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Is There a Scientific Explanation for Justin Bieber?
Popular tastes in music have long had the power to perplex. What can possibly explain the public's fascination with Madonna; the odd enthusiasm for Milli Vanilli; the stark raving madness over David Cassidy or Justin Bieber? Why does one bit of embarrassing fluff breeze to the top of the charts while a thousand other bits of ...
Why Messy Rights = Lost Deals...
If only it were about the music, and the music alone! But when it comes to licensing songs and striking deals, music supervisors, publishers, and managers keep telling us the same thing. That is, if artists have complicated rights situations, they can easily lose opportunities to the next band or songwriter. “I shy away from [slotting] ...
The Next MySpace
A few years ago basically every internet-conscious band or artist had a MySpace profile. Times change and so does the internet; and MySpace has been dethroned with no other 'king' in sight. So music business folks love talking about “the next MySpace." There will be no “next MySpace." Here's why: MySpace came up in the early ...
Do Social Networks Really Help Musicians?
On Music Think Tank, Dan Morgan writes about the problem of overcrowding and social media. It's hard to catch the attention of A&R reps with overcrowding, but Dan looks at three websites that can help artists reach the industry. “This overcrowding, or “noise" makes it harder for talented musicians to get spotted (because it makes it ...
Music Services Agree! Freemium Just Doesn't Pay...
Freemium has the Chris Anderson stamp of approval. But in the real world, music companies are realizing that freemium is too expensive and unsustainable, at least without serious constraints. It doesn't make economic sense, and worse, it feeds a consumer addiction to free—instead of whetting the appetite for premium. This has become obvious, and the examples ...
C'mon: Is Soundscan Really Undercounting the Little Guy?
One thing's clear: Nielsen Soundscan doesn't count every last album sale. That would be impossible. But are they somehow missing this vast number of unsigned and indie albums (and singles), and grossly skewing our picture of who's really winning? That's been a longtime argument from two of the front-running digital distributors, Tunecore and CD Baby. In ...
5 Reasons Free is Hurting Us All
Few question the power of free music to garner new fans and reward existing ones. But marketing guru John Jantsch of Duct Tape Marketing is worried that too much free has side effects. Free everything has “created an environment that may actually be hurting the seeker of quality information more than the spreader of quality information, ...
Album Art: Suburban Abstract
Somehow abstract art became popular among the American suburban culture of the late '50s and early '60s. For proof, watch any episode of Mad Men, one of the best ways to see—not really know—what the world might have been like for East Coast Americans of a certain age at certain point in history. (Left: Olga Albizu's ...
Have the Grammys Become Racist? Take a Look...
At first blush, it seemed like cutting categories was a smart path for the Grammy Awards. But instead of cutting the fat, a lot of important ethnic genres were eliminated—and that is stirring a growing consortium of concerned musicians. “The biggest and most irresponsible cut to us is that you have eliminated Latin Jazz," Carlos Santana ...
Jonathan Coulton on His Business Model and How Now is Best Time Ever to be a Musician
NPR's Panet Money recently featured successful d.i.y. musician Jonathan Coulton (@jonathancoulton), dissecting his success and asking if other musicians could follow a similar path, Hypebot's look at the interview “How Jonathan Coulton Made $500,000 Last Year As A D.I.Y. Musician“ received heated comments and questions that he's agreed to answer. But first, we wanted to share ...
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