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Creative Leadership Absent in Major Labels - Or Why the Record Industry is Fucked Nowadays
A new study suggests that people who express creative ideas are less likely to be identified as having leadership potential. In other words, when staff members in major label boardroom meetings talk about ways to move the record industry in profitable new directions, questions about their suitability for roles of higher leadership arise. Even though the ...
How Do You Treat Your Biggest Fans?
Seth Godin has done it again. In few words, he has reframed how businesses should treat and view their best customers. Godin argues that most businesses just take the money of their best customers. Worse yet, they judge their loyalty by how much more money they're willing to pay than others. When businesses view their best ...
Quarterly Losses Widen at Warner Music Group
While not as bad as some analysts had expected, there was not much to smile about in Burbank as Warner Music Group filed its 1Q report with Wall Street this morning. For the quarter ending Dec. 31, WMG posted a loss of $18 million or 12 cents a share on $789 million in revenue, compared with ...
Yikes: Is This Where Publishing is Headed?
Of the two, publishing is the more solid counterpart to recordings. But publishing is battling its own disruptive demons, and that became even more obvious today. During its morning financial review, Warner Music Group revealed a surprising, 14.9 percent quarterly drop in publishing revenues, one that featured declines across various licensing segments. It looks like everything ...
The Case Against Artist Management
This post is by Robin Davey of The Hoax and The Bastard Fairies. Interview. Managers don't know more than you about the music business. They may know more people in the business, but it doesn't mean they know more about it. It's a bold statement I know, but the reality is the music business they now deal with is changing so ...
MP3 Rocket - "Hey RIAA Boss, Our Users Do Not File-Share Music Anymore, They Time Shift It!"
Here we go again. MP3 Rocket is mostly known for being a LimeWire spin-off. Not anymore. The company has dropped the P2P functionality of their service and gone legit—sort of. Due to the declining quantity and quality of the MP3s available over the Gnutella network, as well as mounting legal concerns, they have decided to reposition ...
Mobile Social Net MocoSpace Wants MySpace
Amid all the rumors of who might or might not be buying MySpace from parent News Corp., the one that has had the most legs has now been confirmed. MocoSpace, creators of mobile social network, hopes to buy the struggling social network. “MySpace was a pioneer in the social revolution and we think their business could ...
Pow!: Tigran Hamasyan, Wunderkind or Just Good?
Tigran Hamasyan—Solo + Quintet Tuesday, February 8th at 7 Le Poisson Rouge When I started receiving emails from Search & Restore about the upcoming appearance of the Armenian piano whizkid Tigran, I thought it best to approach with extreme caution. Our society is obsessed with prodigies, but especially in jazz, words like ...
What Kind of Pictures Best Represent Your Band?
As you've no doubt realized by now, image is pretty important to your success as an artist. It affects your live show, it affects your online presence, it affects your marketing opportunities and strategy. But in the countless hours you're obviously devoting to exploring and experimenting with your image, are you thinking about what kind of ...
Charlie Harrington Assist in Development of New Product
Award-Winning acclaimed artist Charlie Harrington has collaborated with Vic Firth, Inc. in developing the new Vic Firth Legacy Brush. The Legacy Brush is among one of the new products offered by Vic Firth, Inc. and debuted at the annual winter NAMM Show 2011 in Anaheim, California. A retractable wire brush with a wood handle provides a ...
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