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The Good and Bad of Artist Development Lands At #1
This guest post was submitted by Max Willens, the editor of We All Make Music, a website dedicated to helping musicians thrive in a post-label world. Last week, Atlantic Records artists sat atop the U.S. and the U.K. In the U.S., B.o.B.'s B.o.B. Presents The Adventures of Bobby Ray landed in the top slot, while ...
All-Vinyl Record Store Phono-Mode Now Open
Phono-Mode, a new record store specializing in new and collectible vinyl, has opened at 2308 Cherokee St. in south St. Louis. According to a post yesterday by Diane Benanti on the Riverfront Times' A to Z blog, the shop is emphasizing rock, pop and soul LPs and 45s but also may carry some jazz items from ...
Should Indie Labels Sue Limewire Too?
While court challenges are a certainty, last week's victory by the RIAA and the major labels over Limewire was certainly a win for those fighting unauthorized downloading. The next day, one indie label executive emailed me this question “Should other labels, mostly indie, now go after cash-rich LimeWire and collect on behalf of artists? ...
Spotify Experiments with Two New Services
The evolution of Spotify continues with two new levels of service - Spotify Unlimited and Spotify Open. Today's additions each offer new approaches to the on-demand music service's two greatest challenges: how to cost effectively attract new users and how to then convert them into paying customers. Because of strong demand, Spotify has sometimes limited access ...
The Orchard Reports Revenue Up, Losses Down
On Friday, digital distributor The Orchard reported financial results for the quarter that ended March 31st. It was the first quarter reported since a round of layoffs and cost reductions. Revenue increased 16% to $17.8M in the quarter $15.3 million in the first quarter of 2009. Gross profit margin was 25% compared to 28% ...
Can the Music Industry Find It's Popcorn?
In the 1930's and 40's during what we in the U.S. refer to as the Great Depression, movie theaters wanted to find new ways to get patrons to part with their increasingly difficult to earn dollars. The solutions proved to be double features, air conditioning (an idea borrowed from the meat industry) and most successfully popcorn. ...
Overheard #narm - "Content is No Longer King"
From Monday @ NARM: “Content is no longer king. Access is king! Fans should be able to listen on phone, PC, iPod...provide them this luxury. and “Everyone in this industry should have a loyalty program...including labels." - Josh Gertz from Hip Digital VEVO: “In future, we want to be “Pandora-style. On-demand, ...
RIAA, Senators Blast Nations Lax on Piracy
Canada, China, Mexico, Russia and Spain have been named the “top- priority countries" with inadequate intellectual property enforcement by Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), who co- chair the Intl. Anti-Piracy Caucus, as well as Reps. Adam Schiff (D- Calif.) and Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.). They were joined Wednesday morning on Capitol Hill by Recording ...
Paintings by Picasso, Matisse Stolen in Paris
A lone thief stole five paintings possibly worth hundreds of millions of euros, including major works by Picasso and Matisse, in a brazen overnight heist at a Paris modern art museum, police and prosecutors said Thursday. The paintings disappeared early Thursday from the Paris Museum of Modern Art, across the Seine River from the Eiffel Tower. ...
Jazz Artist Boney James Grammy-Nominated Saxophonist Struck by Suspected Drunken Driver
Publicists for Boney James say the Grammy-nominated jazz saxophonist has canceled a show after being struck by a suspected drunken driver in Long Beach. They say James was driving home from a jazz festival in Newport Beach on Saturday when his car was rear-ended while he was stopped in traffic on Interstate 405. He suffered a ...
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