A couple of weeks ago I finished reading the book, Naked Conversations, by Robert Scoble and Shel Israel. It continues the ideas set forth in The Cluetrain Manifesto that marketing is a conversation. But more importantly, it deals with how that … [Read more...]
Music 2.0
Just imagine a world where you need to insert your credit card into a reader to be able to flush the toilet at a restaurant, where a userID and password is required to fill your bathtub, and where you secretly trade water jugs of rainwater with your … [Read more...]
Arctic Monkeys Make Chart History
Arctic Monkeys make chart history: Arctic Monkeys sell more than 360,000 copies of their album, making it the fastest-selling debut in UK chart history. The Arctic Monkeys first built a loyal following on the Internet. … [Read more...]
Music Arsenal
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...]
MacNewsWorld – Will Music Subscriptions Replace Per-Song Sales?
MacNewsWorld - Will Music Subscriptions Replace Per-Song Sales?: "It's no secret that the iPod is one of the must-have gadgets of the early 21st Century. What is less talked about, though, is how Apple has helped to kick-start the transition of the … [Read more...]
Online Program For Future Music Industry Moguls Unveiled
I'm a huge fan of Berkleemusic, the online extension school at Berklee College of Music. This week they launched the first online professional music business certificate program. Students will learn about setting up a music publishing company and … [Read more...]
New Formats for Music Lifestyles
Check out one of my favorite music business blogs: New Formats for Music Lifestyles: I have been traveling quite a bit this past year speaking about the Future of Music at industry conferences, tradeshows and other music related events. The topic of … [Read more...]