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Indies: They Suddenly Have a Major Problem...
Indies typically have far less resources than major labels, but far better artist-to-fan bonds. A Katy Perry fan will be gone tomorrow, generally speaking, while a Belle & Sebastian fan will stick around. And that, more than anything, has offered indies some insulation from the avalanche being suffered by the majors. In previous years at Midem, ...
Good News For LA's Jazz Community
The jazz community has, too often, endured bad news. This sad reality recently manifested in the deaths of legends James Moody, Lena Horne, Billy Taylor and Buddy Collette, among others. The loss of the music's great instrumentalists and vocalists to the ravages of time and disease is, of course, inevitable, though no less painful. Like these ...
#Midem 2011 - Music Hack Day, More Deals and News
Updated. A Music Hack Day at the music industry convention most heavily influenced by the major labels? It happened because MIDEM brought the Hack Day team to Cannes; and an eclectic group of international hackers showed an overflow crowd the kind of fun and useful music tech that can be created in 24 hours. Key to ...
Acquired Taste: Wolfgang's Vault Buys Paste Magazine...
Do you read Paste Magazine? Or, any paper magazine, for that matter? Well, there's still a crowd for this, and Paste hasa considerable online presence. Certainly, this is a tough space (trust us), though Wolfgang's Vault thinks some opportunity exists here. “The parent company of Wolfgang's Vault... has acquired all assets of Paste Magazine," confirmed Paste ...
Will Google Music Offer Full Song Previews?
The central appeal of Google Music is that it will allow fans to buy music within the company's search engine. Rather than fans seeing solely YouTube videos, Wikipedia entries, and lyrics - as well as torrents - when they search for an artist or song in Google, they'll now be able to purchase music too. However, when a ...
Universal Cuts 50, WMG and EMI Sale Rumors Grow. but at the Top, They're Playing Musical Chairs
The major label roller coaster ride has intensified over the last few days with a series of staff cuts, executive changes and sale rumors that should radically shift the major label landscape. But will they lead to real change? Last week, new UMG CEO Lucian Grainge began his reign with 50+ staff cut across the U.S. ...
The Music Bay - A Good Reason to be Scared
The Pirate Bay crew has a surprise for the music industry. A few years back they registered a domain name, themusicbay.org, but haven't done anything with it. That could change soon. In an interview with TorrentFreak, a Pirate Bay insider warned, “The music industry can't even imagine what we're planning to roll out in the coming months. ...
Casting New Lives Signs Gordon Goodwin and The Big Phat Band
Casting New Lives is pleased to announce that we now represent Gordon Goodwin and his Big Phat Band! “We are honored to represent an artist of Gordon's stature," said Brinka Rauh of CNL. Gordon and the Big Phat Band have a new CD being release in April on Concord Jazz. CNL will be booking Gordon's national ...
Forrester's Mark Mulligan #midem - Music Needs S.P.A.R.C.
During a Saturday morning Midem presentation, Forrester Research Mark Mulligan analyst called YouTube “music's killer app"; and sharing some new Forrester data showing that “for 12㬋 yr olds, music is the soundtrack to social interactions." (Watch this space for a link to the full study) The key to a music industry turnaround, according to Mulligan, is ...
# Midem Panel: Reinventing the Music Business
During the MidemNet panel hosted by marketer Virginie Berger of Don't Believe the Hype, Jeff Castalez of U.S. based indie Dangerbird declared, “Our company is not trying to make record deals. We're making business deals.. Instead of expensive one to many marketing, we're now working to encourage advocacy." Later in the panel he shared, “We don't care ...
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