Save The Music Fan
Nettwerk’s Terry McBride takes the RIAA to task.
The Devil Stole The Beat
“ Music is spiritual. The music business is not.
Van Morrison (b. 1945) Irish musician, The Times July 1990
(via The Small Business Blog)
(via The Small Business Blog)
Calling The Long Tail Bluff.
Harvard Business Review drops compelling science on Chris Anderson’s niche theories. (via The Daily Swarm)
WTF is Publishing?
For those of you still confused… Great post. (via knowthemusicbiz.com)
“ I always think of music as Patient Zero in all the disorder that is changing everything in entertainment and media…
Recently jobless NY Times reporter Jeff Leeds (via Sasha Frere-Jones)
New Release Checklist
Simple and effective ‘things to do’ when you’re on the DIY path. (via Knowthemusicbiz)
Resource: Gerd Is Back.
Gerd Leonhard chimes in with more excerpts from his latest book, Music 2.0 (via MediaFuturist)
DIY Otra Vez.
Nettwerk’s Terry McBride leads a panel discussion on the topic. (via Crazed Hits)
DIY: Maybe You Shouldn't
Despite the recent press push from Tunecore, we have to agree… not everyone should be on iTunes. (via Kings of A&R)
Resource: RouteNote
Latest competitor to digital distro vendor Tunecore, minus the sign-up fees.
Sitting On Your Hands
Ian Rogers’ spot on analysis-via-open letter to EMI bigwig Guy Hands. Now if we could get dude to actually pay attention…
Free Slick Rick! Legendary rapper pardoned by NY’s newest Governor David Paterson in effort to prevent his exposure to fish, chips & bad grills. Thx for touching that ‘escort’ Spitzer! (via The Daily Swarm)
Greg Would Be Damn Proud.
For those of you that never had the chance to know Gregory Dean Smalley, be sure of one thing…he’d be mighty proud of this year’s Bubbapalooza lineup. (via CL)
Worthy Read
What do you do when cd’s don’t sell. In other news, please kill us now as TDSTB has resorted to reading Rolling Stone for news.