UMG’s Jim Urie Issues A Call For Industry To Drown Out “The Copyleft”
Given the global nature of the net, it's unclear how effective the actions of any one country to shut down "rogue" internet sites may be. But that hasn't stopped Jim. Continue reading
Starving Artists Find Food At Illegal Pete’s In Denver
If your group is touring through the Denver Metro Area in Colorado, Illegal Pete’s will feed you. In hopes of making the road a little more comfortable for artists, the. Continue reading
More Music Industry News: MySpace Refresh, YouTube Not Liable, Twitter, CDBaby + Ping & More
Over the last few days we've written a lot about the ongoing changes at MySpace and alluded to an October 15th relaunch. A spokesperson reached out yesterday to let me. Continue reading
Trent Reznor’s Odd Strategy For Movie Soundtrack
Already, speculations are being made that, in releasing the soundtrack for The Social Network, Trent Reznor has abandoned the very business model that he defined. There’s the obvious email address. Continue reading
Study: Fans Really Want To Spend More Than $10
Talk of "monetizing the fan base" can get to be a bit much. In a world where so much is available free, doesn't the artist risk turing off fans with. Continue reading
Music As Events, Musicians As Journalists
How Radiohead Changed Music And The Industry Around It In a recent column, Radiohead’s Colin Greenwood gives insight into what music critic Greg Kot called the “Story of the decade.”. Continue reading
This Week’s iTunes Top 10 Singles & Albums
For the week ending Sept. 20, 2010 Top 10 Singles1. “Only Girl (In the World),” Rihanna2. “Just the Way You Are,” Bruno Mars3. “DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love,” Usher4.. Continue reading
MP3Tunes Tries “YouTube Defense” In EMI Case
There has been a great of buzz around music lockers in the cloud lately, including those planned by Google and iTunes. But MP3.com's founder Michael Roberston has been fighting a. Continue reading
Nimbit Launches Free Musician WordPress Plug-In
Music marketing platform Nimbit has just launched a free WordPress plug-in dubbed Instant Band Site designed to make it easy for artists to create a website using one of the. Continue reading
