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- Signing artists only for recorded music revenue
"We're not going to continue signing artists for recorded music revenue only," Bronfman said during a conference call with Wall Street analysts. What I keep saying to all of my ...
- 'Off the record' -Prospect
CD sales have collapsed. Live shows, touring and merchandise income are robust. Prices for concerts are way up. Elton John charged a record $690 for top seats in Las Vegas. ...
- It's Time To Completely Overhaul Music Licensing!
This small article notes that licensing is a complicated and annoying process and how completely inappropriate it is for the kind of mass internet media events we are entering into. ...
- wayne&wax: shocklee is a prophet and i think you oughta listen to
Quotes and talk from Hank Shocklee and George Clinton about sampling, creativity, litigation. for all his gripes, though, shocklee had some pretty straightforward suggestions about how to improve the system. ...
- Sampling
Any sample whatsoever without permission is an infringement and needs to be cleared with the holder of the copyright. No "5 second" rule (that's a myth), no nothing. Needless to ...
- Record Labels
When you look for a record label, keep in mind that you are (hopefully) going to be friends with the people running the label. Look for people you might want ...
- Being an Artist
See: [[Demos]] [[Producing for Vinyl]] [[CD Manufacturing]] [[Sampling]] [[Mpeg download sites]] [[Social Networking sites]] myspace, virb etc. [[Indie vs Major]] [[Contracts]] [[Royalties]] [[Copyright]] [[Licensing]] [[Taxes]] [[Touring]] [[Annuals and Festivals]] need ...
- Demos
The basics are to choose maybe 6 labels of different calibers and styles. You should look for opportunities on small labels. Larger labels watch the smaller labels for new talent. ...
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more posts in about downloads, MP3s, P2P and related issues
- German court fines Rapidshare
The Regional Court of Hamburg has ruled in favor of German collecting society GEMA, which had requested that the court issue an order prohibiting file-hosting service rapidshare.com from making around ...
- EU finally cuts through licensing red tape for digital music
EU regulators ordered 24 music societies across Europe to modify or ditch their agreements that bar music services from selling or broadcasting music across borders, forcing those services to set ...
- european download sites prices for yanks
Prices Jan 2009: http://Boomkat.com 99 p = $1.43 http://bleep.com €1.35 = $1.87 http://beatport.com €1.99 = $2.75 Was on May 2008 (Dollar having a "good day" at 1.55): http://Boomkat.com 99 p ...
- qtrax tries it again : ad supported legal p2p
This is a model that I suggested and supported many years ago. There are many hurdles. Qtrax is having a go at it now. Its a windows/(mac-coming march 18th) P2P ...
- Last.fm Launches Largest Global Free-On-Demand Music Platform
At the same time, Last.fm is launching an unprecedented "Artist Royalty" arrangement, whereby those artists not signed with a label who choose to upload their music to Last.fm will receive ...
- Jamaica: vinyl is done
Great article in the guardian. The key selectors have all switched to CD. The classic 7" vinyl market was primarily for US/European/Japanese collectors. The locals don't buy vinyl. Many tracks ...
- Germany - ISP cannot supply access data to the music industry
The new law on data retention requires telecommunication companies to store all telephone and Internet connection information for six months starting on 1 January, and to make this data available ...
- Apple Launching Record Label With Jay-Z
Nice one Jay.
- David Byrne ; the end of the age of repetition
David Byrne, as intelligent as he ever was: Before recording technology existed, you could not separate music from its social context. Epic songs and ballads, troubadours, courtly entertainments, church music, ...
- Vinyl will outlive the CD
Matador and other labels include coupons in record packaging that can be used to download MP3 versions of the songs. Matador's Patrick Amory called the coupon program "hugely popular." Numark ...
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more posts in Promotion
- Major labels, death knells, yadayadayada
Madonna signed up with LiveNation, the concert promtions company. This sounds the death knoll for The Major Labels, this marks the end of an era. I have been thinking for ...
- The Net is a boon for indie labels | CNET News.com
Independent labels account for more than 18 percent of album sales this year--their biggest share of the market in at least five years, according to Nielsen SoundScan data. (If several ...
- Webzines
- Zines
A zine is like an Magazine that haven't got advertising yet.... ;)
- the glut
Thinking of starting a label ? Want to put out lots of records this year, really make your mark ? Hey, maybe its YOU that's killing the scene, man. There's ...
- Online Promotion
http://www.yourrelease.com For record labels, a free distributed news service to announce releases. Based out of the UK. You can display the news feed on your own site too. See also: ...
- Mpeg download sites
Give away your tracks : Its the new radio. You will get more gigs if your music is in everybody's iPod. You will make more money from gigs than from ...
- Magazines
http://dir.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Music/News_and_Media/Magazines/ http://www.music.indiana.edu/music_resources/journals.html http://www.harmonymusiclist.com/magazines/index.shtml Addicted to Noise http://www.soundcollector.com/ physically nice looking too. variety of musics.
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1 bego says...
new skool records
Posted at 1:29 a.m. on May 29, 2009