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Why Facebook's New Messaging System Could Hurt Music Marketing
Yesterday, Facebook announced their own “modern messaging system" that combines email, text messaging, and instant messages into a single stream that founder Mark Zuckerberg says goes well “beyond email." The new service, which will debut Monday with an iPhone app and roll out over the next few months, mimics the behavior of teens who are already ...
Protecting the Present While Building the Future
Eric Garland, CEO of Big Champagne, argues that the cultural industries must protect the present without forgetting to build the future. In his interview with CNET, Garland had a number of highly insightful things to say about the future of music and movies. One of which is, “You have to put at least as much energy, ...
Indie Artists Might Spend $2 Just to Make a Dollar.
This part two of my interview segment with Dave Cool, who is director and producer of the documentary film “What is INDIE? A look into the World of Independent Musicians." In it, he chronicles the experience of being an indie artist in the music industry and strives to define and challenge the term “indie" itself. In ...
Major Cuts Planned at Universal Music Group
As profits at The Universal Music Group stumbled in the first 9 months of 2010, senior executives promised new cost cutting measures particularly in the U.S. There is “very, very significant potential" for savings," according to Phillipe Capron, Vivendi's Chief Financial Officer. “A lot of fat can be taken out without hurting muscle and bones." The ...
MP3 Player on Steroids vs. Radio on Crack Cocaine
Rhapsody has enabled offline playback for Android users. Most interesting though, is the quote contained within the press release, wherein chief product officer Brendan Benzing says that he believes “all the music you could ever want should be at your fingertips at all times." In contrast, Steve Purdham at We7 suggests otherwise. He's received feedback from ...
Is Google Buying Rhapsody?
I can't call it anything more than a persistent rumor, but I've heard it now from more than one decent source: Google is (or at least thinking about) buying Rhapsody. To bolster his case, one source added that Google had put out strong feelers to a number of key digital music executives for its announced Google ...
3 Major Innovations That Made Large-Scale Music Collaboration Possible Online
Central to the founding ideology of Indaba Music is the notion of collaboration; they strive to empower musicians with the means to network and make music together. Since 2007 the website has grown to harbor over 500,000 musicians—from amateurs, who make music for the love of the craft, to Grammy Award winners, who've created music on ...
Beggars Group on Why They Left eMusic
In an official statement, UK based indie power house Beggars Group, which includes the popular Matador and 4AD labels, explained why, like several other indie labels, it's leaving eMusic on the eve of the subscription service's addition of tracks from UMG and major relaunch: “As those of you who buy our music from eMusic will know ...
An Argument for Fan Funding: "I'd Rather Be Owned by My Fans Than by a Record Company."
Brian Hazard rattled some cages with his argument against fan-funding. So much so that several executives from leading fan-funding companies took notice and weighed in their opinions. I thought it was worth challenging an artist on this matter. Bleu, a singer-songwriter-producer, set a goal of $8,000 for his Kickstarter campaign. Almost overnight, 387 fans jumped into ...
The Sad State of Music Industry Coverage
The echo chamber of the blogosphere consumes us. News breaks everywhere. But what does it mean? There seems to be so few interested in saying something, expressing their opinion, and engaging in the deeper discourse. Writing is hard. It isn't for everyone. However, there are plenty of big questions to be asked about the state of ...
