Endemol and INgrooves Strike Partnerships With MySpace Superstar Tila Tequila (bypassing record industry traditions) We saw this starting to happen a few years ago, but watch these deals accelerate through the end of the decade… (tags: musicbusiness) Latin record shops…
Is the FCC’s Radio Payola Settlement Really a Watershed Moment for Independent Music?
Breaking news: Four very big media conglomerates are getting their hands slapped by the FCC for accepting money, gifts, trips, and promo items in exchange for adding major label songs to their playlists. (Whether or not the songs even got…
Thinking Problems
Another Case Study: Why MySpace Should Be Your SECOND Online Home
Laura Grillo’s a model, not a musician, but the cautionary tale is still the same. MySpace pulled her profile from the site, claiming she violated terms and conditions by posting racy photos of herself. Since her own site isn’t fully…
Have Six Seasons of American Idol Reshaped Independent Music?
As always, Andy Dehnart rounds up the recaps and criticism of last night’s first studio elimination round on American Idol. Now in season six, it’s pretty interesting to see the effect that the show has had on independent musicians. Many…
American Idol Summer Camp
Although we still have no confirmation that the American Idol producers are moving forward with their songwriting contest, we now have a report that they’re opening up a summer camp for 12-15 year olds.
Selling Older Music to Older People
PaidContent.com’s Jimmy Guterman on the GrammyCast: “the record industry is still run by people still trying to sell older music to older people.” He rightly points out how sales charts in other countries reflect online sales, which is one reason…
Bold as Love: Exploring Black Rock in America
Rob Fields, who once handled PR for the Black Rock Coalition, has just launched a new blog called “Bold as Love,” where he’s exploring the question of “how to bring more black folks to the music.” As Rob points out,…
links for 2007-02-09
The Anderson Switch (tags: musicbusiness longtail) Triple Your Odds of Getting Music Media Coverage The most powerful question you can ask in the music business. (tags: musicbusiness)
Thanks for all your thoughts on BurnLounge.
CP, you’ve got some very interesting thoughts in the comments that you left in each of my previous posts about BurnLounge. I’m not sure that I need to rehash what I’ve written about here, or here, or here. I might…
American Idol Songwriting Contest Update
UPDATE – APRIL 27: Big, huge, fun American Idol liveblog + discussion happening on our new discussion boards. UPDATE 4.4.07: American Idol Songwriting Competition Signups Open!! Has it really been six weeks since my last post? My, how holiday time…
links for 2007-01-13
Perform Act (tags: RIAA musicbusiness podcasting radio idiots)