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News: Music Industry

Warner Nashville Tries Cutting the Album in Half

February 6, 2010

Sales of full albums are falling faster than an Olympic ski racer on an ice covered slope. And then time between releases can leave too-long gaps in the marketing cycle. Warner's Nashville is looking for an answer by dividing Blake Shelton's “Hillbilly Bone" as a “Six Pak," a 6 song album of new material to be ...

News: Music Industry

Same as It Ever Was: Buddy Holly Tries to Reason with His Label Boss

February 6, 2010

The secret recordings. Disagreements between artist and labels have been happening since the invention of the recorded disc. Way back in 1956, Buddy Holly recorded several songs in Nashville including “That'll Be The Day". But but producer Owen Bradley reportedly hated rock n' roll, and the results were ...

News: Technology

The Latest Facebook Music Rumors

February 5, 2010

Traffic and Facebook is soaring and increasingly artists and music marketers are finding it a great place for social networking with fans. All this activity and still Facebook does not have its own music service leaving room for a plethora of outside music applications such as iLike to fill the void. But rumors continue to fly ...

News: Music Industry

Terry McBride and the Emotional Power of Music

February 4, 2010

Nettwerk Music Group CEO Terry McBride has always been a thinker as we as a successful music entrepreneur. This year his main project is a rejuvenated Lilith Fair tour that will certainly bring back wonderful memories for many. In this speech at TEDx in Vancouver, Terry explores the emotional power of music and its ability to ...

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News: Music Industry

John Topper: 10 Questions from My 8 Year Old

February 4, 2010

Guest Post: John Topper is a successful manager (moe and Cornmeal) and music industry entrepreneur. Occasionally he shares his wit and wisdom with the rest of us. 10 questions my 8 year old daughter will ask me by the time she gets to college.1. What is a record label? 2. Why did people carry around such ...

News: Radio

60 Million Americans Listen to Internet Radio

February 3, 2010

According to a Bridge Ratings study of internet radio listeners, 60 million Americans listen to net radio during an average week. 84% of those regularly listen to online simulcasts of terrestrial radio and 62% listen to net only stations. The study predicts that by 2015, 77 million Americans will be regular listeners ...

News: Music Industry

Trapped in Cognition: The Plight of the Digital Age

February 2, 2010

\Kyle Bylin (@kbylin), Associate Editor If there is one thing to be learned from the last decade in the history of the record industry it's this -- that smart people make bad decisions. But, had you kept up with and read through the numerous books, essays, and news articles published during these times the conclusion you ...

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News: Technology

ReverbNation Gets a Makeover

February 2, 2010

ReverbNation has become the marketing hub of choice for many indie artists, but it often didn't look and feel like the cutting edge service it was striving to be. But a new redesign - still being rolled out - along with some new functionality go a long way towards fixing RN's shortcomings. Just a couple of ...

News: Technology

MediaNet's Downloads and Streaming Soar

January 30, 2010

MediaNet's content network delivered a record 200 million music downloads and 150 million on demand plays in December, the company's CEO Alan McGlade shared in a Thursday afternoon call. That's a 124% increase in downloads from December 2008. MediaNet powers music and media delivery via an API and web components to iLike, HMV, Tesco, MOG, Fox ...

News: Technology

A First Look at Apple's New Ipad and What It Doesn't Mean for Music ...Yet

January 29, 2010

Yesterday's iPad announcement provided a boost for beleagured book publishers, but it offered nothing new for the music sector beyond a slightly better set of speakers. That doesn't mean, however, that things won't change. A core tenant for Apple is interoperability between its devices as ...