Indie Music

Interview: CIMS’ Jim Fahy On ThinkIndie.com

The Coalition of Independent Music Stores (CIMS) recently launched their ThinkIndie online download store. The site was conceived as an answer to the revenue lost to iTunes by independent brick. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 05/06/2009 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Indie Label Sponsors BitTorrent Site To Promote New Album

If the first rule of marketing is to go where the people are, then promoting your new album on a BitTorrent site actually makes a lot of sense.  That's exactly. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 05/06/2009 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (1)
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New Deals: Razor & Tie With Sony, IODA Adds Orfeon

Indie label Razor & Tie has expanded its distribution deal with Sony to include digital.  The two have been tied for physical distribution since 1998. (press release) Digital distributor IODA. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 05/05/2009 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Think Indie CIMS Digital Store Launched Today

ThinkIndie.com launched today as the music download destination for  Coalition Of Independent Music Stores' (CIMS) indie music retail outlets. The catalog comes entirely from indie labels with tracks encoded as. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 05/01/2009 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Surprise! Study Shows Few Indies On Radio

Artist advocacy group The Future Of Music Coalition has released a new report "Same Old  Song" confirming that indie music is not getting its fair share of airplay on broadcast. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/30/2009 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (1)
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INgrooves Adds Telarc & Headsup Overseas

INgrooves has inked Telarc and Heads Up International, both divisions of Concord Music Group for digital distribution worldwide excluding the US and Canada.  The wide ranging Telarc and Heads Up. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/29/2009 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Harmonia Mundi – An Indie Classical Label That’s Thriving In Tough Times

Classical Record Industry Down 30% In '09, Harmonia Mundi Up 9% All this week on Hypebot, we're exploring how the double whammy of falling sales and the global economic downturn. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/28/2009 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Video: The Branding Of Sub Pop

This clip from the documentary “Hype” about indie powerhouse of Sub Pop explores how they branded the label. (via Center Of The Indie Label Universe)

Bruce Houghton on 04/28/2009 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (1)
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Ryko Distribution Folded Into ADA

WMG has shuttered Ryko Distribution moving all labels to its ADA independent distribution division.  WMG aquired Ryko Distribution as part of a 2006 aquisiton of the Rykodisc label.  All 25. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/24/2009 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Record Store Day Gives Indies Sales Boost

Saturday's National Record Store Day provided U.S. indie music stores and labels with a tangible boost in sales. Billboard chart analyst Ed Christman put the gain at just 1% of. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 04/23/2009 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (2)
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