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B.S. Chart of the Weak: Propaganda by the Tech Industry Gets Dumber as They Get More Desperate
Boy, it pains me to have to agree with Bob Lefsetz, but his take on this “Chart of the Day" business is on the money. The chart is pure nonsense. And no, my use of the pun “Weak" in the banner is not one of my common misspellings. For those catching up, a chart on Silicon ...
Nielsen Ratings at Odds with RIAA's Claim of 'Lost Sales"
In April of 2004 I was working on a piece for Keyboard magazine about bar codes. I was trying to determine if the “free" barcode many CD Replicators provide is a real added value to the indie artist, or just a bogus premium. But what evolved was a much bigger and more important story. Talking to ...
CES: Tablets, Tablets Everywhere
The future is clear. It will be a world of tablets. Tablets in the kitchen, the hall. Tablets in the kid's room, the bathroom, the car, you name it. And to keep them safe, ergonomic and efficient there are literally over 50,000 companies that are making accessories to facilitate the tablet revolution. The vast, vast majority ...
What CES 2011 Taught Me About the Music Biz
Former Vice President of the United States, Dan Quayle once said, “The future will be better tomorrow." Is there a chance that CES 2011 made sense of this idiom? You want the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show in one sentence? 3D TVs, every iPad accessory you can think of and competing tablet computers. There, I just saved ...
It's War Again: PCmag Flips RIAA the Bird
Just when it seemed music companies and Silicone Valley had found common ground, PCMag throws the drama back into 2005 hostilities. Moses Avalon If you ever had any doubt that the ISP industry is at war with music and other content providers, this should put the controversy to rest. When a popular consumer computer magazine acutely ...
Epic Gives Up the Ghost: Gal President is Fired for Smoking Pot and Being a Bitch
Is the firing of Epic President, Amanda Ghost a sign that women are the new scapegoat for the “failing" music biz? Ah, what happened to the days when being a music executive meant you could party with the acts in your office, sleep late, yell at underlings and get rewarded even if your numbers were bad? ...
EMI Will Not Die, Says CEO: Calls Journalists "Idiots," for Saying Otherwise
According to CEO Roger Faxon, EMI is having no problem meeting its financial obligations and plans to be around for quite some time. Moses Avalon It must be tough to be Roger Faxon this week. On Monday morning he wakes up to find that not only has his sugar daddy, Terra Firma, lost in court to ...
Parker: The High-Tech Hitler?
With Limewire Gone is Spotify the New Napster? I Don't Know. Is Sean Parker the New High-Tech Hitler? Is there no limit to this guy's narcissism? The old saying goes, when three people tell you you're drunk, maybe you should sit down. When, the US Supreme court says, you are a thief who stole from millions ...
Net Neutrality for Musicians: What's All the Fuss and Which Side Should You Be On?
Will the Government regulating the internet mean more or less money for the music space? Internet Service Providers (ISPs) say the net will die if the Fed gets involved. Who should you believe? Moses Avalon The Google-Verizon deal (abbreviated “G/V" in this article) has been on countless front pages, blogs and RSS feeds in the still-free ...
Soundscan R.I.P.?: Big Champagne Rivals with a New Type of Hit Chart. or Do They?
CEO Garland challenges the Old Guard to the seminal question: is a chart based on electronic metrics more relevant than one based on actual sales? Does a song with 100,000 CDs sold deserve more notice than one with 500,000 streams/downloads, regardless of if they are legal or royalty generating? Last week the data monitoring service Big ...
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