Music Industry News

Jam in the Dam Updates: Packages, Music, More

Source: JamBase
January 23, 2010

JAM IN THE DAM 2010 UPDATES INCLUDE ADDITIONAL MUSIC, NEW PACKAGES, MORE

JitD 2007 - Amsterdam by Sam Friedman Jam in the Dam is now just two months away so there's still time to plan your trip. Airfares are about the same as they've been since fall and tickets, while selling well, are also still available. Europe sales are ahead of any year to date, and the JitD folks are expecting them to make up nearly 40% of the crowd. ...

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Digital Release Date Dilemmas

Source: HypeBot
January 22, 2010

This guest post comes from Clyde Smith who recently celebrated both his 50th birthday and the 5th anniversary of the founding of ProHipHop: Business News. He also publishes Hip Hop Press: Releases and has slowly begun blogging at Cultural Research: Library Innovation Blog. .

The move to digital album releases has raised some problems for me related to release dates.

I feel the initial release is whenever a complete copy of the album is released, whether a digital ...

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Notes from the Net: Miles in Montreal; the Persistence of "Audiophoolery"; Plus News, Reviews, Interviews, and More

Source: St. Louis Jazz Notes by Dean Minderman
January 22, 2010

Here's the latest compilation of assorted news briefs and links related to jazz, improvisation, and creative music in St. Louis, including news of musicians originally from the Gateway City, recent visitors, and coming attractions, plus assorted other items of interest:* In this week's Miles Davis-related news, the museum exhibit in Paris devoted to the trumpeter is closing, but will be reborn on this side of the Atlantic in April as “We Want Miles" at the Montreal Museum of ...

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Red Cat Publicity - Five Years and Running Strong

Source: Jason Byrne, Red Cat Publicity
January 21, 2010

Here we are in January 2010 celebrating the 5th Anniversary of Red Cat Publicity! Part of that celebration is starting this blog so I can keep you, and myself, up to date on what will be happening in the realm of Red Cat over the next few years, and what's happening now in the life of the man with four names - me - Jason Paul Harman Byrne.  A side benefit might be a sharpening up of my writing chops, ...

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Don't Confuse the "Music Industry" with the "Record Industry"

Source: HypeBot
January 20, 2010

"The term 'music industry' is a misnomer. In reality the 'music industry' is not one industry, it is several independent industries. This is an important distinction because if we say that there is a “crisis in the music industry" it suggests an equal amount of misfortune for everyone (musicians, the recording industry, the live-music industry, Internet radio, etc.) and in fact this not true. Misuse of the term 'music industry' distorts the reality of the situation.“

- Chris Castiglione on ...

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Study Suggest That You Need Label Help to Cross Music's "Obscurity Line"

Source: HypeBot
January 20, 2010

"In 2008 there were 1500 releases that sold over 10,000 album units. Out of that there were only 227 of them that were artists that had broken 10,000 for the first time. So in the whole year only 227 of the artists were artists that had broken what we call the “obscurity line." When you sell 10,000 albums, you're no longer an obscure artist; people know about you. You may not be a star yet, but you're in ...

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Brian Eno: "Recorded Music Equals Whale Blubber"

Source: HypeBot
January 20, 2010

"I think records were just a little bubble through time and those who made a living from them for a while were lucky. There is no reason why anyone should have made so much money from selling records except that everything was right for this period of time..."

“It was a bit like if you had a source of whale blubber in the 1840s and it could be used as fuel. Before gas came along, if you traded in whale ...

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Selling Sex: The "Other" Shiny Plastic Disc Business

Source: HypeBot
January 20, 2010

Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor

These days, it's becoming clearer that the record industry's plight in the digital age hasn't happened in a vacuum - that, in all actuality, its troubles aren't that unique at all. Many industries in fact, particularly those whose content can be turned into zeros and ones, are finding themselves struggling to rethink the ways in which they make money and how they will continue to remain profitable.

Recently, an article appeared in The Daily ...

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