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Matmos on Unlikely Collaboration, and Embracing the Talents of Others
Matmos. Photo by AJ Farkas. Drew Daniel and Martin “M.C." Schmidt, who comprise the electronic music duo Matmos, are not what you would consider classically trained musicians. This is not necessarily a bad thing, of course (how many classically-trained pop musicians do you know?) and in this case, it doesn't really matter; Matmos's music, a ...
The End of Bertie Big Balls, and the Rise of Independent A&R
For the last 30 years, the A&R rep has been an enigma: What do they do? What don't they do? Today, with the entire industry in flux, there are even more questions: Are they still relevant these days? Were they ever? A&R reps are most certainly still ...
MySpace Music is Burning Money, Possible Subcription Service in the Works
Before the end of the year, MySpace Music, having “underachieved“ with regard to revenue goals, is considering launching paid subscription service. Sources say they are in need of moving to a paid model because the venture is burning through piles of money each month. Courtney Holt, President of MySpace Music, went on record saying that they ...
Baym: Changing Relationships, Changing Industries
Communication scholar Nancy Baym, who has been interviewed on here before, recently gave a great talk at Harvard's Berkman Center. In it, she talks about how the music industries, in advent of the Internet and social web, have been forced to rethink how they work and relate to their audiences. She argues that the music industries ...
Now You Can Buy Twitter Followers, but Will Any Become True Fans?
Several services including Twitter1K and Followers For Sale have begun selling new Twitter fans by the thousands an at least one experienced internet marketer Jonathan Volk claims to have increased his Twitter following after buying just 1000 followers. “Before ordering this service, I had a negative trend in followers. After ordering I gained the followers that ...
Ladies First
Where are the Ladies? I've been on a personal campaign for several months focusing on one subject in particular but not limited to that one subject exclusively. It's a common topic of discussion that I have with my students and friends which concerns an issue that plagues the music, not necessarily from the perspective of the ...
Better Than the Van Co-Founder Todd Hansen on How to Tour Smarter
Better Than The Van's Founders, Scott Miller & Todd Hansen Have you ever played a show to ten people somewhere in the hostile uncivilized territories of the midwest, slept in this very same van, freezing your ass off, curled up somewhere between an amp and a herniated disc? Better Than the Van co-founder Todd Hansen ...
Glenn Peoples: The Freemium Debate
In response to an article in the Guardian on Clay Shirky and his opinion on news paywalls, Glenn Peoples over at Billboard has written a great summary of how the music industy's digital dilemma relates to that of the newspaper industry's. As well, he frames the discussion around the freemium debate: “One of the big questions ...
Why Music Should Never Be Given Away for "Free"
Over at our sister blog Music Think Tank, there are two new posts up. One is from Chris Bracco, editor of Tight Mix, on how to track the results of your attempts to get your music on blogs. The other, from Jon Ostrow, a co-founder of MicControl, is on the why music should never be ...
Inspiration is a Two-Way Street
As I mentioned here I've recently started to share what I've learned about getting my music out to a wider audience with my good friend Katy Bourne. Truth be told, I've been sharing things in a piecemeal fashion with my friends, colleagues and anyone who asked for as long as I can remember. I've always loved ...
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