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The Beginning of the End for Facebook
Media critic Douglas Rushkoff believes that the hype surrounding Facebook will fade. Just as all signs are pointing up for the social network and MySpace is showing symptoms of decline, he asserts that they're going down. This stark forecast comes at a time when many musicians are wondering where to invest their time. MySpace is out ...
An Argument for Headphone Use Moderation
Headphones have become a fact of life for many of us. They accompany us at home, at the gym, and even to the grocery store. Now that gyms have TVs mounted on the workout equipment, everyone is wired into their world. Apartment dwellers like myself have had to stow away our 505-watt 5.1 surround sound speaker ...
Here's a Better Version for Free - How One Band Responded to Their Song Getting Leaked
These days songs leak out. And if you have rabid enough fans, they'll start listening to, downloading, and postings such songs before you intended. But how do you respond? Threaten to sue. Say damning things. Maybe even quit music—forever. This band, not so much. Once Eisley found out that their new song “Smarter" had leaked - after having ...
The 5 Stages of Grief - A Tale of Major Label Decline
This TEDx Talk gives an overview of the decline of the major labels through the lens of the five stages of grief. The lecture is a little dated, as it came out in August of 2009. But the content is great. Jeremy Silver, a digital media thought-leader and blogger, gives a very thoughtful take on the ...
Intuit Gopayment Lowers Cost of Selling Merch
Selling merch at gigs is an essential source of income for many bands and Intuit made it more profitable by lowering both startup and transaction costs for mobile credit card processing. Intuit now offers free card readers compatible with most mobile devices and is waiving monthly fees for most customers who sign up for GoPayment by mid-February. ...
Sign of the Times: Sony Closes Major CD-Manufacturing Plant in New Jersey
After 50 years in operation, Sony is closing a major CD-manufacturing plant in New Jersey. The killer: the shift to digital music downloads and a soft economy. Surprise. Once the Sony DADC plant in Pitman ceases manufacturing operations, about 300 workers will lose their jobs. Sorry guys. In the early days, the Sony DADC plant produced vinyl music albums ...
An Interview with DFTBA Records Co-Founder Alan Lastufka on the Culture of Youtube
This is part two of my interview with Alan Lastufka. He's co-founder of the digital label DFTBA Records with Hank Green and author of YouTube: An Insider's Guide to Climbing the Charts. He's also a successful musician, graphic designer, and YouTuber, among many other things. After news broke that DFTBA Records had cleared $1 million in sales in two years, Hypebot got in ...
Luke Lewis: "Streaming Will Stop Looking Like the Future - Which Means Piracy Will Flourish."
This grim end-of-the year forecast comes from NME Deputy Editor Luke Lewis. He starts off his article of digital music predictions for 2011 by saying that, “Streaming will stop looking like the future... which means that piracy will flourish." His reasoning: “Spotify lost £17 million last year, and key albums keep getting yanked from its library. Last.fm ...
10 Business Models That Rocked 2010
Nick De May from Board of Innovation published this presentation. It outlines ten business models that rocked in 2010. Six of these models are related to the music industry such as Spotify, PayWithATweet, Kickstarter, and Flattr. If you've ever wanted to see a straightforward graphic outline of how companies like these make money - watch this slideshow. ...
Report: Piracy Sites Attract 53 Billion Visits Yearly
A report from security firm MarkMonitor states that 43 sites identified for piracy attract 146 million visits daily for a total of 53.29 billion a year. 67% of those 43 sites are hosted in North America or Western Europe and according to the study the 3 largest—RapidShare, MegaVideo and MegaUpload—collectively get 21 billion visits each year. ...
