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MOG's CEO Responds: Music Startups Do Work
In response to recent comments by former imeem CEO Dalton Cadwell that music startups face almost insormountable challenges, David Hyman, the founder and CEO of MOG wrote: ..."providing music content is a smaller-margin business. But, the addressable market is massive. Music consumption is at an all-time high and is most likely the second biggest leisure activity ...
The Real Reason Why Fans File-Share Music
I believe that there are many different reasons why fans file-share music. Also, I think that the longer music downloading occurs, the more we're not talking about greedy fans, entitlement, and anti-corporate rebellion anymore. This is a decade in the making. It will go on another one after that. However, if the evolution of the online ...
'Before the Music Dies' Filmmaker Speaks Out
Ever wonder how a filmmaker with no music industry connections like Andrew Shapter scored interviews with Eric Clapton and Dave Matthews for his documentary 'Before The Music Dies'? In his words, he became a fly on their wall, never gave up, and wanted to succeed deeply. In this interview with Copy Grounds, a new media discussion ...
Investors Have Zero Interest in Financing Music Startups; It's in the '20th Century Media Bucket'
Patrick Bradley, founder of Ingenious Media, one of UK's leading media investment and advisory groups, says that he, like many other investors, put recorded music in the '20th Century media bucket.' Asked by The Music Void what he thinks about music start-ups and whether or not he had interest in investing in them, he said that ...
What the Music Industry Should Do About Copyright
This guest post is by Charlotta Hedman (@fjoms), a journalist who blogs for the Music 4.5 project, a series of events for the tech and music industries. Copyright is confusing. Is it working, isn't it working and if it isn't working, what should be done about it? We decided that the best way to make some ...
Can Christmas Cure Music's YTD Sales Slump?
The pressure is on inside every major label, as radio promotion departments scramble to find a few major hit singles to help reverse yet another year to date sales slump. With only 11 shopping weeks remaining in 2010, the recorded music industry overall is down 13.6% from last year with both digital and physical sales factored in. ...
Japanese Robots Hope to Destroy the Music Industry as We Know It
Japanese engineers have now developed a fembot that can sing J-pop, calling into stark question the future of human pop singers. According to technology blog Popsci, the robot, an HRP-4, was developed using breath-analysis software and mouth movement observation based on human models. The divabot blinks and opens her mouth appropriately as she sings, mimicking the ...
The Hard-Knock Life of Superfans and Musicians
In his column for a Seattle Weekly blog, singer and songwriter John Roderick gets to the heart of the tension between superfans and musicians. Together, they walk a thin line. Superfans do work on behalf of the groups they love. Only to find themselves neglected or taken for granted down the road. New fans come along ...
The Top 15 Most Popular Recording Software
Digital Music Doctor has published a list of the 15 most popular software products for making music based on search activity. During Q3 2010, four products—Cakewalk Sonar, Adobe Audition, Sony Acid, and Propellerhead Reason—trended downward. The Top 15 Most Popular Recording Software: PRODUCT (INDEX) 1. Avid Pro Tools (9.6) 2. FL Studio (7.3)
Nimbit: How to Engage Your Fans and Fund Albums
(UPDATED) Last week, Nimbit co-founder Phil Antoniades spoke at the Artist Management Conference in NYC. In these two videos from the panel, Antoniades gives advice on how artists can engage their fans using direct-to-fan methods and highlights how Ellis Paul raised 130k to fund his record. It's an interesting overview of how to connect with your ...
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