A few weeks back, I caught a little heat for using the phrase, “selling older music to older people.” I was actually quoting Jimmy Guterman from PaidContent, who was commenting on the aging hipster element at the Grammy Awards. While there really is nothing wrong with selling anything to older people, the mainstream recording industry [...]
Bob Baker’s Indie Music Promotion Blog: YouTube, Dating Tips, and Gym Class Heroes
As long as you make great video, YouTube offers you a better shot at reaching your perfect audience than MTV.
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Endemol and INgrooves Strike Partnerships With MySpace Superstar Tila Tequila (bypassing record industry traditions)
We saw this starting to happen a few years ago, but watch these deals accelerate through the end of the decade…
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Latin record shops still thriving despite changes in music business
There’s still a huge opportunity for niche, independent record stores to thrive [...]
Breaking news: Four very big media conglomerates are getting their hands slapped by the FCC for accepting money, gifts, trips, and promo items in exchange for adding major label songs to their playlists. (Whether or not the songs even got played is another matter.)
The headlines chirp about the “penalty” in the settlement. Clear Channel, CBS, [...]
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