Archive for November 2006

links for 2006-11-04

Nov 3rd, 2006 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: News

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Are Rappers Ashamed of College?
(tags: musicbusiness)

Zuzula enters artist-to-consumer market
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Radio still big, but no longer needed for hits
John Legend’s appearing on Oprah [...]



UK: Where Music is a National Religion

Nov 3rd, 2006 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Growing Your Audience

Lefsetz sums up many of the reasons I loved living in the UK. Even when I was down to my last few quid before payday, I could still afford to see some great shows. The vibe really is different, and I’ve heard from a bunch of readers that tell me the Zone Strategy I wrote [...]



links for 2006-11-02

Nov 1st, 2006 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: News

Everyone was friendly when we played follow the loss leader.
If the business of music is motivated by fear of looking bad more than fear of losing money, what happens if everybody runs out of money?
(tags: musicbusiness)

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P&D Deals Surging in the UK

Nov 1st, 2006 | By Joe Taylor Jr. | Category: Selling CDs

In Grow Your Band’s Audience and here on the weblog, I’ve written about pressing & distribution deals as a way to “hire” record labels to do two things that they’re really good at. Few majors will admit to doing a lot of these deals, but they work great for artists that know how to mobilize [...]