In case you’ve been living in a cave as of late, Apple computers, ipods, iphones, etc have been killing it. Sales have dramatically increased even through this recession.
The latest numbers are now out and Apple is now one of the top 5 companies in the world in terms of market capitalization. Their market cap is [...]
Numbers for the Russian Music Industry were recently released. For the most part, they are going down quite fast. CD sales were down 20% from the year before. Radio was down in dollar terms 20-25%. The one upside was live concert revenue. This seems to be a trend all around. Product sales that can be [...]
According to the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ), the digital music sales trend in Japan shows Internet downloads of music rising while mobile downloads are staying steady when comparing 2008 & 2009. Japan is known for their extremely high rates of mobile downloads. In fact, in 2008, 91% of music downloads were on mobile [...]
Kokopelli Times has just launched a new blog design that will allow for better placement and navigation for blog posts. Kokopelli Times, started in April 2008 by Erik Rostad, follows the impact of technology on the music industry. It also closely follows bands selling and touring overseas.
Erik Rostad has a background in music as a [...]
I like to keep up with upcoming concerts in Peru. As I’ve written in the past, 1980’s & 90’s Rock n Roll bands from the USA have a huge fan base in Peru. Many of these bands have gone to Peru in recent years (Metallica, Collective Soul, Duran Duran) and have sold out stadiums. There [...]
Metallica played in Peru this past week and sold 50,000+ tickets. They are another band in the line of 80’s & 90’s rock and roll bands that have gone to this rock&roll loving South-American crowd. I’ve written often about the ability for bands in the USA to sell massive numbers of tickets to audiences [...]
The latest artist to hit Peru was Beyonce. She just performed at Lima’s Estadio Monumental. Ticket costs were 175 soles (US$61) which is nearly 1/5th an average monthly wage for people in their 20’s. Beyonce is yet another artist who has recently performed in Peru. Peru has an active music loving population who have turned [...]
Beyonce will be performing a concert in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on October 25th this year. This is noteworthy because just two years ago, she didn’t play a concert because of dress code requirements which went a little something like this:
Female performers are required to cover up in the country, which has various rules for performances, [...]
Creative Man Productions out of Japan has just announced some of the bands that will take part in this year’s Summer Sonic Music Festival. The festival takes place over 3 days in 2 different cities – Tokyo and Osaka. Bands perform in one city one day and the other city the next day.
The int’l bands [...]
