Browsing all posts in February, 2009.
Shuo Chang
In Chinese, Shuo Chang translates to what we know as Hip Hop. Its literal translation is “Speak Sing.” And Speak Sing is starting to take China by storm. Not only that, it is providing China’s youth with an outlet not readily available over the past 50+ years. A recent NY Times article highlighted some of [...]
My Music Site
Another day, another new music site to help independent artists promote and sell their material. This time, it’s a site called MyMusicSite (MyMusicSite.com). With MyMusicSite, independent artists can sell their music while retaining the ownership rights to the songs. Their fans can also produce ringtones based on their favorite songs. The site also offers advanced [...]
Video Game Music
The proliferation of both new and old music used in video games hit an all time high in 2008. For the entire US video & computer game software, 297.6 million units were sold and music-related games represented 5% of that total. This 5% represents $11.7 billion at the retail level, which is a 23% increase [...]
Live Nation Ticketmaster?
Just last year, Live Nation and Ticketmaster split after their contract expired. Now, a rumor has it that they will rejoin and go by Live Nation Ticketmaster. This would combine the largest concert promoter with the largest ticketing agency. Not a bad combination. As Live Nation’s partnership with Ticketmaster ended last year, they ended up [...]
Exclusive Aardvark Records Press Release
Please see an exclusive press release below regarding a new Mobile Ringback Tone deal signed between Aardvark Records and United Fun Traders. Press Release/ 02 February 2009 Russian Mobile ringback tone deal for independent UK record labelPENRYN, CORNWALL & ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA (02 February 2009) Independent record label Aardvark Records has signed a deal with [...]
Brazilian Mobile Market
The digital music market in Brazil tops all other countries in Latin America. Revenues for 2008 doubled from the same period ’07. The breakdown is quite interesting as well. Digital sales are 10% of music sales in Brazil and of those sales, 80% are on mobile devices. Many of the songs are sold on pre-loaded [...]
