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RIAA Thinks .Music Domains Will Be Piracy Havens
The RIAA is lowering it's horns and taking the .music initiative head-on. Even though the .music domain extension hasn't seen the light of day yet, the RIAA is already challenging ICANN to ensure that, if approved, this top-level domain won't be used to encourage music piracy. The RIAA would like to work closely with ICANN and ...
Why a Music Social Network Won't Succeed - Less Fan Interest Than We Imagine [interview]
Recently, I spoke with Kevin Leflar, who is the Founder, President and CEO of officialCOMMUNITY, a leader in creating commercialized online communities for established recording artists. In this interview, Leflar talks about how shortening of fame cycles and the challenges in monetizing viral activity. Hypebot: How has the shortening of fame cycles affected the ability of ...
On the Road to Midem Part 1
I'm packing for an overnight flight to Paris and then on to Midem. The question that's running through my mind is whether or not this is finally the year that the music industry changes. Not the forced change of slashed budgets and layoffs, but a radical shift in attitude and focus that can realize the promise ...
CD Baby Starts New Book-Selling Division, Targets Indie Authors and Imprints [launch]
CD Baby had a baby. BookBaby, to be precise, is their new venture that focuses on indie authors. After a decade in the music business and paying out $120 million to indie artists, the company has decided to level the playing field between professional and amateur authors in the same way it did with musicians. Authors ...
If Steve Jobs Dies Do Musicians Lose?
"If Steve Jobs dies do musicians lose? Yes, in the immediate future if Steve Jobs died it would harm musicians because the single best thing about iTunes is how ubiquitous and understood it is as a music player and purchasing tool for digital music. The cloud is the final frontier for music. Streaming is the future, ...
Fair Trade Coffee, Meet Fair Trade Music - Where They Cut out the Evil Middlemen Too
Another day, another artist community launches. Fair Trade Music is a new site that strives to step aside from the music industry and cut out the middlemen in it. Donations can be made to artists. They keep 100% of the money. This way, artists who don't want to sign with the big bad record labels can ...
Stream the Album, Make It Cheaper - Social Distortion Puts Fans in Control of Record Price
How do you get fans to listen to the entire album anymore? They want the single. Hell, they probably have the single already. And the rest of the tracks, depending on how big of a fan they are, don't matter so much. Marketers are asking fans to take upwards of half-an-hour to 80 minutes to listen ...
Advice for Getting a Job in the Music Business
This guest post is by Ty White at Outside The Box Office. I'm often approached by my friends and fellow twenty-something's who are looking for advice on entering the music business. It's a really fun business to be in, but it can also come with a great number of surprises if you haven't done your homework up ...
Amateurs Blur with Professionals - As Music Apps Get Better, the Music Will Too [interview]
This is part two of my interview with Suzanne Lainson. She is a marketing strategist who has worked with sports, tech, and music companies, and currently writes about the future of the music industry for the Brands Pus Music blog. In this interview, she talks about the implication of a global community of creators and how they ...
News Alert: Major Labels Discover Common Sense Thwarts Music Piracy Almost Every Time
After reading the news that Universal and Sony Music plan to use “instant singles" as an effort to curve music piracy several times, I feel like the major labels have discovered common sense. Sadly, not even for the right reasons. The article clearly states that they believe this move will show ministers that they're “playing their ...
