REWIND: The Music Industry’s Week In Review

Ra Ra-Ah-Ah-Ah… The Hypebot Hit Song Contest. WMG Reports Wider Losses On Declining Revenue. Linkin Park, Featuring You: Winning Song Chosen. Jay Frank: How Many Clicks… SXSW 2011: "We're Open. Continue reading

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Graphomania, Copyright And Who Should Get Paid

Graphomania – “A morbid mental condition characterized by the writing of long successions of unconnected meaningless words”. Graphomaniacs – those responsible for a web filled with words best kept in. Continue reading

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SmartMusic: Next-Gen Interactive Music Software

MakeMusic, Inc. is releasing the latest update of their interactive music software SmartMusic 2011. The software provides educators and students with access to thousands of band, orchestra, concert solos and. Continue reading

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The Paradox Of Music: Why More Is Less

May 12th. That's the day that I published my first thoughts on how choice theory and the ideas of Psychologist Barry Schwartz could be applied to the current state of. Continue reading

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More Industry News: Yoko On iTunes, Jamba 4 Sale, Nashville Rebrands, Martin Atkins, Rdio vs. Spotify

No Beatles on iTunes for awhile says Yoko Ono. (Billboard) News Corp is trying to sell mobile music provider Jamba. (paidContent) The Etymology of 10 Musical Genre Names. (FlavorPill) Can. Continue reading

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Wendy Fonarow: “Ask The Indie Professor”

Mid-July, the Guardian debuted a column by Cultural Anthropologist and author Wendy Fonarow titled "Ask The Indie Professor." Some may recall Fonarow's book Empire of Dirt: The Aesthetics and Rituals. Continue reading

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Live Nation’s Irving Azoff Speaks Up On Twitter

And Gets Slammed Right Back… Live Nation's Irving Azoff begins his Twitter assult. irvingazoff: so if you want ticket prices to go down stop stealing music. gregkot: 12 tweets in, he's. Continue reading

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Soundgarden Collaborates With Guitar Hero

Also: City-Wide Ticket Hunt In Chicago Today. For the first time, a new music album is being released with a game. The first one million Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock. Continue reading

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More Music Industry News: CD Baby Pays Out, Fests Help Bad Summer, Idol Moves To UMG & More

CD Baby announced Wednesday that it has passed $150 million in payments to independent artists and will pay out $40 million more this year. The site added 18,000 new titles during. Continue reading

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The Empathic Civilization

Mind-blowing. Thought-provoking. Why things are, the way they are. Author and social thinker Jeremy Rifkin delves much insight into the empathic civilization:

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