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What's Ahead for 2011? Dave Cool Says Google Music Could Be a Game Changer
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As we end the year, Hypebot asked some our favorite thinkers, writers, and friends to answer two questions—one looking forward and the other back. Here Dave Cool, director and producer of the film “What is INDIE? A Look into the World of Independent Musicians," shares his answers. Hypebot: What do you see as the most important business and consumer trends that will shape the music industry in 2011? Dave Cool: Two words: Google Music. Google has the power to have ...
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What's Ahead for 2011? Jonathan Ostrow: Social Charts Will Flip the Music Industry on It's Head
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(Updated) As we end the year, Hypebot asked some our favorite thinkers, writers, and friends to answer two questions—one looking forward and the other back. Here Jonathan Ostrow, the co-founder of MicControl, answers. Hypebot: What do you see as the most important business and consumer trends that will shape the music industry in 2011? Jonathan Ostrow: Fan funding (or crowd funding) picked up quick a bit of steam of the last year with more artists than ever turning to fan ...
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What's Ahead for 2011? Bobby Owsinski Sees a Shift Towards Realism in the Music Indusry
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As we end the year, Hypebot asked some our favorite thinkers, writers, and friends to answer two questions—one looking forward and the other back. Here Bobby Owsinski , the author of Music 3.0: A Survival Guide For Making Music In The Internet Age, steps up to the plate and answers. Hypebot: What do you see as the most important business and consumer trends that will shape the music industry in 2011? Bobby Owsinski: As I see it, there will be ...
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What's Ahead for 2011? Emily White: Direct-to-Fan Sales, Fan Building Through Social Media Will Grow
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As we end the year, Hypebot asked some our favorite thinkers, writers, and friends to answer two questions—one looking forward and the other back. Here Emily White, Manager/Co-Founder, Whitesmith Entertainment, answers. Hypebot: What do you see as the most important business and consumer trends that will shape the music industry in 2011? Emily White: Direct to fan sales and fan building through social media will only continue to grow in 2011 as both are becoming more common and mainstream. This ...
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Smashingly Great Ideas: If Only They Could Build Businesses...
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(#musicindustry, #startup, #vc) This is sort of an evergreen theme amongst investors, but one that keeps getting painfully overlooked. Because all too often, a shining idea not only overshadows critical thinking on execution, but it can also make entrepreneurs over-protective and cramped.
At the recently-held SF MusicTech Summit, a number of music entrepreneurs discussed the balance between protecting a good idea, and sharing enough information to attract the right investors and partners. And what a difficult balance to strike, especially ...
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Microfunding is the Future of Labels
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On Music Think Tank, Michael Epstein starts a debate in the comments with his post on microfunding. He breaks down the various business models that Kickstarter follows, but thinks that the service is the wrong model for bands. In his post, he suggests a different approach for the future and would like some feedback on his idea. ..."If I ran Kickstarter, I'd disallow projects that did not meet a stricter set of guidelines because I believe that many projects that ...
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iTunes Dominance of Digital Music Growing
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Apple's iTunes dominance of digital music sales continues to grow according to a new NPD Group study. The market leaders share of online music sales rose to 66.2%, from 63.2% in the the third quarter of the year while Amazon's share rose to 13.3% from 11% a year earlier. But record labels say the real numbers may be much worse... Distribution executives at major record labels told the Wall Street Journal that the disparity between iTunes and Amazon is often ...
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Hits Won't Save Music Video Games from Decline
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EA's worldwide music executive Steve Schnur thinks that all the music-based video game genre needs to get it out of its sales slump is one big hit. “The video game industry is no different than the movie, music, or television business," Schnur said. “One big hit will change everything. And at EA, new hits are on the way." If you've ever read Steve Knopper's book Appetite For Self-Destruction, which apparently Schnur hasn't yet, you would recall that Knopper refutes this ...
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