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What Do the Record Labels Do Now?
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(A New Yorker Piece Gets It Right... And Wrong “The difference between major and indie labels now has less to do with aesthetics than with the way bands conceive of their careers," writes New Yorker columnist Sasha Frere-Jones in a piece that looks at the future of both indie and major record labels using the rise of Arcade Fire as her primary lens. Major vs. Indie = Hits vs. Control “Many artists still look to majors for that one golden ...
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Bands Collaborating Instead of Competing: Cross-Promoting with Headliner.FM
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This blog re-post is by Hilke Ros (@colorlessgreen) at Music Music Manager.
In my opinion, there is changing something in the economy because of the internet. Before the internet, it was the best strategy to protect your goods from your competitors if you wanted to be successful and get rich. Nowadays, you get rich on the internet by sharing, by collaborating with other people.
A good example is the Facebook ecosystem. Facebook gives access to the data of its ...
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NEA Survey Finds Jazz Musicians Are Well Educated But Underpaid And Lacking Benefits
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All About Jazz
Washington, D.C. - The National Endowment for the Arts today released survey results suggesting jazz musicians are largely male, middle aged and well educated, although they make less money than the national average for their education level and many lack retirement and health benefits. Changing the Beat: A Study of the Worklife of Jazz Musicians, produced in conjunction with the Research Center for Arts and Culture and the San Francisco Study Center, contains survey results from about 2,700 jazz musicians ...
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