Browsing all posts in July, 2009.
The Do It Yourself Artist
How much has the music industry changed over the last 10 years. Really. CD sales are down, record labels are in upheaval, and no one is buying albums anymore. Has it really been that drastic of a change? Check out these numbers: 105,000 new albums were released in the USA in 2008 (that’s four times [...]
How can artists use SuperFan?
Superfan, a new site that allows you to become fans & superfans of almost anything, is a good tool for artists to look into. This site has the potential to connect a large group of people around particular bands. Already, some of the most popular items on the site are music groups. On SuperFan, fans [...]
TuneCore & Universal Music Partnership
TuneCore and Universal Music just signed a distribution partnership that will allow upcoming artists a chance to receive services from a major record label. TuneCore is a company that distributes an artist or band’s digital songs to a number of retail outlets (ex. iTunes). TuneCore charges a fee per song, but the artist receives 100% [...]
Free Moby
The best selling song on Moby’s latest album is called “Shot in the Back of the Head.” What’s odd is that this track has been and still is available for free. I mean, it’s available for free legally. And it’s the #1 selling song on the album. Apparently, The Orchard has noted similar results. The [...]
Twitter Users & Music Purchases
A recent report by the NPD Group found that Twitter users purchase more digital music downloads that non-Twitter users. In fact, they purchase 77% more! Twitter users are also twice as likely to visit sites such as MySpace & Pandora to discover new music. Now, some of these numbers need to take into account that [...]
Apple App Store
Apple now has more than 50,000 apps available in the app store. All this in well under 2 years. It has come to the point where if I think about something the iPhone should be able to do, I go to the app store and find an app designed for my need. Additionally, most companies [...]
The Walkman’s Birthday
Sony’s iconic Walkman just turned 30 years old. The Walkman was launched on July 1, 1979, and within 2 months, had sold a whopping 30,000 units. During the next 30 years, Sony sold a total of 50 million Walkmans. You don’t hear much about the Walkman these days. The iPod has more than replaced the [...]
