Browsing all posts in February, 2009.
iTunes Season Pass
iTunes will begin offering a “Season Pass” concept for selling music online. This concept involves an upfront payment by the consumer where content will be provided over a period of time. For example, Depeche Mode now has an iTunes Season Pass available. For $19, fans can purchase this subscription to exclusive Depeche Mode content. This [...]
Japanese Summer Sonic Music Festival
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 [...]
iPhone Applications for Bands
Kyte, the self-titled “end-to-end, online and mobile solution for the production, distribution and monetization of digital content,” is now expanding their business into iPhone applications for bands. For a set fee, Kyte will establish a presence for your band in the iTunes Application store. Kyte has a business relationship with Universal Records. Artists that have [...]
The $99 Music Video
Here is a challenge for all musicians. The website www.99dollarmusicvideos.com puts forth the opportunity to create a music video in one day, on a $99 budget, use a second day for editing, and then submit it to the site to be viewed around the world. This is yet another easy tool for musicians to use. [...]
New Album Leaks
This past week has brought yet another wave of album leaks. The latest victims are U2 and Kelly Clarkson. Both artists spent considerable time, money, and energy to keep their albums under wraps. Yet, the albums still leaked. The albums leak in a number of ways. Sometimes, pre-release albums are provided to media outlets so [...]
Madonna’s Money
The list of top musician moneymakers for the past year was just released. The vast amounts of money as well as the diversity in styles of music is quite astounding. Here is a little taste: 1. Madonna: $242,176,4662. Bon Jovi: $157,177,7665. Celine Dion: $99,171,2376. Kenny Chesney: $90,823,9909. Jonas Brothers: $62,638,81410. Coldplay: $62,175,55511. The Eagles: $61,132,21312. [...]
Coldplay in the Emirates
Coldplay has been asked to play a concert in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. The venue is the Emirates Palace (see photo to right), which is set along the beach. Coldplay will play for 15,000 lucky (and likely filthy rich) fans. This hotel has quite the booking agent. Past artists have [...]
MySpace vs. YouTube
Which of the popular sites of MySpace & YouTube garner more listens for popular music? Recent data points to an almost 7 to 1 ratio in favor of MySpace. Now, the comparison is not exactly apples to apples as YouTube is in a video format and most of the MySpace listens occur in only an [...]
Banana Republic Collaboration
Here is some news for musicians out there looking for alternative revenue streams. Banana Republic has just announced the launch of a ’09 Spring/Summer comprehensive advertising campaign that will highlight popular musical artists. The artists will appear in billboards and print ads wearing Banana Republic (BR), their songs will be played in stores across the [...]
Tap Tap Revenge
The Tap Tap Revenge game application for the iPhone is doing quite well. Tapulous, the company that has brought the Tap Tap Revenge game, has had a total of 6 million free downloads of the application and 100,000 paid downloads ($4.99). This game application has arrows that fall on the screen, and the user must [...]
