» Music industry rethinks file sharing
There is academic research that shows file sharing is a good thing for artists and not necessarily bad
April 06, 2008, 3:38pm Comments
» Music industry rethinks file sharing
There is academic research that shows file sharing is a good thing for artists and not necessarily bad
April 06, 2008, 3:38pm Comments
» Radio Play: Will Topping The Charts Make You Bigger Than Elvis?
Every true life rock ânâ roll television melodrama has the same scene: the unknown artist/band gives their freshly cut 45rpm single to the local disc jockey. He spins it on his top 40 radio…
April 06, 2008, 3:38pm Comments
» Universal Music Group Distribution Expands Digital Services With Ingrooves Strategic Alliance
Universal is committed to exploring new ways to expand the availability of our artistsâ music online, while offering our partner labels the widest array of choices possible in how and where they…
April 06, 2008, 3:38pm Comments
One musician’s catalogue of all of the technologies he’s used in the pursuit of music success in the last year.
April 06, 2008, 3:38pm Comments
» Where I found the music I just bought
It occurred to me to look at where I discovered these tracks, and to tell you about it, mainly because of how different it seems to counter what the music industry thinks/wants to believe/does, and…
April 06, 2008, 3:38pm Comments
» Note To Marketers (And Musicians): Online Social Networks Owe You Nothing
Should artists give a cut of ticket sales, sold out shows and merchandise back to social networks if thatâs what they used - as their primary source -to promote the shows and drive people to buy…
April 06, 2008, 3:38pm Comments
Pratchett quote: Over large parts of the continent people preferred to make money without working at all, and since the Discworld had yet to develop a music recording industry they were forced to…
April 06, 2008, 3:38pm Comments
» Why I Still Care About MySpace
As of this minute, Coldplay has 392,819 friends on MySpace and 43,156 fans on Facebook. MySpace’s Coldplay page has four songs on it; Facebook’s one.
April 04, 2008, 10:12pm Comments
» Jay-Z to sign to Live Nation
Jay-Z plans to depart his longtime record label, Def Jam, for a roughly $150 million package with the concert giant Live Nation that includes financing for his own entertainment venture, in addition…
April 04, 2008, 10:12pm Comments
» University Researchers Proclaim Compression Breakthrough
I think we may have found the absolute least amount of data needed to reproduce a piece of music. Maybe the future of music recording lies in reproducing performers and not recording them.
April 04, 2008, 10:12pm Comments
» How an ISP music-license should work
In a nutshell, the proposal is fair and works if ISPs can sign up voluntarily because they want to offer a “download all the music ever made” service; it’s a problem if the ISPs are forced to pay a…
April 04, 2008, 10:12pm Comments
» Radiohead Remixing: Contest, Full Stems via iTunes and GarageBand
The era of artists regularly releasing stems for remixing seems imminent. In the meantime, we see occasional examples of artists who get it.
April 01, 2008, 11:24pm Comments
» Record Labels Seek $2.5 Million in Damages From Pirate Bay
Gottfried Svartholm Warg, one of four founders of The Pirate Bay, said Monday that “record companies can go screw themselves” in response to a music-industry demand for $2.5 million in damages.
April 01, 2008, 7:49am Comments
» SpiralFrog's deal with Warner Music is half-baked
On its face, the signing of a deal with Warner/Chappell Music, the publishing arm of music label Warner Music Group, would appear to be a breakthrough for SpiralFrog.
April 01, 2008, 7:49am Comments
