Browsing all posts in July, 2008.
Facebook vs. Myspace
Last month, I blogged about the user numbers between Myspace & Facebook. I don’t think looking at the numbers is all that necessary since it is quite obvious that Facebook is quickly taking the cake from Myspace, but nonetheless, it is interesting. Here are the numbers for Facebook and Myspace for the month of June [...]
Music fit for a King
France’s new first lady, Carla Bruni, has released a new album. Her third album, Comme si de rien n’etait, debuted at #3 on the charts behind Coldplay & a French artist named Laurent Voulzy. In the first two days, she sold 14,100 albums. To give some perspective, Madonna broke the French record by selling 38,000 [...]
EU Commission Rulings
The European Union Commission made a few rulings yesterday that should have some far reaching effects on the music industry. One involves copyright rules across the countries and the other one has to do with the extension of copyright term for recorded performances. First of all, the European Union consists or 27 member states, primarily [...]
Impulse Buying
There is a funny shift happening right now. Advertisements are looking more like MTV, and MTV is looking more like, well a jukebox. MTV just announced a new site – soundtrack.mtv.com where they will list all songs that are playing on any given MTV station. The old joke is that MTV no longer plays music, [...]
iTunes Competition?
iTunes enjoys upwards of 70% of all US online digital sales. Competitors have had a tough time breaking this domination, but that hasn’t stopped them from trying. Here are a few recent challengers. Rock Band 2Yes, the video game. Artists such as AC/DC, Dylan, and Guns n’ Roses are offering exclusive content to the video [...]
Digital Music Sales
The digital media research firm, eMarketer, just released sales projections for digital music sales. They predict that by 2009, digital sales will encompass 40% of total music sales. This report differs from an earlier report by IFPI that predicted digital to be at 40% of sales, but by the year 2012. So either someone is [...]
Live Concert Revenues
Some new revenue numbers have come out for some recent concert tours. A concert tracking company called Pollstar said revenues for the top 100 artists for the first half of ’08 was a combined $1.05 Billion. This is similar to sales last year, although fewer tickets have been sold (down 5.6%). The top guys were [...]
iPhone & Pandora
I was riding in the car yesterday with a good friend of mine. I asked him if he had heard a particular Pearl Jam song. He said no and the conversation continued in a different direction. And it dawned on me that by the very next day, once I had my brand new iPhone, I [...]
Music Middle Class
New music website startups are making things easier for new musical groups. Last.fm just announced that they will begin paying streaming royalties to artists who don’t have record deal or an affiliation with a collecting society. So as a new artist, you can place your music up on Last.fm. If it gets played, you get [...]
EMI Going Retro
EMI is stepping up their vinyl album releases. For those of you born in the digital age, people used to listen to music on big discs like the one to your right. So EMI is going to release vinyl albums by Coldplay, Radiohead, and the Steve Miller Band. Last year, vinyl sales increased 80% to [...]
