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Digital Music Forum East Takes Shape

February 10, 2009

Digital Music Forum East has chosen its speakers and topics for its annual gathering to be held on February 25-26 in New York. “Recent industry developments, such as iTunes and the labels' abandonment of DRM, have liberated the music industry to begin an era of innovation and experimentation to try new business models that engage consumers ...

A Ticket Reseller Reacts to Live Nation Tickemaster Merger

February 9, 2009

OP-ED: This potential merger will take an industry that thrives on taking advantage of consumers and make it even more attainable for unconscionable practices to become the norm. Ticketmaster and Live Nation thrive in the shadows and are forced to find creative ways to keep a wide group of stakeholders happy and fed. Questionable service fees ...

EconMusic Conference Coverage

February 8, 2009

SUBSCRIPTIONS, MYSPACE DATA,EXPERIMENTATION & MOBILE A guest post from fellow ArtistDish podcaster Patrick Wooward The EconMusic event held at the LA Times building on Thursday brought together some good thinkers and business people in the digital music space.  The familiar topics were covered: mobile, artist/fan connections, and more. 'What's up with subscription?' came up ...

Conference Stimulus Package: CMJ Gives It Away

February 7, 2009

EARLY BIRD DISCOUNTS &  FREE COLLEGE RADIO PASSES This year will go down in history as the time we all had to make smarter purchases. That's why CMJ says it's offering the CMJ '09 Recession Special. Until February 17th, badges to CMJ Music Marathon And Film Festival 2009 come with guaranteed admission to one show of ...

Daily D.I.Y. - Create a Video Sampler

February 7, 2009

I wrote yesterday about the importance of YouTube and suggested creative ways to use it to promote your project. A Hypebot reader reminded me of another video strategy that I've found very effective for introducing new fans and talent buyers to an artist: the video sampler. A sampler is just a 3-5 minute mini-infomercial created by ...

Video: Trent Reznor's New Model for Music Business Profits

February 6, 2009

During MidemNet Techdirt's Mike Masnick gave this overview of Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails' album release and monetization strategy. At the risk of gushing, this is a must see for anyone who a part of or even interested in the new music business. I'll let the video and Masnick's accompanying article do the talking. But ...

Daily D.I.Y. - Making Youtube Work for You

February 6, 2009

FOR THE INDIE IN ALL OF US - Recent surveys show that YouTube has become the #1 place online for music discovery; and assuming the major labels don't screw it up by muting all the good stuff, this trend will continue.. After all, why just listen to a new band when you can also watch it? ...

An Angry Springsteen Opposes Live Nation Ticketmaster Merger

February 6, 2009

Bruce Springsteen's “Working On A Dream" topped the weekly album charts with 224,000 first week sales according to Nielson Soundscan. But his concert fans were at the center of a controversy sparked by a Ticketmaster campaign pointing buyers to higher priced seats at their own resales broker TicketsNow even while regular seats were still available. The ...

Video: Groove Armada and Bicardi Review Their Unique Partnership

February 6, 2009

A Few Random Thoughts Post Midem

February 5, 2009

First and foremost, I want to express my gratitude to the entire Reed Midem team, as well as, Ted Cohen and my fellow members on the MidemNet Visionary Chair Committee for making me feel welcome and hosting such a well run and informative event. It really is all about the fan. I went into Midem thinking ...