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Music Leads the Way in Return to Analog
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A seemingly inevitable cultural embrace of analog, or what we used to call “real world" products and experiences, is underway and the music industry is very much in the forefront with indie record stores, vinyl, merch and live shows. But to hear a rep from Google speak the music industry is fetishizing the past and vinyl is outdated. Nevertheless, a new report supports the music industry's leadership in analog realms. The move to what is sometimes called a “high touch" ...
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The Early Beginnings of Direct-to-Fan: How Grateful Dead and Phish Made It Happen
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By Virginie Berger (@virberg), founder and general manager of the creative and development agency DBTH. To cut to the chase and get at the heart of the matter, the biggest apparent challenge that I can identify for direct-to-fan is that the music industry is broken and no one has yet discovered a practical model that will allow the typical independent, DIY musician to make money. But let's not forget either that artists without a label and who are well-surrounded, and know how to ...
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Ignore the Labels if You Want to Get Signed
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Ethan Schiff is an artist manager. He's on Twitter @ethanschiff and blogs on creative music entrepreneurship at www.SchiffBlog.com. Although the music industry is evolving, it is still hard for artists to get out of the “pick me" mindset, which has been drilled into bands' heads through a combination of the traditional record business model and endless stories of A&R scouts signing bands in dirty bars. I often hear artists declare from day one that their goal is to get signed ...
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Prediction: Apple, Google Finally Launching Subscription Services Will Be a Game-Changer
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By David Dufresne (@DavidDufresne), CEO of Bandzoogle, a website builder and marketing platform for independent music artists. I think when Apple and Google finally launch subscription music services (or partner up with an existing one), and bundle them with each iOS and Android device sold, this will be a huge game-changer. It will definitely be the tipping point towards massive adoption of on-demand music access, and it will accelerate the downfall of music ownership. "As soon as streaming becomes the leading way people ...
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Do We Expect Too Much from Music Listeners?
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By Kyle Bylin (@sidewinderfm), founder and editor of sidewinder.fm, a music and tech think tank. I often wonder if the music industry expects too much of music listeners. This might seem like an odd concern, considering that an equal portion of label executives seem to expect nothing but music piracy and concert going from today's listener. But hear me out. Maybe I've attended too many conference panels. Maybe I've read to many blog posts. Maybe I've heard too many startup pitches. But I ...
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ASCAP Expo: The Hot Topic is the Future
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By Geoff Nudelman of Telos Studios. For the songwriters, composers, and producers in attendance, the Expo's second day took a bigger focus on the future of the business from a variety of perspectives. Ken Jordan of The Crystal Method and RJD2 opened the day with a very technical conversation about how the quality of music has changed over the last 10-15 years. “The barrier to entry is now low, and that's exciting, but when big studios close down, the quality ...
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The Times Are Changing for Artist Investors
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By Matt Urmy, CEO of Artist Growth. When a young person announces that they have decided to pursue a career as an artist or entertainer, probably the most common response they get is something along the lines of, “Good luck with that." Despite this belief that trying to make a living as an artist is a nearly impossible waste of time, every person I have ever met admits that they canʼt imagine what their life would be like without music. ...
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Rhapsody Offers Sage Advice to Rival Upstarts
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By Jon Maples of Rhapsody for sidewinder.fm, a music and tech think tank. One of the wonderful and humbling aspects of being in the streaming music business for over 10 years is that we've seen lots of strategies and ideas over time. Trust me, Rhapsody does not like to be considered the old man who yells 'get off my lawn' to upstarts. But it seems like some our streaming brethren are trying things today we've tried before, with mixed and ...
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