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Where is the Music Industry Located?
We've all heard Nashville referred to as “Music City" before, but what's fascinating is how predominantly the industry as a whole is concentrated there. In an analysis of music industry establishments—including record labels, distributors, recording studios, and music publishers—urban studies theorist Richard Florida reveals that Nashville, the top ranked city, is literally off the chart when ...
Two Views of Topspin: 'It Works' Vs. 'Disillusioned'
As more artists and marketers use the Topspin direct-to-fan platform and the company nears a March expansion to include a self-service platform, several views of its design and functionality are emerging. Many agree that Topspin is the most robust music marketing toolkit available. But despite several educational initiatives, some still find using Topsin confusing. “To maximize ...
Music Biz Students - Don't Let the Sky Fall on You!
This week, I had the opportunity to guest lecture in a music business class. Before the event, I had no way of knowing whether I'd do terrible or spectacular. I put my notecards together and rehearsed my speech to my wall. Prior to this, I had only spoken at Next Big Nashville, but that was an ...
Get-CTRL - A Simple, yet Powerful Artist Site Platform
How do you create a great looking artist website—for free—in 15 minutes? get-ctrl is a website builder and fan management platform that enables artists to manage their online presence in one place and track fan engagement. On the back-end, artists can update the site, oversee their fanbase, and gain insight into the data that is captured. get-ctrl ...
6 Critical Insights into Music Business Success
This past Tuesday, San Francisco State University's Music and Recording Industry Program held a professional's panel consisting of prominent Bay Area music industry figures discussing strategies that artists could utilize to garner an audience and eventually sell directly to them. Here are the highlights: 1. On Building a Team... Damian “Domino" Siguenza of the renowned Hieroglyphics Crew stresses the importance of doing as much as you ...
Apple Data Center Opens in Spring to Support Cloud
In the past few weeks, Apple has been making headlines for potentially stonewalling the efforts of every single subscription music service in the market. Quite serendipitously, it has now been announced that their $1 billion data center in Maiden, N.C., is expected to open this spring and will be used to support iTunes and MobileMe. Due ...
D.I.Y. Music Bootcamp: Better Than the Van [video]
EXCLUSIVE: Scion A/V produced a video series that provides a virtual tour of the new music industry and the sites and tools that make it work. Hypebot will feature one every day for the next couple of weeks. Today, Todd Hansen of Better Than The Van shows how his site connects bands and fans with free ...
Is Selling Used MP3s Legal? Redigi Responds
When startup Redigi announced last week that they'd open a marketplace to re-sell “used" mp3's this summer, many in the music industry questioned the legality of the company's plans. “I can't imagine how," wrote Boston based music attorney Rob Falk. “A legal music download is generally issued as 'personal license to use,' and I believe that ...
An Interview with New Music Seminar Founder Tom Silverman on Digital Music and the Long Tail
This post is by Ryan Van Etten (@ryanve), Editor/Producer of VirtualMusic.tv. Tom Silverman has made his entire career in the music industry. Circa the early 80s he founded Dance Music Report, the New Music Seminar (NMS) and Tommy Boy Records, now Tommy Boy Entertainment, whose roster includes hip hop staples De La Soul, Naughty by Nature, ...
Talks Heat up to Improve Download Sound Quality, but is It Just an Excuse for Higher Prices?
According to several sources, iTunes, eMusic, Amazon and other digital music retailers are in talks with the major labels about improving the quality of sound in music downloads. But for most of those sitting at the table, better sound quality may be more about making money than sonic improvements. Studio recordings are often captured in 24-bit ...
