UK Band Gives It’s Music And Name Away For Free
British rock band Art Brut has adopted the corporate franchise model, only with a twist. It’s giving away its name and music for free. Listen to a full NPR report. Continue reading
New Music Industry Briefing For Thursday May 25, 2006
– As portable player use grows, Starbucks is downsizing it’s commitment to CD burning stations in it’s stores. (Statesman) – Silicon Valley company M2Z has asked the FCC to allow. Continue reading
A Rare Job Posting At A Major Label
Reply to: job-164315261@craigslist.orgDate: 2006-05-24, 2:15PM PDTManager of Web Services and Development @ Warner Bros. RecordsBefore submitting anything to us, keep this in mind: – This is a management level position. Continue reading
Singer Joan Baez Moves Into Tree To Save LA Community Garden
Folk legend Joan Baez and environmental activist Julia Butterfly Hill have taken up residence in a tree in downtown LA to stop the destruction of a large community garden in. Continue reading
Ditty Bops Bike Across America In Support Of New CD “Moon Over The Freeway”
Talk about suffering for your art…The Ditty Bops are embarking on a bicycle tour of America in support of cycling, clean air, and their new WB album "Moon Over the. Continue reading
Major Label CEO’s & Wall Street Offer Varied Views Of Industry’s Future
"In the long term, this is going to be a very strong industry. The short term will have mixed results, and there have been some tough years, but as long. Continue reading
Navio’s New Portable Rights Management May Set Your Music And Your iPod Free
All we ever wanted was to buy music and and once owning it be able to enjoy it wherever we wanted to But iPod users who can only buy content. Continue reading
New Music Industry Briefing For Wednesday May 24, 2006
– Apple (The Beatles) plans to appeal the UK courst decision that it’s OK for Apple (The Computer Co.) to us the name Apple in music related ventures. – Smithsonian. Continue reading
Pitchfork Looks At Music Recomendation Sites. How Can They Tell Us What We Want To Hear?
Pitchfork’s Chris Dahlen takes a long and thorough look at the promise and pitfalls and differences between the growing number of music recommendation schemes like Last.fm and Pandora: "Music discovery. Continue reading
MyBlogTunes Adds Free Custom Music Streams To Blogs
MyBlogTunes provides a free and easy way for bloggers to add a self-programmed net broadcast to their sites. In a brief test it was incredibly easy to sign up and. Continue reading
