Indie Music

The Orchard Partners With Digonex For Variable Pricing Experiment

Digital distributor The Orchard has partnered with Digonex to offer dynamic pricing beginning with a select group of albums and tracks from the company's catalog. The Orchard will use Digonex's. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/29/2009 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (2)
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Orchard Partners With Michael Caplan’s One Haven

The Orchard has entered an extensive and exclusive arrangement with Industry vet Michael Caplan's One Haven Music. Under the agreement, The Orchard will support One Haven projects with global sales. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/21/2009 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (1)
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Rhino’s Digital 45: A Format Worth Copying

In an era where getting fans to pay for music is difficult, new formats that offer extra value may offer part of the answer. To celebrate the 60th Anniversary of. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/15/2009 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (4)
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A2IM Charts A Course For The Future Of Indie Music

ONLY 6000 OF THE 105,000 ALBUMS RELEASED IN 2008SOLD MORE THAN 1000 COPIES During the recent 4th anniversary meetings of the American Association Of Independent Music (A2IM) members gathered in. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/09/2009 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (14)
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TuneCore Partners With Universal Music

  (UPDATED) An upstart digital distributor that made a name for itself by criticizing the major labels has now joined hands with one. TuneCore has entered into a strategic alliance. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/09/2009 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (10)
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Indie Distributor Lumberjack Mordam Goes Under

Independent distributor Lumberjack Mordam has gone out of business. Effected are more than 100 mostly punk and hard core record labels. Sources tell Hypebot that a number of  the labels. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/08/2009 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (4)
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It’s Official: Sony Invests In IODA

This time the rumor mill proved correct. Sony Music Entertainment has entered into a global partnership with IODA which includes an investment in the digital distributor.  IODA will now provide. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/02/2009 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (2)
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Video Interview: Duncan Hutchinson Of Rights Flow & Blackheart Records

Interview by Virgil Dickerson. Duncan Hutchinson is a music industry veteran who is chief content officer at Rights Flow. Rights Flow handles professional services for music rights management.Duncan also works. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 06/19/2009 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Let’s Prove That Artists Don’t Need Major Labels To “Make It”

Help Build A Database Of Music 2.0 Success Stories During every interview, convention panel, startup negotiation or conversation with an industry peer, there is inevitably a moment when someone says. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 06/18/2009 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (93)
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Publisher Bug Music & Kings Of Leon Launch Label

Indie publishing giant Bug Music has launched a new record label with Kings Of Leon. Details of the first release on the imprint, The Features “Some Kind of Salvation,” will. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 06/18/2009 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (1)
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Video Interview: Eric LeMasters of E1/Koch

Virgil Dickerson interviewed Eric LeMasters of VP of Business Development at distributor E1/Koch at NARM. Other Virgil NARM interviews include  Kevin Arnold of digital distributor IODA , Tim Hinsley of. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 06/17/2009 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (0)
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