Soundcheck : Smackdown: Streaming Dollars & Cents | Hosted by John Schaefer
"Over the past few days, music fans have excitedly lined up to use Spotify. But, the streaming player might not be great news for artists. On today’s Soundcheck Smackdown, we debate the dollars and cents of music streaming – and whether it’s worth it for musicians."
Interview [04:38] Denny Brown on music business, doing your own thing, recording, technology and the internet · Audio collage by Ralph Lichtensteiger · Songs: 'When I Woke This Morning', 'Badly Bent', 'Blessed Are Those' from my album Crossing Through (2009).
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"Earlier this morning, a Sony/PIAS distribution warehouse in the Enfield neighborhood of London was burned to the ground during the third straight night of riots in the city. Many independent labels big and small housed large amounts of CDs and LPs in the warehouse (...)" continue...
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7 Ways to Bring Back the Physical Album Experience in Digital Music | By Chris Bracco
1. Re-thinking album artwork
2. Detailed meta data (aka liner notes)
3. Keep the costs low
4. Make your music shareable
5. Build an experience around one album/song
6. Include bonus material
7. Write music with the intent of creating an album
These days, the internet is the best hope for a new artist to break into the music business. But what's an old-school folkie to do? Scott Blaszak performs his original song, "Talkin' Web 2.0 Blues."
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Is the future of music in the clouds? By Shachar Oren.
"Every year there’s a rush in the music marketplace after one trend or another, and in the past year it’s been cloud services and the concept of ‘music as water’ subscription services. While the notion of selling music subscription like cable TV may be appealing at first glance, it is proving hard to monetize on for both the companies that launch such services and the content owners who participate in them. (...)"
How and Why Every Song Can Be an App | Evolver.fm http://t.co/W3TJvR2 via @listeningpost
Relaxnews: The 10 most blogged artists on The Hype Machine on January 10 at 11 am GMT:
Kurt Vile (reentry)
Lykke Li (reentry)
Akron/Family (new)
James Blake (-2)
Chromeo (+1)
Adele (+1)
Kanye West (-6)
John Vanderslice
Star Slinger (reentry)
Twin Shadow (-7)
rollingstone.com : Vinyl Sales Increase Despite Industry Slump - Arcade Fire, Black Keys and the Beatles lead in LP sales. By Matthew Perpetua
"Though overall album sales dropped 13 percent in 2010, sales of vinyl increased by 14 percent over the previous year, with around 2.8 million units sold. This is a new record for vinyl sales since 1991, when the format had all but disappeared in the wake of the CD boom, according to a report released yesterday by Nielsen SoundScan"
