When The Audience Grows Up But The Music Doesn’t
"As often happens with bands that I love, the Beastie Boys got older and started making bad records and somehow remained as popular as ever…What changed?" "I can’t say for. Continue reading
New Music Industry Briefing For Friday June 2, 2006
– Don Ienner and Michele Anthony resigned yesterday from the Sony Music Label Group, effective immediately. Rob Stringer brother of Sony chief Sir Howard Stringer, has been named President of. Continue reading
The MySpace Series Part II: Building An Audience Using MySpace
MySpace has it’s critics, but many in the music industry feel it is the best way yet to build a band’s audience. Erin Smith does tour and digital marketing for. Continue reading
Ienner & Anthony Out At Sony. Columbia’s Greenberg May Be Next.
UPDATED: The major label purging continued today as Don Ienner and Michele Anthony resigned from the Sony Music Label Group, effective immediately. Ienner was only promoted to his post three. Continue reading
Sony Fails To Connect With Downloads
Sony’s Connect download service has only captured a paltry 3% of the download market and now division head Phil Wiser is jumoing from the sinking ship. Connect shot itself in. Continue reading
Ziggy Marley Fulfills Father’s Dream And Gives CD Exclusive To Target?
In an usual hook-up the new Ziggy Marley CD will only be available at US retail via the Target discount chain. It’s an interesting play for Target who consistently finds. Continue reading
The MySpace Series Part I: The Numbers Don’t Lie
MySpace is the #4 most visited space on the web with more than 30 million daily page views. But MySpace is by far and away the top destination for music. Continue reading
New Music Industry Briefing For Thursday June 1, 2006
– Federal antitrust investigators are closely tracking an San Francisco court case reexamining the original Napster’s long-standing claims that major record labels conspired to keep authorized downloads off the Internet.. Continue reading
Coalition Of Indie Music Stores Chart for 5-31-06
Pos. ARTIST|TITLE 1 DIXIE CHICKS|TAKING THE LONG W 2 GNARLS BARKLEY|ST. ELSEWHERE 3 RED HOT CHILI P|STADIUM ARCADI 4 RACONTEURS|BROKEN BOY SOLDIERS 5 ANGELS & AIRWAV|WE DON’T NEED 6 TOOL|10000. Continue reading
Tripwire Adds Weekly Indie/Alternative Music Blog Chart
The Tripwire which covers the indie/alternative music scene and lifestyle has added of a "Music Blog Chart" to its weekly online Charts section. Highlighting what top music bloggers are featuring. Continue reading
