Tag: music industry
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RC 270: Pop Is Dead #5 – Moneygoround
Fifth instalment of the Pop Is Dead series, all about the dirty, dirty cash in the music industry, with occasional interruptions from Steve Albini and The Story of Pop. The finale will be next week. Get the money, Mr. Potato, Get the money, Pay the Eskimo… (163Mb, 2:02) Doxa Sinistra – Call Now! The Kinks…
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Steve Albini faces up to the music industry (again)
Great if long video / transcript of Steve Albini’s speech at Face The Music in Melbourne which echoes his classic ‘The Problem With Music’ from 21 years ago. Although I’d not describe Prince’s music as ‘poison’ I do think the purple dwarf’s attitude to the internet is poisonous, and all the people who try and…
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Sage Francis: This is how you announce a new tour
Sage Francis is touring his new album Copper Gone worldwide, and of course whenever you announce a tour you get all this online fan bleating stuff like ‘No love for South Antarctica?’ and requesting songs. This video is a great response to that, and love the bit with the marker and the ‘I thought I…
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Music Industry’s Never-Ending End Of Days?
Newsweek concluded their article on what they called “rock’s doldrums” by reminiscing about the “good old days” when Elvis Presley and the Beatles created excitement by providing an identifiable center to the pop music world, recording music that the various segments of the pop music audience could all share. According to Newsweek, Elvis and the…
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American study finds file sharers buy 30% more music not less
This study’s findings isn’t new nor the first music sharing study to find this fact out. But still the music industry says the bug eyed monster is file sharing and sues it’s most fervent fans for sharing music which actually leads to more sales, not less. This has been proved also in other digital markets…
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Oatmeal on the State of the Music Industry
I totally agree with the last panel – hence why I keep plugging Bandcamp like a boss. More Oatmeal goodness – especially My Dog: The Paradox which if doesn’t get you calling up the dogs home looking for their most insane dog, nothing will.