Why Any Seat At Music Hack Day Is More Valuable Than A Front Row Ticket To The Grammys
"Technological change is discontinuous.The monks in their scriptoria did not invent the printing press, horse breeders did not invent the motorcar, and the music industry did not invent the iPod. Continue reading
Is The Format Replacement Cycle Over?
When the CD format came out, fans upgraded their LP collections, igniting a boom in sales that lasted from 1984 to 2000. When the MP3 format trickled up from the. Continue reading
Citi Takes Control Of EMI, Wipes Out $3.5B Debt
(UPDATE 2) EMI, the world's fourth largest label group along with a successful publishing division, are now controlled by one of America's largest banks. As predicted, Citigroup seized 100% of. Continue reading
EMI announces successful capital restructuring, and change of ownership
Debt dramatically reduced; EMI now has the financial flexibility to invest in its strategy for growth. EMI Group Ltd (“EMI”), one of the world’s leading music companies, today announces that. Continue reading
Indie Artist Fans Try To Sell Dog Pooping Photos
Sites like Pledge Music, Kickstarter, and Sellaband have created opportunities for artists to make money from aspects of their careers that they have not been able to previously. For instance,. Continue reading
Does Spotify Pay Major Labels More Than Indies?
The utopian dream of the Internet is that it makes artists equals. Each can have their music available on iTunes and have a webpage to call their own. But do. Continue reading
10 Expert Insights Into Great Music Marketing
This post is by Hypebot intern Hisham Dahud. His Twitter: @HishamDahud. This past weekend, the California Lawyers for the Art's held their 28th Annual Music Business Seminar at Ex'pression College for. Continue reading
Chart: More Proof That Music Ads On Facebook Work
A recent Webtrends survey of 11,000 Facebook ads measured clickthrough rates (red) and cost per click (blue) for different categories of ads. Check out the big jump in clickthrough rates. Continue reading
Why Digital Music Has Indeed Failed [VIDEO]
This video has been floating around for a week now, but I've only now gotten a chance to watch it. In this MIDEM talk, Forrester analyst Mark Mulligan explains how. Continue reading
Why I Think Video LPs Are A Good Idea
DFTBA Records President and co-founder Alan Lastufka has joined MTT as an author. In his first post, he talks about his experience of releasing a Video LP on YouTube. So. Continue reading
