Japanese Labels Reissue CD’s In LP Like Sleeves
Leave it to the Japanese to find an interesting new way to market music to aging baby boomers nostalgic for the vinyl and those cardboard covers that folks used to. Continue reading
CD Club Columbia House Closes
Surprise, surprise! Columbia House is shuttering it’s music club to concentrate on it’s mail order DVD club. Artists and managers often felt ripped off by the lower royalties paid and. Continue reading
Coalition of Independent Music Stores’ Top 200 for Week Ending 10-9-05
Label Pos. Artist|Title EPIC 1 APPLE*FIONA|EXTRAORDINARY MACH ATO 2 MY MORNING JACKET|Z EPIC 3 FRANZ FERDINAND|YOU COULD HAVE AANC 4 BROKEN SOCIAL S|BROKEN SOCIAL WAR 5 YOUNG*NEIL|PRAIRIE WIND RHMS 6. Continue reading
CD Sales Continue To Decline
According to Digital Music News, "Album sales in the US remained soft last week, heightening fears of another bearish fourth quarter. Approximately 10.4 million units were shipped during the most. Continue reading
RIAA GOLD AND PLATINUM CERTIFICATIONS
RIAA Gold Album Certifications – 311 Greatest Hits ’93 -’03 6/04 amerie Touch 4/05 Bow Wow Wanted 7/05 Bruce Springsteen Devils & Dust 4/05 Dane Cook Retaliation 7/05 Don Omar. Continue reading
Coalition of Independent Music Stores Top 200 for Week Ending 9-11-05
Label Pos. Artist | Title VRGN 1 ROLLING STONES|BIGGER BANG DEF 2 WEST*KANYE|LATE REGISTRATION ATLG 3 DEATH CAB FOR C|PLANS CPDR 4 MCMURTRY*JAMES|CHILDISH THINGS COL 5 DYLAN*BOB|NO DIRECTION HOME: T. Continue reading
Why Don’t We All Use The Many New Ways To Market Music?
For several years now we’ve wondered why record labels don’t point more resources towards the media that does expose new music instead of fighting for the same few spots on. Continue reading
Coalition of Independent Music Stores’ Top 200 for Week Ending 8-21-05
Label Pos. Artist|Title VOLC 1 311|DON’T TREAD ON ME VRGN 2 GORILLAZ|DEMON DAYS COL 3 CROWELL*RODNEY|OUTSIDER SUG 4 NICKEL CREEK|WHY SHOULD THE FI VIT 5 SILVERSTEIN|DISCOVERING THE WA ASK 6. Continue reading
Despite New Media Growth Radio Still Strong
From Radio & Records: "Consumer awareness and use of such new entertainment options as satellite radio, digital music players, Internet radio and podcasting is on the rise, but a new. Continue reading
PassAlong.com Joins Ventures Monetizing The Concert Experience
From Digital Music News: "While AOL, AEG, and XM may be out to revolutionize the live concert business, others are also making plays. Most recently, digital music store PassAlong.com announced. Continue reading
