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Begging to Spend Money at Best Buy on Music
James Zahn, Editor of Kik Axe Music, shared a harrowing account of his attempt to purchase music at Best Buy. He starts his story of by acknowledging that the sad state of the record industry is nothing new. However, due to a recent incident of his at Best Buy, he felt it was worth discussing the ...
More Musicians Making More Money Now Than Ever
Nick Mason of Pink Floyd got interviewed by BCC. He's been appointed to co-chairman of the Featured Artists' Coalition and is challenged with the task of giving acts advice on how to navigate the new industry climate. Like others, Mason recants that it's tougher to make a living off music. It's difficult to break through. Pink ...
Reactable Systems:the Future of Music Production
Our concept of what it means to play an instrument is evolving; as are notions what an instrument is and what it isn't. Below is a demonstration of Reactable Systems, a tabletop music making and computing device. The touchscreen interface allows users to manipulate sounds using screen icons or physical blocks. These types of tabletop computing ...
CMJ 2010: The Straight Dope from Wednesday's Panels
It can sometimes be difficult to get good, concrete information at a conference. Most panelists, after all, have an interest in presenting themselves (and the companies they work for) a certain way, and CMJ is no exception; Gina Esposito, the director of music and talent at MTV, is happy to tell you that digital technology has ...
A Look at the Death of the Record Industry in 1980
If you had your doubts that the 'sky is falling' on the record industry, this video will seal the deal. Growth is slowing; there aren't enough super-sellers to bring revenue back. Albums are over shipped and stores are sending them back. Fans have access to too much free music. Rock is no longer viable. Fans just ...
MTT: A Fragmented Music Community
Dante Cullari posts about how music is spread out all over the Internet. The fragmented nature of the Internet has produced hundreds of music websites. Artists can benefit from eliminating several different websites and focusing on one website for their music. By using one website, fans will be able to access your music easier and potential ...
Victory Records Funds Worst Anti-Piracy Psa Ever
Victory Records hired comic Gilbert Gottfried to star in an anti-piracy PSA where he repeatedly tells music pirates to go fuck themselves. It's hard to say where this plan went wrong. One writer noted that there's quite a a bit of irony behind the company funding a video to tell fans that they need to start ...
Berklee, MIDEM and Harvard Found Rethink Music Conference, Offer $50,000 Innovation Prize
Berklee and MIDEM are launching the Rethink Music conference on April 25-27 in Boston, and have issued a call for new ideas with a $50,000 prize attached. Presented in association with Harvard University's Berkman Center for Internet & Society and Harvard Business School the Rethink gathering will examine the business and rights challenges facing the music ...
Imeem's Dalton Caldwell: Why It Still Totally Sucks for Music Startups...
(#musicindustry) Want a quick primer on why talented entrepreneurs and investors are running from music? Then, look no further than Imeem founder Dalton Caldwell, just another statistic in a long line of talented entrepreneurial corpses. Speaking at Y Combinator's Startup School, Caldwell discussed a myriad of problems for a myriad of different music models, most of ...
10 Truths About the Modern Recording Industry
(UPDATED) Fellow music industry journalist and net friend Jason Feinberg published a post yesterday on MediaShift where he chronicled the ten things that he believes to be true about the modern music business. Not to be left out of the fun, I decided to form my own list of truths. Over the course of the last ...
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