Music Industry News

Adam Deitch Joins Pretty Lights

Source: JamBase
August 12, 2010

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Clay Shirky: The Downside of Attending to Fans

Source: HypeBot
August 11, 2010

Lately, I've been re-reading Cognitive Surplus by Clay Shirky and found this quote to be simple, yet revealing. Considering how much artists are encouraged to attend to their fans, engage them, and address their concerns; it's often left out of the conversation how much time this really takes. Now, I'm not one who buys the 'artists-should-just-be-artists business,' but I think it's worth noting that, in attending to fans, it's not simply time spent away from art. On the larger scale, ...

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New Low for Music: Paying Fans to Hear Songs

Source: HypeBot
August 11, 2010

If I offered to pay you $35 to listen to my new single, would you consider? What if, instead, I offered you the chance to win the dollar amount—in exchange for your email? Tempted to fork it up? Well, you're not the only one. Over the last few days, the UK pop duo The Reclusive Barclay Brothers, has been running a promotional campaign that aims to incentivize fans for listening to their music.

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Grooveshark Settles with Merlin's Indies

Source: HypeBot
August 10, 2010

Music streaming service Grooveshark has settled its dispute with indie music agency Merlin. Grooveshark will pay for both past and future use. The deal, particularly the inclusion of payments for previous use, is a major victory for Merlin who has worked to become the go to source for new media companies licencing indie music.

Merlin members claim a 10% market share of the overall U.S. music market and include labels such as Rough Trade, Warp Records, Yep Roc/Red Eye, Epitaph, ...

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Smule: Making Music Should Be Fun for All

Source: HypeBot
August 10, 2010

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Keeping Jazz in the Family

Source: Groove Notes
August 8, 2010

Here is another great discussion between KPLU's Nick Morrison and Kirsten Kendrick.

Below is video and a transcript of the interview. To hear the audio from the interview, click here.

If you love jazz, then you know it's often a family affair. Here's one example: the Heath Brothers Quartet performed this weekend at Jazz Port Townsend, with Jimmy Heath on tenor saxophone and Tootie Heath on drums. Along with their late brother Percy, the Heaths are just one of the ...

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Vinyl Revival: Reissues from Blue Note's Heyday

Source: AAJ Staff
August 8, 2010

THERE are two kinds of obsessive record collectors: those who buy original pressings of rare old LPs because they're rare and old, and those who buy them because they sound good. In the jazz world one record label has attained near-mystical status among the antiquarians and the audiophiles: Blue Note, especially the albums released in its heyday, from 1955 to '67. Mint-condition Blue Notes from that era sell in specialty stores and online auctions for hundreds of dollars, and in ...

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The Paradox of Music: Why More is Less

Source: HypeBot
August 8, 2010

May 12th. That's the day that I published my first thoughts on how choice theory and the ideas of Psychologist Barry Schwartz could be applied to the current state of digital music. Nearly four months later, I'm proud to say that I followed my curiosity to it's end and was able to write three essays on the subject; ones that I hope you enjoyed. Of all the intellectual easter egg hunts that I've immersed myself in, I am the most ...

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