More New Music Industry News: UK Singles Sales, Metadata, MIDEM Keynotes, Melodeo & More
- UK singles sales reach record high. – Thanks to the success of downloads, the UK singles market had its best year ever in 2009, with more than 150m copies sold. (Guardian)
From CES: Storage Industry try to make sense of music metadata. (PC World)- Pharrell Williams, Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and producer of such artists as Justin Timberlake and Usher and MXP4 CEO Albin Serviant have been added as one of the keynotes at MIDEM 2010.
- Greg Rollett from GenYRockstars has created a free report (in exchange for your email address) of 100 Resources For Indie Musicians.You've got to figure that a guy who recommends reading Hypebot everyday is pretty smart. The list includes some great resources and can also serve as a checklist to make sure you haven't forgotten anything.
- Mobile music technology provider Melodeo is looking for a buyer. (Billboard)
- Pioneer and Pandora are bringing internet radio to cars. (VentureBeat)
- Music publishers force another lyric site offline. (Techdirt)
- Record labels should only blame themselves for filesharing woes. (MediaPost)
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Thanks for including the 100 Resources today Bruce. Hypebot is a must read for the next generation of musicians and I am happy to share it with anyone who listens.
There is a ton of content in there for indie bands and the services that are helping musicians are really starting to define themselves and what they bring to the community.
Thanks so much for listing me in Part 7- Music Industry blogs!
This pdf is a must read for any artist/label.