This keeps coming up. The major labels are falling over each other to release P.R. claiming that the RIAA’s lawsuits are working — that file swapping is down. Trouble is, file swapping’s not down — it’s just moving to networks…
Match Point for File Sharing
Like a volley at Wimbledon, here’s another report that shows file sharing really is UP… P.S.: I swear I’m going to bed after this. Too much news today to pass up all these mini-posts!
Sonnyboo
Here’s a team that’s developing an open-source solution to film placement…
Sanctuary Records
Great news from our friends at Sanctuary in the UK, who report a profit in a year when so many other music companies lost their shirts. (I’m looking at you, Antonio.)
See CBC 3
I sure as heck didn’t know what Radio CBC 3 was until I saw this report from a Toronto paper. What a delightfully subversive use of tax dollars — the state-funded CBC has a Skunk Works building new web and…
Bob Mould Blogs!
Bob Mould just launched a weblog!
Cheese and Crackers!
The Cracker Barrel restaurant chain has launched an indie music label! Another example of alternative distribution methods opening up opportunities for independent musicians. And excuses to overindulge at breakfast.
Kindercore Lawsuit Gets Ugly, Expensive
In our little town of Athens, this has been big news. The folks that started Kindercore Records let themselves get bought out a little while back, and things apparently went downhill from there. The out-of-town money guys released a statement…
Birthday Shopping
If someone would like to buy Grand Royal Records for me for my birthday, I wouldn’t object. It’s frighteningly affordable.
[plug] Levinhurst Spring U.S. Tour
We’re currently organizing a spring U.S. tour for Levinhurst, the new project from Lol Tolhurst (who you may remember as a founding member of The Cure). If you’re interested in bringing them to your town in March or April, e-mail…
Burn and Share
I wrote about this a while back, but I wanted to bring it up again. Our friend Veken from the band Granian has developed a counterintuitive but highly effective marketing campaign that capitalizes on how people really use music online…
What to do with your MP3’s
Following an outdated link on a band site, I swung by the discussion boards at MP3.com the other day. It strikes me as sheer lunacy that a number of otherwise talented folks are sitting around waiting for some other company…