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The User is the Story
Guest post by Kyle Bylin of sidewinder.fm I have become convinced that one of the major voices missing from the conversation about the future of music is the user. We cite studies and various data points, but when it comes to talking about Spotify and Pandora, we concern ourselves only with the views of experts. This ...
Poll (Results) and a New Poll: The 5 Best Jazz/Rock Fusion Recordings of All Time
On January 29, 2009, I posted a poll here with links to it on various online music discussion groups, asking people to nominate what they felt were the 5 best jazz/rock fusion albums of all time. A good number of responses came in by email, while quite a few were posted on the online forums and here ...
Listen to Your Listeners
By ERIC FELTEN, Wall Street Journal “People who want to play jazz actually outnumber those who enjoy or even tolerate it, let alone pay to hear it." Of all the provocations in a provocative satire of the jazz world, this was the one that seemed to cut deepest. It appeared in an article titled with sly ...
We're All in This Together: How Technology Should Shape the Future of Live Music
Guest post by Matthew Moore (@MatthewrMoore). For years, artists have been trying to do anything they can to bring a different twist to the concert experience. Whether it's a stunning light show, going out into the crowd during a tear jerking rock ballad, or bringing people from the crowd onto the stage, they're doing whatever they ...
Musicians Online Are Playing in Glass Stadiums with Billions of Empty Seats
Picture an enormous concert stadium that is so big it can hold everyone. Literally there is a seat for every single person in the world. Now imagine this stadium is made entirely of glass and it also happens to have an open-roof. There you are, up on stage with your band performing your most mind-blowing songs. ...
Asking the Right Questions About Music's Future
We are experiencing a radical transition in the way recorded music relates to culture, and music entrepreneurs face a serious challenge within that transition: people seem willing to pay for books, movies and games, so what’s up with music why all the resistance? Here’s one possible answer. The labels are history, so say the blogs. Music ...
The Young and the Digitally Restless
Guest post by Michael San Pascual. A new, technologically capable generation of music listeners is approaching adulthood. These former MySpacers are evolving into sophisticated music consumers with new and challenging expectations. They have heightened demands for mobility and social connectivity; they value the freedom to actively seek music, and also the choice to passively discover it. They ...
Radio Killed the Roneo Star?
by Carl L. Hager
Recently I began doing a series of short CD reviews with WJSU-FM 88.5, a station broadcasting from the campus of Jackson State University in Jackson, Mississippi. The opportunity to do it came along within days of learning that KABC's parent company, Cumulus Media, Inc., had pulled the plug on the last remaining AM radio jazz programming ...
Text of Robert Plant, Pete Townsend and Brian May Letter Calling On Google, Isps to Fight Piracy
Robert Plant, Pete Townshend, Brian May, Elton John, Simon Cowell and six other UK musicians and music industry leaders have signed a letter addressed to Prime Minister David Cameron demanding that he fully implement the Digital Economy Act 2010, anti-piracy legislation which passed in 2010. The letter also called on ISP and search engines, online advertisers ...
A Casual Scam: The Truth About Pre-Sale Tickets
Guest post by artist manager and booking agent Justin Herring. December 2005, the band I was playing in was offered a show at this venue in Tampa called The Masquerade. It was the venue in Tampa. I saw all my idols there growing up. Slayer, Down, Superjoint Ritual, Fear Factory, Cannibal Corpse, GWAR, Clutch, Lamb of God, ...
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