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Why Vinyl is the Next Format to Crash...
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Digital Music News
We already know the story on a-la-carte song downloads — they're flat and declining in the US (down 0.2 percent during the first half). And, after three quarters this year, digital albums sales are also looking problematic. Billboard analyst Glenn Peoples recently dropped into the data on digital albums, and found some serious warning signs based on previous growth rates. But what about the resurgent vinyl, the nostalgic wunderkind that everyone loves to 'wax' about? Music aficionados swear by its ...
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The Plastic Disc Business Languishes
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It should be no surprise that the plastic disc business is languishing. In a piece in the Guardian, Adam Sherwin documents the DVD industry crisis. The reasons for the decline range from the proliferation of streaming through Netflix, the fledgling need of consumers to buy a TV show box set to view a missed episode, and the rise of Redbox $1 rentals. Movie piracy is obviously a concern too, but it's actually the least empathized cause in the article. Like ...
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We're a Generation of Concertgoers, Not CD-Buyers.
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This is part two of my interview segment with Hannah, who is the writer behind File Sharing Represents New Generation. She could very well be the new music consumer, depending on who you ask. I found her short essay online and thought it was be an interesting take on the current happenings in the music industry—from the perspective of someone not as deeply as entrenched as most of us. In part two, Hannah shares her thoughts on how the free flow ...
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File Sharing Represents My Generation Says Student
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College goer shares her thoughts on the file sharing in interview. In the downfall of LimeWire, I came across a curious article titled File Sharing Represents New Generation. I thought the views in the piece were quite interesting and decided to reach out the author through Facebook. Hannah, in some respects, could very well be the new music consumer. Then again, she could be the minority. Several of her opinions caught my eye because they are ones that I've written ...
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3 Things the Music Industry Can Learn from Gaming
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On the MIDEMblog, Albin Serviant, the CEO of interactive music company offers some critical lessons music professionals could learn from the video games industry.
#1: Consumers like to be social while they are entertained #2: Consumers like to personalise their entertainment. #3: Consumers want to gain status through competition.
“Today's fan wants more than just a track," accoding to Serviant. “They want a participative, personalised experience in a social environment. This is something they had in the analogue world as ...
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Indie Artists Might Spend $2 Just to Make a Dollar.
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This part two of my interview segment with Dave Cool, who is director and producer of the documentary film “What is INDIE? A look into the World of Independent Musicians." In it, he chronicles the experience of being an indie artist in the music industry and strives to define and challenge the term “indie" itself. In part two, Cool talks about the rapid evolution of the toolkits and websites available to indie artists, whether or not we're fostering communities that ...
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eMusic's Subscriber Growth Since 2007: 0
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Digital Music News
eMusic has not added any net subscribers since late-2007, according to numbers disclosed to Digital Music News this morning. Company representative Cathy Halgas Nevins pointed to a subscriber tally of “approximately 400,000," which is exactly the same number shared by the company in December of 2007. “We have held our base since the economy went south," Halgas-Nevins relayed. “We have a new strategy in place for growth..." That strategy has included the addition of lots of mainstream, major label content, ...
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Is Facebook About to Make Music Marketing Even More Difficult?
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Digital Music News
eMusic has not added any net subscribers since late-2007, according to numbers disclosed to Digital Music News this morning. Company representative Cathy Halgas Nevins pointed to a subscriber tally of “approximately 400,000," which is exactly the same number shared by the company in December of 2007. “We have held our base since the economy went south," Halgas-Nevins relayed. “We have a new strategy in place for growth..." That strategy has included the addition of lots of mainstream, major label content, ...
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