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Music Fans in the Internet Age: Same Behaviors, Amplified
Over the past few years, different variations of the same question have repeatedly bubbled up on the music blogs: has the internet killed music fandom? If music fans are indeed a dying breed, the industry and art form of music face a problem of apocalyptic proportions. After all, fans keep the amps humming, the records spinning, ...
Overheard at SF Musictech Summit Xi and Watch the "Artist Tools" Panel
Yesterday's eleventh SF MusicTech Summit in San Francisco continued in its tradition of gathering some of the brightest minds at the convergence of music and technology for a full day's worth of panels and discussion. The event drew in people from all over the world and was by far the largest one yet. Hypebot's Hisham Dahud ...
The Success of the Online Music Market Will Be Won or Lost in Translation
"The net effect is the creation of a sort of musical babelfish." Guest post by Jason Herskowitz ( @jherskowitz ) of Tomahawk and Official.fm. This post originally appeared on sidewinder.fm. It only takes a quick glance at your favorite social network to see that people love sharing their favorite music. But the people on the receiving end are often less than enthused, either ...
SF Musictech Summit Next Week; Interview with Coordinator Brian Zisk
Next Tuesday (10/9) in San Francisco, the SF MusicTech Summit kicks off from the Kabuki Hotel in S.F.'s historic Japantown district. The ever-popular event continues its tradition of bringing together some of the top minds and companies within the music and technology sectors, along with a number of developers, entrepreneurs, investors, service providers, journalists, musicians and ...
Are Music Fanatics a Dying Breed?
Guest post by Alex May of sidewinder.fm A recent video of an album teaser by Muse quickly separated the fans from the critics. The hatred expressed toward the band erupted over a clip of a song on an album that hasn't been released yet. Several listeners suggested that even though they're fans of Muse, this song has ...
Full Text of Universal Music Chairman Lucian Grainge Letter to Staff on EMI Purchase
With the deal to purchase EMI complete, Universal Music Chairman Lucian Grainge wrote an email to his staff. In it he promised to invest in artists and “invigorate" the combined companies and the entire recorded music industry: Today is about music. It is about Universal Music's historic acquisition of EMI Recorded Music. First and foremost, this ...
Top Musicians Threaten Strike over EMI Sale to UMG
With all the reporting and coverage of the completed $1.9 billion acquisition of EMI by Universal Music Group, one very important voice has been (unsurprisingly) left out of the conversation entirely: the artists themselves. Some of the world's greatest musicians are now considering withholding any new albums as an act of protest, unhappy they are being ...
Modernizing the Merchandise Madness
(UPDATED) Dave Kusek is a senior consultant in technology and marketing and General Manager of Digital Cowboys Consulting. Kusek is the former CEO of Berkleemusic.com and co-author of The Future of Music. For artists struggling to make a living in the digital age, a strong merch strategy can be the difference between living life as a starving artist ...
Music Apps Become Pawns in Platform War
Guest post by Kyle Bylin of sidewinder.fm Apple did not debut a Pandora rival at the recent iPhone 5 unveiling. Sentiment among analysts about the possibility, however, did reveal something about how the ongoing platform war will impact music apps. Often we regard a “good" idea with great timing as having the potential to capture a ...
Trent Reznor Abandons D.I.Y. and Returns to a Major Label
Celebrated singer-songwriter and music producer Trent Reznor has been an independent recording artist ever since he left Interscope Records in 2007. After founding his own record label in 2008 and releasing music independently, the Academy Award winning musician has reverted back to the majors for help in releasing his latest project through Columbia Records, pointing out ...
