97 Radio closes its doors.
Meet The New Boss
A glimpse at the new president of Berklee Music.
Mperia would like to kick ass with you.
I’m rather fond of the manifesto posted by the founders of Mperia, a new pay-per-download music site that manages sales for indie artists.
Have We The Devil To Thank?
Perhaps Wal-Mart spreads evil across the land? Perhaps they’re just a clever, seemingly invincible, business juggernaut? Whichever side you find yourself on, you’ll have them to thank for pushing CD list prices below ten dollars. (Which, again, may be a…
You Can Check Out Any Time You Like
Don Henley is still pissed off.
E-Mail Still Rules, 11% of the time.
From usability guru Jakob Nielsen: E-newsletters that are informative, convenient, and timely are often preferred over other media. However, a new study found that only 11% of newsletters were read thoroughly, so layout and content scannability is paramount.
Square One
A campus newspaper from Seattle reminds us that every big name band started out in some local club somewhere…
Your Favorite DJs Call YOU For A Change
Streaming radio over cell phones was the holy grail for small broadcasters even when I helped launch xpn.org back in the late ’90s. With cheaper-every-week access and tools like mobile ShoutCast, if you don’t like your local stations, you can…
“And the Indie Queen took over.”
The first of many articles to describe, on the eve of her new release, what’s up with Ani Difranco.
When Plugging Songs, Don’t Threaten to Plug the Singer
Not the best way to get artists to cover your material.
Non-Comm Stations Among Top Streamers
Sometimes, market forces work in your favor. When AFTRA, the union that includes most voice-over announcers, forced stations to pay extra to use their talent on streaming audio, it pretty much eliminated the benefits of streaming for commercial radio. Non-comms…
Indie Retail Survives and Thrives
Whether it’s our own Schoolkids Records here in Athens, or other indie retail success stories, there’s lots of proof now that a tightly focused, fun independent record store can survive the same dismal market that caused the mighty Tower Records…