YouTube/Cingular Deal (tags: musicbusiness) Choosing The Songs To Put On Your Upcoming Record – By Brandon Drury (tags: musicbusiness) Sonific Moves to Public Beta free flash players for MySpace, blogs, and bulletin boards from the author of “The Future of…
links for 2006-09-21
Music dealers find creative outlets (tags: musicbusiness) Copyright reform: In the digital age (tags: musicbusiness) Free Music Downloading: Legal vs. Illegal (tags: musicbusiness)
links for 2006-09-20
Begging Forgiveness (tags: musicbusiness)
links for 2006-09-19
YouTube Announces New Copyright Tracking System (tags: musicbusiness)
Rock Star Supernova Finale
We’re just back from some time with family in Florida, so this post is a few days late: I’m pretty psyched that Lori nailed the final two contestants from Rock Star: Supernova way back on opening night. At the time,…
Just press play? (How the marketplace is forcing the music business to consider on-demand music.)
Mark Cuban notes in an e-mail to Nancy Baym that if YouTube had sprouted up two or three years earlier, the RIAA would have toasted them for s’mores in a heartbeat. (Those are my words, not his, because it’s getting…
links for 2006-09-18
Radio companies scramble as listeners tune out (tags: musicbusiness) The Shins want you to record a live show (tags: musicbusiness) Award Nominations Scott’s nominated for some JPF Awards! (tags: musicbusiness) Ars Technica Comments on Proposed New York Rules Which Would…
links for 2006-09-16
Deaf and dumb “I’d pay to see you face your artists â€??? 50 Cent, Eminem, Elvis Costello, BB King, LL Cool J, Chris Rock, et al â€??? and call them “softwareâ€?? to their faces.” (tags: musicbusiness)
links for 2006-09-14
Radio Airplay in 7 Days (tags: musicbusiness) Don’t confuse celebrities with heroes. (tags: musicbusiness)
Supernova has to change its band name.
It’s official. There was already a band called Supernova before Tommy Lee and his posse decided to put together a summer reality series supergroup. And tonight, after the group picks its lead singer, it’s got to pick a new band…
Online Fandom
I was going to post a link to Nancy Baym’s post about the issues that bands are facing when reaching out to under-18s, when I realized… you just need to be reading all of her blog, Online Fandom. Seriously, add…
Idea: 180-Day Music Business Success Plan
A few months ago, I asked my readers to tell me what kind of project I should take on next. I was pretty surprised by the result. An astonishing number of musicians asked me to compile all of my most…