A web-based record label management application that takes a lot of what used to be done on paper and through filemaker, puts it on the web and allows record label employees to stay in touch with everything a record label is doing during the entire … [Read more...]
Boycott-RIAA.com – Why?
Why Boycott? The RIAA is a professional lobby organization of recording labels of which five labels control 90% of the music distributed in the US. In 1999 these so called "protectors" of the music industry and musicians released only 2600 CDs. … [Read more...]
Arctic Monkeys Score Second UK Chart Number One
Arctic Monkeys score second UK chart number one: LONDON (Reuters) - Sheffield rockers the Arctic Monkeys have scored their second British number one with "When The Sun Goes Down" on its first week on release, the Official UK Charts Company said on … [Read more...]
New RIAA/MPAA “Customary Historic Use” Plan
New RIAA/MPAA "Customary Historic Use" Plan: Random_Transit writes "Ars Technica is reporting that the EFF has dug up plans by the RIAA/MPAA to stifle the consumer electronics market by replacing it's "fair use" policy with something called … [Read more...]
Lessig: Is Google Print Fair Use?
Lessig: Is Google Print Fair Use?: Larry Lessig has posted a video of a presentation on whether Google Book Search (AKA Google Print) is protected by Fair Use. His conclusion: Yup. But how he gets there is fascinating and informative. Why wouldn't … [Read more...]
Using Internet Buzz, Free Samples And Cyberscouts To Get Your Music Heard
Wired: "Hailed as one of the first to break out without the backing of a manager or label, the quartet's high-octane record is widely tipped to top the charts." They're talking about the British group, the Arctic Monkeys. Watch for their new album, … [Read more...]
David Byrne: Boycott DRM
David Byrne: boycott DRM: So, first they start off suing their customers, and now they are maliciously making it hard for their customers to even listen to music, and they will cripple your music and media player to boot. These guys deserve to go out … [Read more...]
Check Out Podsafeaudio.com
Check out podesafeaudio.com This site aims to provide a location where musicians can upload music under the Creative Commons License for use in Podcasts, Mashups, Shoutcasts, Webcasts and every other kind of 'casting' that exists on the 'net. I … [Read more...]
Tunecore Puts Your Music Into iTunes And Rhapsody
Friday Morning Miscellany: Indie musicians looking for a good deal on digital distribution should look at Tunecore. Its no-frills pledge: "You get 100% of what iTunes and Rhapsody pay! We take NOTHING. Not a penny. It all goes to you. There are NO … [Read more...]
Digital Music Sales Skyrocket in 2005
Digital Music Sales Skyrocket in 2005: Luke PiWalker writes "The market for digital music hit $1.1 billion in 2005, more than triple 2004 sales. But the industry, wanting to wring the maximum profit out of the consumer, remains fixated on piracy." … [Read more...]