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Melissa Robbins

Kid Rock a Whole New Ball Game

March 3, 2006 Melissa Robbins Leave a Comment

A recent article on CNN.com reports that although music sales in general might be on the decline, there is one genre of music that is boasting a rise in sales and popularity: kiddie rock. As an increasing number of parents started to express interest in music that would be appealing to both children and adults […]

Inspiration, Tips

Public Radio Not Dictated by the Public

March 2, 2006 Melissa Robbins 1 Comment

Have you noticed lately that no matter what station you tune your radio to, you just keep hearing the same songs over and over again? There is a great and looming danger that America is losing any appreciation for quality music. These days, it seems everything is mass-produced under the direction of a very small […]

Editorial, Radio

iTunes finds success in online market

March 1, 2006 Melissa Robbins Leave a Comment

Created in 2003 to prevent the music industry from losing money on illegal downloading, iTunes has since sold one billion songs on its online music store. It offers individual songs for 99 cents, and, curiously, after paying off its partners, like the music labels, Apple just about breaks even. (The real big bucks come through […]

News, Web/Tech

Craigslist as an unhelpful (?) tool for music promotion

February 28, 2006 Melissa Robbins 3 Comments

You can find a lot of things on a lot of websites. In fact, there’s unlikely to be anything you can think of that doesn’t already have information about it on the web. (Give it a try, if you have the time.) And Craigslist is just one site that has a ton of info on […]

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Music-sharing servers not serving much

February 27, 2006 Melissa Robbins Leave a Comment

Reuters UK reported last Wednesday that Swiss and Belgian police shut down part of the eDonkey file-sharing network, a move which elicited a great deal of praise from Hollywood. The network, which makes movies and music available for free downloading, is said to have had 3 million users as of last year. After arguments that […]

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