Music trade vet Gottehrer thinks for himself
Labels are no longer king, he says. “The brand is the artist. As in the old days, you have to find a way to speak to the audience. With digital, there is the opportunity to identify what people want and give it to them, instead of the broad spectrum [...]

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A victory for the smalls against the bigs: Copyright holders must actually check to see their rights are violated before crying foul. This means that Corporations like Universal cannot blanket companies like uTube to pull down every time someone uses a clip of a Prince song.
In a victory for small-time music copiers over the entertainment [...]

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The rising fees of webcasting, threaten to shut down Pandora.
Call me crazy but I thought the point of making music was to have people hear it… It’s sad that the innovative companies are saddled with exorberant fees. Perhaps thats the point, to make them go out of business, though I doubt the Old Music industry [...]

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iTunes and Wallmart remain number 1 and 2. Amazon moves up to fourth as “online CD sales have seen less erosion than CD sales at brick-and-mortar stores”.  Interesting to note “Amazon’s CD buyers tend to be older, so they haven’t [...]

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The links in this post highlight several music startups that appear to have some potential for success.

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Yahoo is closing down its subscripstion Music Service. It will offer refunds or coupons from Rhapsody to affected customers.
Let this be a lesson - be very careful when buying music that will only work with one service or company - it can always disappear!

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With their new album “the Slip“, Ripping Nine Inch Nails is not only giving away the album for free but is encouraging fans to remix the album.
Reznor approaches the promotion of his music with the sensibility and instincts of a fine artist, provocatively exploiting trends in technology, psychology and especially contemporary horror films, remaining abreast [...]

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Granted its a week ago, but had to point out another great post by Seth Godin: The Long Tail and the Dip.  He talks about where you want to target a market when starting  a new product or service.
the profitable, successful niche product… Not a product for everyone, certainly, but among those that care and [...]

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The New York Times does good round up of the various music-oriented applications for the iPhone. Among them Pandora, which became the third most downloaded app in the first week. Techcrunch is calling it the iPhone’s Killer App.

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Make great music that is a full expression of your creative self, then go out and connect your expression to people using technology and with a little learned marketing knowledge and discipline you will earn money.

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