The Music Consumer In The Modern World
This post is by cultural critic and essayist Eric Casero. We are all well aware by this point in time that the music industry is undergoing a process of massive. Continue reading
WMG Reports Wider Losses On Declining Revenue
Blaming a weak release schedule, Warner Music Group reported a widening loss of 16% in Q3 compared to the prior year quarter on total revenue of $652 million. This is the six. Continue reading
Bands Collaborating Instead Of Competing: Cross-Promoting With Headliner.fm
This blog re-post is by Hilke Ros (@colorlessgreen) at Music Music Manager. In my opinion, there is changing something in the economy because of the internet. Before the internet, it. 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
Questions: I Dream In Essays And Need Your Help
(UPDATED) It astonishes me that I haven't done something like this yet. In the almost two years that I have been writing for Hypebot, I've always treated it, for the. 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
Apple & iTunes Inch Closer To Music In The Cloud
Are Label Attitudes Changing Or Is Apple Just Poking The Beast? Apple and iTunes inched closer to offer music in the cloud recently with the release of an updated app. Continue reading
Indie Sup Pop Considers Radical New Sales Model: Pay For The Toy And We’ll Give You The Music Free
From early Nirvana through Mudhoney and on to Fleet Foxes and The Postal Service, indie label Sup Pop has been putting out interesting and often fabulous music for decades. But. Continue reading
