NPR on Barenaked Ladies unconventional indie marketing (tags: musicbusiness)
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Joe Taylor Jr.
links for 2006-11-17
The Intricacies Of Label Tax Beware The Label Tax – Forbes.com (tags: musicbusiness)
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No Money in the Middle …and the exact same thing is true for making albums for today’s marketplace… (tags: musicbusiness)
links for 2006-11-15
Government subsidized rock (tags: musicbusiness) Now This Is Different For a Major Label (tags: musicbusiness) Zune Marketplace’s Absurd Pricing Scheme (tags: musicbusiness zune ipod) I’m Not Buying a Zune!!! (tags: musicbusiness)
Flutes on the Highway
Y’all shouldn’t be practicing on the way to a gig, unless your band’s in a van or a bus driven by someone else. I’m looking at you, flute players.
links for 2006-11-11
Microsoft, Zune & The Music Mafia (tags: musicbusiness zune Microsoft RIAA) Daring Fireball: I’d Buy That for a Dollar (tags: Microsoft zune musicbusiness) Techcrunch » On Universal Music Group’s Zune Tax (tags: zune Microsoft musicbusiness) NYT : David Pogue takes…
MySpace Bands: It’s Not Your URL!
When the Fox television network wanted to promote the TV series Bones online, it turned to its corporate sibling, MySpace, for help. Obligingly, they offered up the screen name “Bones,” which would be pretty easy to remember. Except, that screen…
Did Faith Hill Just Punk Carrie Underwood on National Television?
…that’s what most of the music industry is trying to figure out this morning. According to different sources, Faith is either: a) Pranking us all. b) A little confused. c) Punching her ticket to Diva-land. I love Gretchen Wilson’s, “I…
links for 2006-11-04
Are Rappers Ashamed of College? (tags: musicbusiness) Zuzula enters artist-to-consumer market (tags: musicbusiness) Radio still big, but no longer needed for hits John Legend’s appearing on Oprah and in the Wall Street Journal — where his perfect audience is hanging…
UK: Where Music is a National Religion
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…
links for 2006-11-02
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)
P&D Deals Surging in the UK
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…