, universally considered a music industry treasure, passed on in 2007, but the publisher of symphonic [...]

U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk was in a car accident in Dallas earlier today, the USTR Office has annnounced. Fortunately, it appears the injuries were minor, but he will be staying for now with his family in Dallas. Also fortunately, it appears no one was seriously injured in the accident. USTR Kirk is a great [...]

Let’s give a warm welcome to the world to Estella Grace Dugger, daughter of our very own Lucinda Dugger, Director of Outreach. Estella arrived on Saturday, May 29th, just in time to ensure her parents received a thrilling but sleepless Memorial Day weekend. Any artist out there who has worked with us has likely at [...]

Astor Morgan is a busy guy. Along with photographing celebrities and doing other shoots such as CD covers and advertising work, Astor serves as chairman of the LA Chapter of the Advertising Photographers of America, curates shows such as “I Spy With My Plastic Eye,” and is organizing a photo workshop tour of Sicily after [...]

It’s been awhile since I’ve written about Shepard Fairey, the breaks-the-rules-and-boasts-of-it visual artist who is locked in a legal battle with the Associated Press over whether his use of an AP photo of Barack Obama to create the iconic red-and-blue image of the then-presidential candidate was copyright infringement. Well, the judge in the case has [...]