Nikki Hemming actually appeared on camera this week! In an interview with TechTV, she defends her curious company by emphasizing the positive effects that file sharing has on artists, citing specific examples of ticket sales and revived touring careers…
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Two more clever ideas for a file-sharing system… Jazzio could be the next evolution of ClearChannel, and/or a permutation of Cringely’s Snapster idea, based on the public library model of sharing licenses for media.
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Okay. I understand the complexity of running a huge national tour. And I feel sad for the techs that have to clean up the mess that an Atlantic City venue made of Justin and Xtina’s stage when the ceiling collapsed. But are you telling me that they can’t perform at all without that exact set? [...]
Lots of buzz today around the CDBaby.com digital distribution deal. If you hadn’t heard, Derek and his team are extending a program to their clients that takes the hassle out of getting your songs listed on iTunes, eMusic and other pay-for-download services.
Music industry watchdog Moses Avalon issued a warning for musicians, citing research that indicated [...]
Mark Redetzke at ClickZ analyzes the “flash mob” craze in New York, and highlights three essentials of any good viral marketing campaign:
1. Make it worth doing
2. Don’t fear incentives
3. Use a “velvet rope.”
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Today at the store, I saw something astonishing. The Reese’s Big Cup.
My wife, my friends and my casual acquaintances all acknowledge my love for the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup. And someone in Hershey, PA clearly believes that if folks like me love the regulation size Cup and the miniature Cup, that a Big Cup would [...]
Fat Chuck’s has a Top 25 To-Do list for independent musicians (which has 27 items on it, but who’s counting?) — I couldn’t have said it better myself.
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String Cheese Incident, which refined the practice of advance ticket sales to fans, is about to sue the bejeezus out of TicketMaster. Apparently, TM won’t release blocks of tickets to bands unless they’re to be sold to “legitimate fan clubs” with members paying a minimum of $15 per year for membership. SCI has apparently got [...]
Did you know that at most modern pizza shops, there’s no need at all to toss the dough? Most professional pizza cooks use equipment that stretches that dough for them. Yet, on a bulletin board for pizza shop owners, I witnessed a crucial exchange — that pizza shops where the cooks toss the dough simply [...]
We just officially announced the launch of Virtual Road Manager to the rest of the world (though our newsletter subscribers already had the chance to take advantage of our “sweet deal”).
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