Free Isn’t Working, What’s Next? →
The end is nigh for free streaming music, but what will replace it?
Record Labels: "No One Reads Those 6.9 Pitchfork Reviews" →
Would you believe I actually talked to A.C. Newman’s tour manager about Pitchfork’s horrible clickthrough rate?
Can we replace the hoary old phrase sex, drugs, and rock ‘n’ roll with pageviews, streams, and upsell opportunities now?
There’s going to be an enormous incentive for people to investigate Fela when they know that Jay-Z and Will Smith are all rabid fans,” Rikki Stein, Kuti’s former co-manager and executor of his estate, recently told Billboard. “It’s a sign that the underground is moving overground.
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Jay-Z, Will Smith back Broadway show “Fela!”
Yes, I’m scratching my head, too, but it sounds like a better idea for a musical than, say, Spiderman with music by U2.
EMI, One Of The Big Four, Does A Deal With Hulu
Am I wrong to think that promotional stunts need to be completely reimagined? Can anyone name a Norah Jones song that didn’t come out nearly ten years ago?
In a statement, Swift calls the opportunity to write and design greeting cards “a wonderful experience.” The CMA entertainer of the year crowned last week says she has always been fascinated by feelings and how people express them.
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Taylor Swift to have greeting card line
Is Gene Simmons Taylor Swift’s business manager?
The Hold Steady’s Craig Finn Reflects on the Legacy of Lifter Puller
Tell me something: will I hate Lifter Puller if I don’t particularly care for the Hold Steady?
It’s not as much a ‘snub’ as it is a demonstration of how byzantine the Grammy nomination process is.
GPOYW
Me, leading a discussion session on ‘music 2.0’ at BarCampPhilly this past weekend.
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This may be the last discussion of Music 2.0 ever! (A boy can dream, right?)
Music: Too Expensive to Be Free, Too Free to Be Expensive →
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I guess van Buskirk is finally changing his, um, tune on free music. It’s about time.
What that means for the future is that music will either be consumed legitimately and the Internet will be heavily monitored by ISPs, or the lack of fungible outlets for legal music consumption will result in piracy on a scale never before seen in the U.S.
Maybe Google’s new music search project is just a precursor to a deal akin to what they brokered in China earlier this year.
