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It’s Dave F*cking Grohl
This is one of the best things you’ll hear this year, Dave Grohl’s keynote from SXSW. If music is your religion, Grohl is one of its prophets. The legendary Nirvana drummer, musical polymath founder of Foo Fighters, reminds us “the musician comes first.” You can stream the soundtrack album from Grohl’s new documentary film Sound […]
Fans Speak – Fanny “Beside Myself”
August 6, 2012
Okay, we just recently learned about this powerful all-woman band, the first to release an album on a major label back in the male-dominated rock world of the 1970s. You never heard of them either? They deserve far wider recognition. Here’s what David Bowie said about Fanny in Rolling Stone (29 December 1999): One of the […]
Rethink Music Case Study – Portugal. The Man
April 24, 2012
Portugal. The Man prides itself as the second most famous product to come out of Wasilla, Alaska. The story of the psychedelic rock band’s saga – years of living out of a van while honing their music in gig after gig, their triumphant Bonnaroo debut, getting signed by Atlantic Records in 2010 – makes for an […]
2012 Artists in Music Awards – Enter now!!
November 18, 2011
The countdown to the 2012 Artists in Music Awards* is Underway - UPDATED Deadline for submissions is January 22, 2012 - but don’t delay. Your fans will need as much time as possible to vote for you!! With over a year of planning, the launch of Artists in Music Awards is underway. On Friday, February 10th, […]
CD Baby tops $200 million in commissions to musicians
November 17, 2011
The Pioneer of the DIY Music Distribution Model Experiences Escalating Growth as Large Labels Continue Revenue Decline PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ – CD Baby, the largest distributor of music by independent artists in the world, has now paid over $200 million directly to musicians. At the current rate of well over $40 million in commissions paid to unsigned artists each year, the company expects […]
Giving fans the keys to the car
October 26, 2011
“The music has to come first. Let the fans have the keys to the car.” – Stu Pflaum Here’s a Rolling Stone article that caught our attention: “The New Economics of the Music Industry.” With the help of a lot of visual aids, the piece looks at how much labels, artists, songwriters and others can expect […]
Bob Lefsetz talks “Coaching”
October 23, 2011
If you don’t already subscribe to Bob Lefsetz’s email newsletter, you should. He’s prolific, and he doesn’t always hit the mark, but at least a couple of times a week he delivers something worth thinking about, remembering, debating in your head and discussing with friends. A lot of what he says are thoughts that may […]
ReDigi™, The World’s First Online Marketplace For USED Digital Music
October 12, 2011
This press release caught our eye. First there was digital commerce in virtual goods, so why not a marketplace in used digital goods? And you presumably can’t get cooties from a used mp3 file. ReDigi launches tomorrow. Are you going to check it out? Tell us what you think of it. ReDigi™, The World’s First […]
Win the music industry’s new bible
October 1, 2011
The music industry has turned into a very complicated space, and marketing was NEVER easy to begin with. Written by industry insider, Kelli Richards, “Taking the Crowd to the Cloud – Social Media for the Music Industry” raises the bar and demystifies social media marketing, helping musicians, agents and anyone in our industry to THRIVE – […]
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