Editorial

Linda Ronstadt tells the Daily News that we’re glutted with singers who work harder at looking good than sounding good… “If you are someone like Beyonce who happens to be gorgeous and talented, well great. But there are a lot…

Good old rock & roll lives on forever because of reissue. With labels able to turn a profit with only 2,000 units sold, see why the majors are learning to mine their vaults…

The Financial Times declares Atlanta the center of the hip hop world. Michael Maudlin, chief executive of the Artistic Control Group, estimates that Atlanta artists and producers could account for as many as one in five US chart acts. Further,…

According to Jeanne Anne Naujeck at The Tennessean, you can hear a new heart beat on Music Row. Corporate mergers and downward spiraling sales has resulted in new record labels, operating under a lower-cost model, smarter in their strategies. One…

While my workstation’s churning out the audio file from the excellent IndieBiz Coaching Call we just wrapped up, I wanted to answer a question that folks have asked a lot in the last few days. Why did we change the…

Before it disappears, hit McSweeney’s front page for Nick Hornby’s list of places he heard Norah Jones and “marks out of ten for how she sounded.” This is how listeners make use of your music when you’re not thinking about…

While major record companies continue to struggle–racked by downloading teens, a creative drought and a bloated cost structure–independents such as Or Music are setting an example for the big boys. “Companies like Or Music are really showing the way the…

Smaller independent labels, which often have a different mission entirely and, unburdened by heavy corporate machinery, have adjusted and even prospered. While the five major labels (Universal, BMG, Sony, Warner, EMI) and their subsidiaries have been shrinking staffs and dropping…

According to staff writer, JEANNE ANNE NAUJECK, of the Tennessean, Music Row’s twenty- and thirtysomethings have plenty of opinions, poise and savvy. They’re the generation that broke down the old music business model, and they’re confident they can build up…

A column from the most recent Flagpole Magazine has the best title I’ve read in forever.

In USA TODAY, Edna Gunderson tells us why young teens are flocking to the old rock n roll of the 60’s and early 70’s. Here are some excerpts from the article: The complaint about many modern albums is that many…

Music and radio veteran Gerry Cagle writes today about how major labels stopped caring about good music and made themselves stop mattering to millions of their customers. And radio, Cagle says, is about to find itself in an even worse…