Browsing all posts in July, 2008.

Live Nation Update

Live Nation has recently signed an additional two artists, Nickelback and Shakira (to your right). This comes on the cusp of the departure of the Chairman Michael Cohl. Some expected that Cohl left due to disagreements with CEO Michael Rapino about the strategies of these enormous 360 deals Live Nation was signing. Well, if that [...]

Paying Artists for Emotion

A few days ago, I wrote a blog about Pantene Pro-V’s use of a new song/artist in their advertisements. I was for it. I think it’s brilliant. In a great NY Times article from yesterday, Robert Levine wrote about other corporate deals going on. Most of these corporate deals entail a band signing with the [...]

Seeqpod’s Defense

I often wonder about the legality of some of the new music social networking sites. One new site to the scene, Seeqpod, allows you to compile a playlist of streaming music. Say you type in ‘Free Fallin John Mayer version,’ you will have some audio & video options found on the internet. You can then [...]

Pantene ProV Music Discovery

Here is a brilliant idea coming out of Pantene ProV commercials. Pantene is getting into the music discovery mix by using original, commissioned songs for their television advertisements. In it’s latest move, Pantene will use a song called Shine by Rosi Golan. Since Pantene commissioned the song, they own the rights to the song. Simultaneous [...]

U.K. Music Market

The BPI, which is the U.K.’s record industry trade body, just released some numbers on the record industry in the United Kingdom. These rightly reflect the changes in the industry. Here are some of the highlights: Non-traditional sources of income (licensing & multiple-rights income as opposed to album sales) have increased by 11.4% ($240M (07) [...]

Mid-Year Music Sales

Here is the good, bad, & ugly of the music industry sales numbers. Follow the money. We can learn a lot about the industry based upon these numbers from Jan 1 – Jun 30, 2008. All percentage increased/decreases are in comparison of same period 2007: Album Sales – 11% decline (from 06 to 07, a [...]

Delta Airlines Music Discovery

News arrived yesterday of a new collaboration between Delta Airlines, Pace Communications, and DMI Music & Media Networks. Pace Communications already does the in-flight magazine and programming for Delta flights. DMI provides music for stores and will work with Pace to determine the music catalog. Exclusive interviews and music discovery will all be parts of [...]

Car WiFi

Chrysler just announced that they will begin installing WiFi capabilities in new cars. This has enormous implications for the music industry. The shift has already started occurring, but in the past, the radio was really the main place to hear and learn about new music. That has obviously changed with social networking sites, but the [...]

Cultural Ambassadors

I have written often about USA bands touring overseas. Most of the time, I approach the topic from a financial standpoint. There is money to be made on these tours. Music from the USA is respected and demanded around the world. But what about looking at music exports from a different point of view? As [...]