Music Business Rammstein's staging Precision 61 hours. 7 days. Time lapse of the precision required to build Rammstein's concert stage.
Music Business Who the f**k is Arthur Fogal If you're interested in the live music industry and the impresarios behind the scenes, Who the f_k is Arthur Fogal is an eye opening, not-to-be-missed documentary. Interviewees include Bono, U2's former manager Paul McGuinness and their current manager Guy Oseary (who also manages Madonna), Lady
Music Business What exactly is the right price for music streaming? In his article Music Streaming Is Booming, and That’s a Problem for Music Sales, Peter Kafka suggests the right price for a streaming subscription "might be $3 to $4 a month". But is it?
Music Business The truth about doing business with the music business Turntable.fm recently pivoted to some sort of live event platform for musicians. Here's what to expect when doing business with the music business.
Music Business Does file-sharing account for less than 10% of US net traffic? Digital Music News ran a story this week suggesting that because "file-sharing now accounts for less than 10% of US internet traffic ... file-sharing volumes are also plunging." But does it?
Music Business The music biz doesn't have a technology problem The music business needs to re-write their business models in a world without borders.
Music Business Ticketing just got really interesting #AB329 The concert ticketing is broken for consumers. Does Tickermaster really want to give consumers a "better chance"?
Music Business Wondering where the record labels' $24bn went? It's 2003 and Apple launches the iTunes Music Store. The un-bundling of the album format that started with Napster in 1999 has become official. The then ~$40 billion record music industry is on its way to ~$16bn within a decade.
Music Business Reading One Train Later by Andy Summers If you're a Police fan you've probably read Any Summers' bio, One Train Later. For anyone else with an interest in the music business or creativity, you'll love it too.
Music Business "Do it for the exposure" an infinite loop "Do it for the exposure" is an infinite loop toward exploitation and poverty. The internet promised economic democratization. It hasn't delivered.
Music Business Finding what's been lost in the transition to digital It's not about whether Spotify and Pandora are paying a fair rate. It’s that they’re not paying enough to make up for what has been lost in the transition to digital.
Music Business To stream tunes, or to buy Some in the music industry seem surprised that Spotify subscribers don't buy music. Odd, since they're substitute products.
Music Business How to let people pay for music Don't make people pay for music, says Amanda Palmer: Let them. In a passionate talk that begins in her days as a street performer, she examines the new relationship between artist and fan.
Music Business How to buy music (if you're a fan of a band) Ironic message from Suffocation guitarist Guy Marchais, who went to the mall and bought his own CD. And filmed it. Just to make a point about buying CDs from the mall.
Music Business Pandora caps free listening hours Pandora has capped free listening to 40 hours per month, apparently slightly more than the average listener uses.
Music Business Dear Thom, Big Tech isn't the problem Tech needs to keep commodifying things to keep the share price up, but in doing so they have made all content, including music and newspapers, worthless, in order to make their billions. And this is what we want?
Music Business What Spotify licensing pricing means for their business model Spotify will negotiate price breaks in forthcoming licensing talks with major rights owners. What does this mean for the future of their business?
Music Business How to destroy the secondary ticketing market You know when you want to go to a hot show and tickets sell out really quickly? One of the causes is that scalpers buy a lot of tickets with the aim of reselling them on the secondary market.
Music Business Grunge killed the music business, but not why you think Turning music into a commodity has far reaching implications that go well beyond the destruction of the record industry.
Music Business Chuck D on why the music biz is bleeding Always top yourself. Put the AWE in audience. If the crowd feels they can do better than you why would they take the time & $ to be bothered?
Music Business To stream tunes, or to buy? According to a report from Digital Music News, users of Spotify tend not to purchase music. This is hardly surprising.
Music Business Steve Stoute interviews Jimmy Iovine Steve Stoute interviews Interscope's Jimmy Iovine about Rolling Stone magazine's first hip hop cover.
Music Business Steve Stoute interviews Jay-Z Steve Stoute, author of The Tanning of America, and music biz and advertising supremo, talks with Jay-Z.
Music Business Spotify is financial death by a trillion streams Streaming will turn recorded music into a nickel and dime game, which will only work for multinational aggregated rights owners.
Music Business The recorded music biz 2000 vs 2010 Interesting series of charts from Digital Music News (love your work PR!) breaking down recorded music revenues by format. Here’s a couple of charts, and for the full set go to the DMN site.
