Results for "AAJ Staff"

Study: Mobile Web Dominates College Life

November 16, 2010

Not sure if you're ready to spend the time and money it takes to develop a mobile music marketing strategy?  This stat might help you decide: more undergrads have mobile web device than a desktop computer.  While most teens still rely on feature phones, college students have graduated to mobile internet devices including smartphones, tablets and ...

Bands as a Business: Invest Money in Marketing

November 16, 2010

This is second part of my interview segment with Paige X. Cho, who is the Administration and Promotions Manager for digital distributor Valleyarm and author of the Melbourne music blog Paper-Deer. In this part, Cho talks about the importance of bands thinking of themselves as a business, how pop suffers the most from file sharing, and ...

Correspondence, Illustrated: Bob McChesney

November 13, 2010

Interview: Phil Ramone (Part 5)

November 13, 2010

Phil Ramone is known among musicians for his artistic sensibility, his confidence and his cool. When tension runs high at recording sessions—either because musicians can't seem to pull the music together or time is running out—Phil is always the deep voice of reason. His take-charge style and patient tone usually puts everyone at ease and back ...

The Doobie Brothers: A Brighter Day

November 13, 2010

By Dennis Cook When most bands hit their 40th anniversary they make a big deal about it, issuing grand statements, box sets and generally making sure folks take note. Not so with The Doobie Brothers, who hit the four decade mark this year and have chosen to focus on their first new studio album in 10 ...

MMW: Northeast Tour

November 16, 2010

FREE TICKETS AVAILABLE THROUGH MMW FACEBOOK PAGE Medeski Martin & Wood will close out 2010 with a tour of the Northeast set to begin November 11 in State College, PA. Check MMW's Facebook Page to win a pair of free tickets to any of the November shows. The first 3 fans to answer the daily trivia ...

Why Piracy is Good for Innovation

November 16, 2010

This guest essay is written by Robbert van Ooijen. He recently graduated on online music and music piracy at the master New Media & Digital Culture at the Dutch University of Utrecht. Van Ooijen also blogs at HaveYouHeard.It. Last Tuesday, ARS Technica reported about the US government's upcoming list of the world's “notorious markets" for copyright ...

Video: How Twitter and Ping Link for Music Discovery

November 13, 2010

Yesterday, Twitter announced that they had linked with iTunes Ping in ways that could enhance and encourage the viral spread of music. This official Twitter video is a bit more of a commercial than a product demo, but it shows the potential of the partnership which includes track samples. Watch the video:

Will Streaming Overtake File-Sharing and Downloads?

November 13, 2010

Elliot Van Buskirk at Evolver.fm points to the latest numbers released by the NPD Group, which suggest that streaming music is growing faster than music downloading in the United States. The interesting part of their findings is that they back up the contention that the streaming is a double-edged sword. On one hand, it pushes fans ...

Michael Laskow of Taxi: Marketing + Entrepreneurial Skills = Music Business Success

November 13, 2010

On Music Think Tank, Ariel Hyatt expresses her passion about helping the next generation who want to make it in the music business understand what it takes to achieve that dream. She talks about the Taxi Road Rally and how artists work together to help each other get ahead. Earlier, she conducted an in-depth interview with ...