Video: Gregory Brothers Share Business Back Story On The Bed Intruder Song
Southwest Virginia's Gregory Brothers, better known as the “Auto-Tune The News” band, shared the story of how they created and monetized the "Bed Intruder" song at Google’s Zeitgeist conference this. Continue reading
Ask The Readers: The Essential Elements Of Culture
A main theme that has dominated my thinking on the music and record industries has been the emerging digital ecology of music culture online. I’ve often wondered what will determine. Continue reading
The Great Indie Music Conspiracy
If I understand this "theory" correctly, an entire cottage industry has been erected around indie music and companies and bloggers like myself and others have been leading these poor and. Continue reading
Mashable’s Top 10 Twitter Tips For Musicians
Twitter is the most useful tool ever created to grow the artist/fan connection. A few, like Amanda Palmer, have even figured out how to make some money using 140 charracters. . Continue reading
Presumptuous Much: A Tale of Uncommon Heroes
Last year, I did a brief speaking engagement at a local university. I had been working for a concert promoter and we were in the midst of producing a free. Continue reading
More Music Industry News: New Sales Low, Spotify Delays, Best Buy, EMI vs. Citi, TuneUp & More
The story of a makeover at eMusic broke yesterday. Deals with more major labels appear imminent along with other shifts that will fundamentally change the subscription music service. That the. Continue reading
eMusic Close To Signing More Major Labels As Part Of Planned November Relaunch
(UPDATED) eMusic is reportedly working on deals with EMI and Universal as part of a plan to relaunch its subscription music service in November. They already have deals with WMG,. Continue reading
“The Winners Take Advantage Of The Building Blocks To Generate Community And Commerce,” Says Patrick Sullivan, CEO of RightsFlow
Recently, I spoke with Patrick Sullivan, who is the cofounder, President, and CEO of RightsFlow, a mechanical licensing and royalty payment technology platform. In this interview, Sullivan talks about the. Continue reading
How Technology Is Transforming & Challenging The Live Performing Arts: Ben Cameron Speaks At TED
In this TED talk, Ben Cameron, who is Director, Arts, at the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, talks about the state of the live arts and questions whether or not they. Continue reading
