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What Will A Record Label Look Like In 5 Years?

  2009 2010  2011 2012 2013   Martin J. Thörnkvist is a music industry thinker and strategist who operates indie label Songs I Wish I'd Written and is one of the. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 06/05/2009 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (2)
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Virgil’s Headed To NARM. Are You?

The Ongoing Adventures Of An Indie Entrepreneur Intrepid indie maven (Suburban Home, Vinyl Collective) and Hypebot columnist (You Can Always Go Back to School), Virgil Dickerson is packing his bags. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 06/04/2009 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (4)
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Assembly Of Dust Offers Half Of Album Free

The new studio album by Assembly of Dust "Some Assembly Required" features guest artists on every track and is being promoted by free weekly downloads. The band will give away. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 06/03/2009 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (1)
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iLike Grabs Exclusive Sonic Youth Advance

Indie rock pioneers Sonic Youth will debut their not yet released album, The Eternal, exclusively on iLike starting today. The week long online listening party is part of the pre-release. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 06/02/2009 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (0)
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A2IM Elects Three To Board Of Directors

A2IM, the American Association of Independent Music, has announced the results of their 2009 Board of Directors elections as voted by theirlabel membership. New members are: Glen Barros (President, Concord. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 05/22/2009 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (0)
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INgrooves Adds Physical Distribution With New #1 Crystal Method Release

Digital distributor INgrooves has added physical distribution to it offering with the new Crystal Method album "Divided By Night" released on May 12th.  In its first week of release, the. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 05/19/2009 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Interview: CIMS’ Jim Fahy On ThinkIndie.com

The Coalition of Independent Music Stores (CIMS) recently launched their ThinkIndie online download store. The site was conceived as an answer to the revenue lost to iTunes by independent brick. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 05/06/2009 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Indie Label Sponsors BitTorrent Site To Promote New Album

If the first rule of marketing is to go where the people are, then promoting your new album on a BitTorrent site actually makes a lot of sense.  That's exactly. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 05/06/2009 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (1)
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New Deals: Razor & Tie With Sony, IODA Adds Orfeon

Indie label Razor & Tie has expanded its distribution deal with Sony to include digital.  The two have been tied for physical distribution since 1998. (press release) Digital distributor IODA. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 05/05/2009 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Think Indie CIMS Digital Store Launched Today

ThinkIndie.com launched today as the music download destination for  Coalition Of Independent Music Stores' (CIMS) indie music retail outlets. The catalog comes entirely from indie labels with tracks encoded as. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 05/01/2009 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (0)
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