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Think There's Room for Growth? 75% of U.S. Didn't Download Anything Last Quarter
A new NPD report, The Connected Experience: Building a Bridge Between Devices & Content, shows that while consumers are using connected devices to access digital entertainment content, there is still a great deal of room for growth. 75% of U.S. consumers age 13 and older did not connect or download any digital content in the previous ...
Now in 3d: Live Shows and Backward Thinking
This weekend, The Guardian posed the question, “Can 3D technology keep the music industry alive?" Of course not. 3D films can barely keep the film industry alive. The very industry they're supposed to be rescuing in the first place. Whatever backward thinking is fueling this initiative needs to be sorted out. Basically, in searching for more ...
Are Artists More Pressured to Conform?
As the age of radical transparency dawns and the conversations between artists and their audience are opened up, it made me wonder if the biggest pressure on artists is really choosing to conform to popular music trends, in hopes of gaining traction, or staying true to their art. I asked the readers for their opinions on ...
How Technology is Changing the Album Release
By Greg Rollett of the music marketing company, Gen-Y Rock Stars. Releasing an album or single in today's Internet and share-happy music economy is tough. Artists spend time and money getting their song ready for the world to hear, only to have it leaked before it gets mastered, before the artwork and video is created, and ...
Study: Fans Really Want to Spend More Than $10
Talk of “monetizing the fan base" can get to be a bit much. In a world where so much is available free, doesn't the artist risk turing off fans with pleas for $10, $25, $50 and even $100? No, as it turns out. Fans, particularly the most engaged fans, want to contribute at a higher level ...
Music as Events, Musicians as Journalists
How Radiohead Changed Music And The Industry Around It In a recent column, Radiohead's Colin Greenwood gives insight into what music critic Greg Kot called the “Story of the decade." It's been nearly three years since the release of In Rainbows and Greenwood has taken a moment to reflect on the past and hint to the ...
As Ads Shrink, is Billboard Becoming Rolling Stone?
The fate of Billboard Magazine is tied to the same downward forces as the recorded music industry. Shrinking major labels buy less advertising, the lifeblood of the trade magazine. We've seen hints of how Billboard may try to stop the bleeding for months, but a major indicator came last week with the makeover of sister publication ...
Study Predicts Big Growth in Digital Music by 2014
IE Market Research's Global Digital Music Forecast for online, mobile, and subscription channels predicts that retail revenues will increase to $32.5 billion by the end of 2014.The forecast sees most of the growth coming via music subscriptions both online and mobile. Other key findings: There are now 832 million paid users of digital music worldwide and ...
The End (and Beginning) of Music as a Loss Leader
With the news that Best Buy will be cutting the store space allocated to CDs this holiday season, it's important to remember the reason why they're in the business anyways. Hint: It's not because they care about the music. All of the plastic discs they've been hocking over the years serve only one purpose: to sell ...
Connecting with Fans and the Dave Matthews Band
(UPDATED) In this interview, Stefan Lessard, the bassist for Dave Matthews Band, talks about the challenges of staying at the forefront of technology and maintaining an identity outside of the group. Early on, fan clubs consisted of mailing a postcard and getting a bit of merch and a form-letter. Beyond that, the incentives for fandom were ...
