About once every few days, we get a phone call from an otherwise well intentioned operator from YP.com who wants us to upgrade our business listing. Despite our repeated requests to be removed from their list, they keep calling. And…
Being Open to Wacky Ideas (The Movie Music of Mark Rubin)
The other day, I was speaking with a client about some sudden opportunities that he had picked up to score some film soundtracks and to get some of his song hooks into movies and television shows. One of the things…
links for 2006-10-19
Details from AllofMp3 press conference Sure, they’re on the run. But the folks behind AllOfMP3 have tapped in to an interesting audience — folks that view music as a utility, like water or electric. They’re willing to pay, but not…
The Company You Keep (aka “Burnlounge Sucks”)
I tried hard to be diplomatic, but the volume of hate mail and the truly bizarre comments about Burnlounge have driven me over the edge. Previously, I posted that I did not feel that Burnlounge was a ripoff. It’s a…
links for 2006-10-11
Major Music Deals for Google and YouTube (tags: musicbusiness) Study: Smoking Ban Improves Bar Workers’ Health (tags: musicbusiness)
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La La aquires WOXY, streaming radio gets kick in the pants (tags: musicbusiness)
links for 2006-10-09
Kives took K-tel from grassroots to iTunes (tags: musicbusiness)
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ZoomLicense: Finally a way for indies to license pop music? (tags: musicbusiness)
links for 2006-09-28
PERFORM act will kill Internet Radio (tags: musicbusiness) Is WOXY saved? (tags: music) Netwerk’s Barenaked Ladies are rolling in gross sales (tags: musicbusiness)
links for 2006-09-26
Former Clash manager says music business must ‘change or die’ (tags: musicbusiness)
Saturday Fun: Ben Folds’ Cover of “Such Great Heights”
links for 2006-09-23
The Knack sues RunDMC, 27 years after the fact (tags: musicbusiness) Dreams of Stardom and Making a Living (tags: musicbusiness)