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4 Reasons Why the CD-Release Complex is Dead
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HypeBot
At the New Music Seminar conference in Los Angeles, founder Tom Silverman opened by revealing that CDs were still 74% of sales in 2010. “CDs aren't doing so bad," he remarked. “People still like CDs." In other words, the format is in decline, but it still makes up a substantial amount of sales revenue. It's important to realize though that it's the economic engine that's built around CDs—not the CDs themselves - that's dying. The reality of the decline in sales of ...
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A Futurist Art with Complex Latin Beats
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Michael Ricci
Over the last 10 years there has been a small and steady movement to increase the audience for the Brazilian jazz composer Moacir Santos, who died in 2006.
The movement has mostly happened in Brazil; here it's all uphill. You still can't find “Coisas," Santos's best album, on iTunes, and the CD sells for $70 on Amazon.
Santos was not the usual jazz composer, and didn't leave the usual trail. He spent most of his working life writing scores for ...
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"The Death of the CD-Release Complex" (Part 2)
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HypeBot
Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor -- (Read Part One) At its peak, the CD-Release Complex drove sales and represented the symbiotic relationship between the fans and the specific mechanisms they relied upon to discover new music. Everyone involved benefited from the structure of the system that was in place and could be counted on to do their part. The Recording Industry financed and produced music that they in turn promoted through these particular mediums. Then, those who ...
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"The Death of the CD-Release Complex"
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HypeBot
Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor
Introduction
In his seminal release Purple Cow, marketer Seth Godin declared, “The Death of the TV-Industrial Complex." Explaining that, over the past fifty years ever-growing companies had built huge economic engines around the idea of a system that's going away, because the symbiotic relationship between consumer demand and TV advertising could no longer be relied upon to churn out seemingly endless profits. This process of spreading ideas through interrupting people with ads to ...
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David Yazbek's Complex "Evil Monkey Man" Set for 2/26/2008
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Seth Cohen PR
Explosive Anger, Sadness and Occasional Joy Fuel David Yazbek's Complex Evil Monkey Man
Raw Emotion, Mixed with Yazbek's Trademark Humor, Combine for a Unique Collection of Songs
CD Out 2/26/08; Lincoln Center “American Songbook" Concert Confirmed for February 9th.
A sense of humor is one of the greatest gifts anyone can claim. A talent for music is another. Composer/Performer David Yazbek has been blessed with both. But how does such an artist handle personal loss, rage and sadness? What is ...
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