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Spotify Has Users "By the Balls." Users Disagree.
Sean Parker spoke about Spotify at The Daily Beast's conference. Rather candidly, Parker explained that the war on piracy has been a failure and that the answer to it is Spotify. He says that once users become addicted to their music libraries they will want to bring these songs with them on the go and this ...
Henry Jenkins: 'Recording Industry Acted Like Jackasses and Don't Deserve Any Sympathy.'
Everyone has an opinion about the plight of the record industry. Some are worth listening to, others not so much. Henry Jenkins, author of Convergence Culture, is a renowned media scholar and cultural critic. Copy Grounds, a new media discussion form, had the chance to talk to Jenkins and he had some choice words about the ...
Accelerator at SXSW 2011 Names Music Advisory Board, Accepting Startup Applications
This year SXSW is extending its hugely popular technology Accelerator events to the Music conference. Presented by Microsoft BizSpark, bleeding edge music technology start-ups will demo their new and often yet to be released offerings in front of a live audience and panel of expert judges. I'm proud to have been named to the Advisory Board ...
The Hot New Sound on the Scene? Oh, Yes, It is the Clarinet
Since the end of the big band era, the clarinet has taken a backseat to its sexier woodwind cousin, the saxophone. But in the Bay Area, thanks to a fertile environment of classically trained clarinetists with experimental sensibilities, the oft-overlooked instrument is having a moment. “I can't imagine a better time for clarineting in the Bay ...
MOG's CEO Responds: Music Startups Do Work
In response to recent comments by former imeem CEO Dalton Cadwell that music startups face almost insormountable challenges, David Hyman, the founder and CEO of MOG wrote: ..."providing music content is a smaller-margin business. But, the addressable market is massive. Music consumption is at an all-time high and is most likely the second biggest leisure activity ...
Investors Have Zero Interest in Financing Music Startups; It's in the '20th Century Media Bucket'
Patrick Bradley, founder of Ingenious Media, one of UK's leading media investment and advisory groups, says that he, like many other investors, put recorded music in the '20th Century media bucket.' Asked by The Music Void what he thinks about music start-ups and whether or not he had interest in investing in them, he said that ...
CMJ 2010: Tips for Getting Gigs in New Markets
When CMJ released its panel schedule about ten days ago, there were a couple titles that jumped out at us right away, most of which we've been lucky enough to attend over the past few days. But the final panel we attended today, “How to Sell 500 Tickets in 5 Different Markets," was the first thing ...
Hammerax Is A Hit With Diverse New Endorsers Marco Giovino, Terry Bozzio and Omar Hakim
Clearwater, Florida,—Hammerax, famed for making out-of-the-ordinary bronze instruments with sustain and musical effects that go well beyond the sonic possibilities of traditional cymbals, has launched an innovative, diverse endorsement program. New artists who have joined the Hammerax family include drumming legends Terry Bozzio and Omar Hakim, and current Robert Plant skinsman Marco Giovino. Hakim Sticks To ...
Japanese Robots Hope to Destroy the Music Industry as We Know It
Japanese engineers have now developed a fembot that can sing J-pop, calling into stark question the future of human pop singers. According to technology blog Popsci, the robot, an HRP-4, was developed using breath-analysis software and mouth movement observation based on human models. The divabot blinks and opens her mouth appropriately as she sings, mimicking the ...
The Hard-Knock Life of Superfans and Musicians
In his column for a Seattle Weekly blog, singer and songwriter John Roderick gets to the heart of the tension between superfans and musicians. Together, they walk a thin line. Superfans do work on behalf of the groups they love. Only to find themselves neglected or taken for granted down the road. New fans come along ...
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