Indie Music

WMG, Universal, EMI and Sony BMG Deny Qtrax Deals plus Commentary

UPDATED: Qtrax’s announcement on Sunday that it was launching its ad supported download service at midnight with music from all four major labels may have been premature or at the. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 01/27/2008 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (1)
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IODA To Labels: No Deals With Imeem & LaLa

In a letter to its labels this week, digital distributor IODA recommended not granting licenses to prominent net services imeem, LaLa and others that offer full song streams due to. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 01/16/2008 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (2)
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EMI Pacts With Christian Indie Vertical Shift

EMI CMG Distribution and new indie Vertical Shift have signed a worldwide distribution agreement for Christian, general market and digital and mobile outlets.  The new partnership launches with new releases. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/06/2007 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (0)
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New Label Models: Which Will Survive?

As CD sales and label profits tumble, a great deal of hope and excitement has been attached to a variety of new models: Music Is Free – And hope to. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/26/2007 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (10)
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Six Degrees Gives Away “Emerging Artist” Tracks

Today Six Degrees Records is launches “Download of the Week” to highlight their hip digital only Emerging Artists series.  For the next nine weeks you can download a free MP3. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/16/2007 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Analysis: What The Amazon Store Is… And Is Not.

You can find our in depth first look at the new Amazon DRM free download store here. But just how "industry changing" is it? The Amazon MP3 Download Store IS:. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/25/2007 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (9)
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Six Degrees Of Music Repositioning

Product repositioning is a buzz concept that is easy to dismiss. But for labels trying to monetize existing investments and artists attempting to make noise in a crowded marketplace, repositioning. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/14/2007 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Epitaph Adds ADA & Drops eMusic. Fontana Hooks Ameoba.

Indie Epitaph has inked with ADA for digital and mobile distribution and says they will exit their deal with eMusic when it comes up for renewal next month. "We’ve had. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/13/2007 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Earvolution Sets Out Prove MP3 Blogs Can Spawn Record Label 2.0

Popular mp3 blog Earvolution is out to prove that music blogs can spawn the next record labels with its first release. Wired’s Listening Post agrees that mp3 blogs could spawn. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/12/2007 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (2)
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What MySpace Could Learn From Google And How It Could Change The Music Business

We get some pretty informed comments on Hypebot, but I admit that I was surprised when one of the best comments to cross screen recently was about a multi-part series. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/07/2007 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (4)
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Amazon To Launch Download Store In Mid-September

Amazon is set to launch its long awaited download store in mid-September according to the New York Post. All tracks on the new service will be DRM-free including tracks from. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 08/31/2007 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (0)
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