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Two YouTube Musicians Start An Indie Label For Other YouTube Musicians

Small indie label DFTBA – which stands for "don't forget to be awesome" – focuses entirely on acts that gained their first attention via YouTube and is run by online. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/01/2009 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (1)
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Trouble In The Orchard: CEO Scholl Exits, Staff Cut

Greg Scholl, President and CEO of indie distribution powerhouse The Orchard is exiting the company amid overall staff reductions of 20%. Scholl is landing on his feat with a new. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/30/2009 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Smashing Pumpkins Go Freemium With New Album

The Smashing Pumpkins will embrace the freemium business model favored by many tech startups to release their new album. Recording for the new 44 song album began last week with. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/21/2009 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Indie Rights Group Merlin Names New Board

Having completed their two-year term, global independent music rights group Merlin's inaugural board will step down and are being replaced with a board that includes some members of the inaugural. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 09/03/2009 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (1)
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CIMS Top 15 Indie Store Debuts & More

For 8.12.09 1 BETWEEN THE TREES SPAIN BONDED 2 PINES TREMELO RED HOUSE RECORDS 3 STRAIT,GEORGE TWANG UMGD/MCA NASHVILLE 4 BOTTLE ROCKETS LEAN FORWARD BLOODSHOT 5 SLAUGHTERHOUSE SLAUGHTERHOUSE KOCH RECORDS. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 08/15/2009 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (0)
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“Indie Doesn’t Mean Anything… Because It Won”

"Indie doesn’t mean anything anymore. It’s dead. Which is OK, because it won. Open source, Twitter. Indie won. Etsy. The irresistible decline of major labels and network TV and corporate. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 08/11/2009 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (1)
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The Orchard Partners With Digonex For Variable Pricing Experiment

Digital distributor The Orchard has partnered with Digonex to offer dynamic pricing beginning with a select group of albums and tracks from the company's catalog. The Orchard will use Digonex's. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/29/2009 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (2)
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Orchard Partners With Michael Caplan’s One Haven

The Orchard has entered an extensive and exclusive arrangement with Industry vet Michael Caplan's One Haven Music. Under the agreement, The Orchard will support One Haven projects with global sales. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/21/2009 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (1)
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Rhino’s Digital 45: A Format Worth Copying

In an era where getting fans to pay for music is difficult, new formats that offer extra value may offer part of the answer. To celebrate the 60th Anniversary of. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/15/2009 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (4)
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A2IM Charts A Course For The Future Of Indie Music

ONLY 6000 OF THE 105,000 ALBUMS RELEASED IN 2008SOLD MORE THAN 1000 COPIES During the recent 4th anniversary meetings of the American Association Of Independent Music (A2IM) members gathered in. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/09/2009 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (14)
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