Hypebot’s New Music Industry Briefing For Monday August 21st, 2006
-The Washington Post’s Marc Fisher takes a careful look at Chris Anderson’s popular new book "The Long Tale" and reminds us that 80% of retail sales come from the Top. Continue reading
In Store Tours Still Sell CD’s
From Coalition Of Independent Music Store’s head Don VanCleave: "Both Pete Yorn and Alexi Murdoch launched aggressive, nationwide instore tours over the past few months. Pete had the RED machine. Continue reading
Google Music Trends Launches
Google Labs has launched Google Music Trends, an opt-in service that allows Google to track what you listen to on your computer via a link in it’s Google Talk application. Continue reading
Hypebot’s New Music Industry Briefing For Friday August 18th, 2006
– Talk is circulating again of a possible XM / Sirius merger as both stock continue to trade near new lows. (Hollywood Reporter) – Apple retains a huge lead in. Continue reading
Coalition of Independent Music Stores Top 200 for Week Ending 8-13-06
Pos. ARTIST | TITLE 1 SLAYER|CHRIST ILLUSION 2 ROSS*RICK|PORT OF MIAMI 3 PETTY*TOM|HIGHWAY COMPANION 4 DIFRANCO*ANI|REPRIEVE 5 GNARLS BARKLEY|ST. ELSEWHERE 6 YORKE*THOM|ERASER 7 BREAKING BENJAM|PHOBIA 8 AS TALL AS LION|AS. Continue reading
AAA Radio Audience Loves Music Online
Radio consultancy SBR Creative has released it’s latest study on the listening habits of the Adult Album Alternative audience. ‘"…the survey tracked over the two year period is ‘which one. Continue reading
New Music Widgets Level The Playing Field
Several great new music widgets have become available recently and its all good news for both music marketers and fans. These small easy to create mini-applications allow web designers and. Continue reading
Hypebot’s New Music Industry Briefing For Thursday August 17th, 2006
– The RIAA will leave you alone if you die. (Chronicle) – Wired looks inside mega-file sharing site Pirate Bay whose 1 million daily visitor stats rival YouTube’s. (Wired) The. Continue reading
New List of 47 Music 2.0 Sites
Far from complete, but quite interesting. AjaxAMP : winamp media player plugin BandNews : band scene search Bandnews.org : music news collection bebop : musical gig tickets in uk/ireland bigcartel. Continue reading
Lefsetz Nails It: “It Just Has To RESONATE”
My favorite quote in a very long time comes from music industry commentator Bob Lefsetz "It’s no longer about hype/marketing, but brand MANAGEMENT! But that requires the underlying product to. Continue reading
