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I can’t understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I’m frightened of the old ones. – John Cage FREE DOWNLOAD: "Lightning Rod" by Guster live on KCRW from th. Continue reading
One Year After Grokster: The Music Industry Falters
One year ago the Supreme Court ruled that P2P’s like Grokster could be held responsible for illegal file sharing activity activity on similar networks is up more than 10%. One. Continue reading
New Music Industry Briefing For Wednesday July 5, 2006
– Recently ousted William Morris music agent Aaron Pinkus has landed at Monterey/Paradigm. WMA claims that his clients will stay with them, but rumors have at least Howie Day and. Continue reading
Bertlesmann Says It Will Not Sell BMG
German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reports that Bertlesmann financial chief Thomas Rabe has acknowledged that discussions were underway with Sony, but that the focus was "not about a disposal". According. Continue reading
Sonic Branding Taps The Power Of Music
Save this for one of those days when you begin to doubt the power of music in this age of media-overload: Take a look inside the emerging world of sonic. Continue reading
Chris Anderson’s “The Long Tail” Arrives
Chris Anderson, a business journalist who once wrote for The Economist and now edits Wired has finally released his much anticipated book “The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business. Continue reading
UK Livecoders Create Dance Music From The Code Up
In the UK, "Livecoding" DJ’s are leaving the turntables and instruments at home and improvising using computer programming to build compositions from the ground up authoring raw code before a. Continue reading
Politics In Music: Is Anyone Listening?
"Pop protest, born of unifying slogans, reinvents itself for a new era. But amid the subtle dancefloor digs, brash mash-ups and video clips, is the audience listening?" Thus begins an. Continue reading
New Music Industry Briefing For Monday July 3, 2006
– The EMI and WMG merger dance continues with rumors that EMI is about to up their bid from $31 to $33 and indications that WMG has the money for. Continue reading
EMI & WMG – The Dance Continues
If Eric Nicoli thought that his rival’s private equity backers would take the money and run, he was clearly mistaken. – The Scotsman According to sources close to the talks. Continue reading
