Building a personal music brand with blogs and RSS…
January 29, 2010Leveraging Internet Music Distribution
November 2, 2009In a recent survey by British think tank Demos, researcher Peter Bradwell found that music listeners who participated in illegal file sharing behavior spent more money on music than listeners who did not admit to using illegal services. Two key paradigm shifts created by Internet distribution come to mind: Distribution, whether as playlists, recommendations, or…
The Future of The Professional Musician
July 25, 2009As the music business continues to shift, the future vision for professional musicians remains a work in progress. By professional, I mean a person who has devoted themselves to the mastery of one or several of the musical arts. This would include instrumentalists, composers, orchestrators, songwriters, recording engineers, educators and producers. Music is a deep…
Impermanence & Innovation in the Music Biz…
June 21, 2009Michael Masnick’s great presentation at NARM 2009 really lit a spark in me. While many of us want to hold onto or modify the old business models in this industry, everything has changed. The supply of digital music far exceeds the demand, and most everything is available in one form or another for ‘free’. The…
How Will MySpace Music make money?
February 20, 2009Courtney Holt at EconMusic Personally, I have never liked MySpace. It’s ugly and I don’t get the brand. There is too much going on. It has become the default bulletin board for musicians, but I don’t hear of anyone making money. With the majors onboard they have an opportunity and Courtney Holt has some good…