Results for "Music Industry"

May 4th - A Day to Fight DRM

May 5, 2010

Support of today's Day Against DRM is more important than ever. It's an attractive notion to think that DRM is dead in music. In so many senses music is more portable than ever. But it's also important to remember that labels are still asking download retailers to tag each song with an identifier when sold or ...

Even Tom Petty Gives His Music Away Free

May 4, 2010

Tom Petty will hedging his bets when he heads out on tour this summer. Not only will a rotating all-star cast of opening acts including Joe Cocker, Crosby, Stills and Nash, ZZ Top, Buddy Guy and others join him for the concerts, but he's giving every fan who buys a ticket to one of the shows ...

A New Artist Checklist from SoundExchange

May 4, 2010

In response to questions about what new artists should do to launch their careers and protect their creative output SoundExchange has put together a strong New Artist Checklist. No matter how long a band has been around, there's probably at least one thing on this list that they've forgotten to do. Read SoundExchange's New Artist Checklist ...

Award Winning Artist Halie Loren Signs Distribution/License Deal with JVC/Victor Entertainment for the Japanese Market

May 4, 2010

Award-winning jazz singer/songwriter Halie Loren recently signed a licensing and distribution deal with JVC/Victor Entertainment. The agreement will increase her music's exposure in Japan and the surrounding Asian markets, starting with the release of a deluxe edition of “They Oughta Write A Song" on May 19th. “Halie is truly a gifted singer and songwriter," JVC/Victor Entertainment's ...

Column: Why Music (Really) Matters...

May 3, 2010

Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor (@kbylin) When watching the series of short animation films released by Music Matters, a UK-based collective formed to “remind listeners of the significance and value of music," I'm left with the overwhelming sensation that they are missing the point. That, by trying to educate people on why music matters, in ...

TuneCore and Myspace Music Partner for Discounted Distribution Services

May 2, 2010

Flat fee digital distributor TuneCore has partnered with MySpace Music to offer discounted music distribution services to all the major download outlets. In addition, MySpace Music will provide participating artists a MyAds credit to market and promote on MySpace along with the additional marketing, sales data and other services of TuneCore. In the coming months, MySpace ...

Try Stoking Your Fans

May 2, 2010

This guest post comes from Ben Coe who is an artist coach and co-founder of music management and marketing firm The Artist Farm. His work there is designed to help artists of all types and levels succeed in clarifying and achieving their goals. The most effective marketing comes from word of mouth: and as you may ...

This Ad Captures the Perils of Indie Music Snobbery

May 2, 2010

Record Store Day Declared Big Sales Success

May 2, 2010

It was a great day for recorded music as sales surged during America's third annual Record Store Day on April 17th. Compared to the prior week, overall U.S. album sales in the independent sector increased 12% including a whopping 119% vinyl sales jump for the weekend and 529% growth in vinyl single sales, according to Nielsen ...

The Concord Music Group Difference, According to Tift Merritt

May 2, 2010

One of the comments that cropped up consistently in my reporting for our story running in Saturday's Business section on the Concord Music Group is that the people who run and work at the company are dyed-in-the-wool music fans, which isn't always the case in the record business these days. So I asked Tift Merritt, the ...