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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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