Tuesday’s Music Brief: Amanda Palmer, Artist X, New Label, SoundCloud, Telecom Probe & More
Hypebot Joins 5 Bloggers Advising Indie Artist X
- An Insider's View Of Amanda Palmer's Success
- The Trouble With MySpace Is Michael Jackson
- GOOD IDEA: Beck Re-Records Classic Albums For Free Series
- Franklins Row: The Publisher As The Label
- Probably The Best Collaborative Music Video Ever
- A Blacklisted Artist Responds To Hype Machine
- Help Me Name Milestones In Modern Music Marketing
MORE MUSIC INDUSTRY NEWS:
- Radiohead manager launches new label. Brian Message has created a new record lab
el that promises to give artists full ownership of their music. (Guardian)
- SoundCloud Threatens MySpace as Music Destination for Twitter Era (Epicenter)
- U.S. Justice Dept eyeing telecom probe including AT&T's iPhone exclusivity. (Reuters)
- Jammie Thomas challenges "monstrous" $1.92M P2P verdict. (ars)
- Basement Jaxx and Dave Stewart launch interactive singles. (Music Ally)
- Marshall Chess has joined with industry figures Eddie Piller and Fredrik Ekander to form Tri-Sound, a new label specializing in contemporary soul. (Billboard)
- A look at the new imeem music store. (TechCrunch)
- Cheap Trick releases an album on 8-Track. (Boing Boing)
Listen: Do Record Labels Matter? On this edition of All Songs Considered, they ask: Do labels still matter? Host Bob Boilen talks with Monitor Mix blogger Carrie Brownstein, All Songs Considered producer Robin Hilton, and Song of the Day editor Stephen Thompson about some of their favorite labels, as well as the role those labels play in making music great. (NPR)