Peter Gabriel’s latest project aims to make digital distribution transparent. [ via Clark Howard ]
Tower Crumbling
Tower Records files bankruptcy this week. I’m not sure why, given the hefty markup they’re putting on my book!
Warp vs. the 800 Pound (99 pence) Gorilla
Warp Records is launching their own pay-per-download site. What’s different is that they’re just putting straight-up, un-DRM’ed MP3 files out for you to download. And the logic is clear. You can get pirated MP3s anywhere. Wouldn’t you rather skip the…
Indie 103.1 fm
I dunno how the heck I missed this one. Some folks told me about it a few weeks ago, and I didn’t think I wanted to believe that a Clear Channel skunk works project actually had merit… Indie 103.1 is…
Nth Octave
Check out NthOctave for a dose of straight-up, hype-free music BUSINESS business.
TuneRecycler
The folks behind DownhillBattle have launched TuneRecycler, an opportunity for Pepsi drinkers with no iTunes access to use their winning bottlecap codes for good. [via PCWorld]
The Publicist Paradox
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Clear Channel Has It Right
You heard me! Whenever folks get in front of an FCC panel to rant about the state of radio, invariably someone gets upset about the lack of independent music on major market radio playlists. We should be upset about radio…
Soul Searching at Sony Nashville
Chris Lewis from Nashville’s City Paper elicits one of the most compelling and honest interviews with a sitting label president I have read. John Grady, president of Sony Music Nashville, comments openly about the havoc that consolidation has wrought on…
Independently Classical
One of the compelling threads bubbling up from MIDEM: Major labels have become so obsessed with “classical crossover” (think Josh Groban, Charlotte Church, et al) that they are abandoning traditional classical releases and throwing their budget to these pop-style recording…
Music Biz Boot Camp – 4/24 – Nashville!
A few months back, David Hooper and I were doing a little showboating. We told folks that we would stage a conference call where we answered EVERY question that we received by e-mail in time for the event. We figured…
Music Biz Coaching Gym February Events
We just announced the schedule for this month’s Music Biz Coaching Gym conference calls! Gym membership includes access to every conference call and teleclass we hold in 2004, and members who join up this month will get free admission to…