What Musicians Get Paid In The Digital Age
April 16, 2010Are you ready for Telegigging and Songles?
February 5, 2010Computer scientist, musician, and philosopher, Jaron Lanier, has created a fascinating, intelligent, critique of digital collectivism in his new book, You Are Not A Gadget. This is not the cynical rant of a Luddite, but a serious examination of the dehumanizing potential of technology. Mr. Lanier compares the impact of Web 2.0 paradigms on humanism…
Leveraging 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…