LA’s The Gig Debuts Ambitious Live Net Broadcast Schhdule
One of LA’s premier showcase clubs’ The Gig is joining the net broadcasting revolution. The venue owned by writer/director Peter O’Fallon will stream and archive virtually every live performance at. Continue reading
Sire Creates Virtual Loft For Regina Spektor Listening Party
Next week, Sire Records will launch an interactive virtual listening party in a virtual NYC loft for anti-folk chanteuse Regina Spektor‘s 4th CD due June 13th. The online party will. Continue reading
Disney Learning From Music Industry’s Mistakes
Disney chief Robert Iger used the music industry as a whipping post when describing the reasons behind his company’s decision to give away free downloads of its most popular TV. Continue reading
Pearl Jam Goes Viral Offering Video Free Via Creative Commons License
The new music video for Pearl Jam’s "Life Wasted" has just been released under the Creative Commons license which allows fans to legally copy, distribute, and share the clip. This. Continue reading
OLD SCHOOL NEWS: BMG Explores Sale To Sony But Prospect Dim
This is the week that Bertelsmann, the privately held parent corp of the BMG half of Sony BMG must decide to take a loan for $5 billion to pay off. Continue reading
Worth Quoting
Apple needs — and customers deserve — vigorous competition. But that’s not going to happen if the best Apple’s rivals can manage is a combination of beta software of dubious. Continue reading
New Music Industry Briefing For Monday May 22, 2006
– Just as with Jazz and a growing number of other niches, Classical music is garnering a larger percentage of download sales than in traditional records stores. This has the. Continue reading
Weekend Time Suck: What Is Your Band Or Company Name Worth?
Ever wonder what your band or company’s name was worth as a domain name? How about that web site you started but haven’t posted to in weeks? What would someone. Continue reading
Sony Ericsson W850 Cell Should Please Music & Radio Lovers
The new Sony Ericsson W850 cell features a 2 megapixel camera as well as an upgraded version of the Walkman music player for tunes downloaded over 3G mobile phone networks. Continue reading
This Week’s Music Industry Hits & Misses
HITS – The MTV URGE/Windows Media 11 combo. Urge has a nice layout and deep content, but it is far from earth shattering. And yes Microsoft is too pervasive and. Continue reading
