Hypebot’s New Music Industry Briefing For Monday August 14th, 2006
– Tower seems more than ever to be on the brink of bankruptcy, but this may not ark the end of smaller niche music stores. (San Diego Tribune) – The. Continue reading
Perfect August Time Suck: 32 Worst Lyrics Of All Time
Thanks to the readers of ThePhoenix.com Our to favorities: THE SONG: Train “Drops of Jupiter”THE LYRIC: “Can you imagine no first dance, freeze dried romance five-hour phone conversation /The best. Continue reading
Positive Details Emerge For Zune’s $299 Fall Debut. But Is Microsoft Further Muddying The DRM Waters?
The new Microsoft Zune portable player will be available this Fall for $299 according to reports. The player will have a larger screen than the iPod, be WiFi capable, come. Continue reading
37% More CD Releases Are Competing For Far Fewer Slots
According to radio consultants SBR Creative Media’s Music Notes, Sean O’Connell of marketers Music Allies at the recent Radio & Records AAA Radio Summit shared statictics that show significantly more. Continue reading
Hypebot’s New Music Industry Briefing For Friday August 10th, 2006
Talk about ironic: Sony wants to launch a WiFi friendly music store but is having trouble getting by DRM issues and (Engadget) announces a new multi-use device designed to turn. Continue reading
Roots Music Report Announces Radio Stations Of The Year
The online Roots Music Report has announced its selections for radio stations of the year. The award recognizes the stations support of roots music. Bluegrass – WTCR – Huntington, West. Continue reading
Tables Turned Using Podcasting Device To Liberate Live Music & College Radio
Indie broadcast networker Tables Turned has licensed the use of a new internet broadcasting device called Box Populi. This portable device automates the recording, encoding, and uploading of podcasts in. Continue reading
Fan Slide Shows With Flickrshow
Fan created content is both popular and free. But how do you make it compelling? Flickrshow makes adding a slide show of fan photos stored for free on Flickr a. Continue reading
Coalition of Independent Music Stores Top 200 for Week Ending 8-06-06
Pos. ARTIST | TITLE 1 PETTY*TOM|HIGHWAY COMPANION 2 G. LOVE|LEMONADE 3 YORKE*THOM|ERASER 4 GNARLS BARKLEY|ST. ELSEWHERE 5 JURASSIC 5|FEEDBACK 6 STONE SOUR|COME WHAT(EVER) MAY 7 CASH*JOHNNY|AMERICAN V: HUNDRE 8 PHARRELL|IN. Continue reading
Could Nokia Be The Real iPod Killer?
Last year Apple sold 35 million iPods. Last year Nokia sold 45 million music enabled cell phones. Next year Nokia expects to sell 80 million music enabled phones. This week. Continue reading