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Will Music Streaming Kill the Music Business for Good?
Will subscription services, like Spotify & Last.FM obsoletize the need or desire to own music files, thus killing the lifeline of artist and record company revenue? Some say not enough people will pay for music monthly (as if it were electricity) for it to be sustainable. Who’s being realistic verses who is being romantic can be ...
MOG's Fallen King: Hyman Gets the Boot
David Hyman had a dream that came true. He spearheaded a Spotify competitor that delivered near-audiophile quality music to your phone. So good was MOG, that in July of 2012 it was bought by headphone innovator, Beats for reported $14 Million, which included relocating Hyman and his family to Malibu is serious first-class style. But, less ...
Apple V. Samsung: Are You F-ing Kidding Me?
Let me get this straight: The company that allowed massive copyright infringement with their no-copy protection music pod now wants to prevent a legitimate competitor from copying what…? Rounded corners and a touch screen?. Does anyone besides me find it ironic that Apple is suing anyone for “copying” them? Isn’t Apple the very company that railed ...
Asking the Right Questions About Music's Future
We are experiencing a radical transition in the way recorded music relates to culture, and music entrepreneurs face a serious challenge within that transition: people seem willing to pay for books, movies and games, so what’s up with music why all the resistance? Here’s one possible answer. The labels are history, so say the blogs. Music ...
NAMM Slam 2012: Can 92,000 Be Wrong?
Generally NAMM is described by me as a 100,000 square foot Guitar Center with about 70,000 people playing Stairway to Heaven. Not this year. Aside form a record breaking 92,000 attendees, NAMM has grown with the times, expanding from mere trade show to conference, power broker meet-n-greet. Up until last year, had an aspiring artist asked ...
Sopa Opera and the Anti-Music Media Bias
With piracy affecting all areas of commerce, why does it seem like only the music biz is whining? Well, because the main-stream media is only reporting" about them and ignoring the massive extra-music industry support for SOPA. But why? Is SOPA really such a huge threat to media outlet's revenue that they would sell-out on a ...
Music's Secret to Competing with Free: Raise the Price
Tweet Pundits are declaring that, due to so much free music on the web, Amazon's 69-cent- a-tune program is the ultimate sign of retail music's demise. But some basic laws of marketing are being ignored within these conclusions. The solution to competing with free might be counter-intuitive: raise its wholesale price. Insanity? Let’s see. Sometimes it ...
Singles vs. Albums: Which Does the Public Really Prefer?
Big Data wants the world to believe that the album format is dead and CDs are dying a rapid death. But they have a strong vested interest in this point of view; creating services that sell or find and allow the “sharing” of singles has been the tent-pole that supports much of the internet. Could their ...
Do Dropping Record Sales Signal the Death of the Modern Music Producer?
TweetRecord producer's income has always been based on upfront advances and percentages of sales, which, on a successful record would generate income for many years. With the new model for music revenue, based on licensing and advertising revenue (i.e. money a producer rarely sees) how can a producer still make a living? The following is an ...
The End of Facebook as an Emerging Artist's Promotion Tool
This week The Next Web.com posted a alarming story of how several prominent Facebook pages were deleted for unspecified copyright infringement complaints. The episode gave a rare window into the mind of Facebook, their polices and how easy the gift of a free fan-magnet can have serious hidden costs for artists. How would you like to ...