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Comment on Japanese Digital Music Sales by Big in Japan: a-ha in awe of gadgets, dedicated fans and sumo | Guides To Japan

Wed, 22 Sep 2010 22:03:40 +0000

[...] Today though, Japan’s music industry is holding up much better than most Western nations and remains highly lucrative for the acts that make it [...]

Comment on Nancy Pelosi and Musicians by Erik Rostad

Erik Rostad — Wed, 26 May 2010 12:00:37 +0000

Here’s a follow up story from Digital Music:

http://digitalmusicnews.com/stories/052510fmc2010-2

Comment on Ke-Tai (Mobile in Japanese) by Japanese Digital Music Sales | Kokopelli Times

Japanese Digital Music Sales | Kokopelli Times — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:37:34 +0000

[...] mobile downloads are staying steady when comparing 2008 & 2009. Japan is known for their extremely high rates of mobile downloads. In fact, in 2008, 91% of music downloads were on mobile devices (including ring-tones, [...]

Comment on Madonna & Argentina by Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:08:22 +0000

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Comment on Depeche Mode in Peru by Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 23:09:23 +0000

Love your blog!
Today Depeche plays Argentina. I thought it was good to point out the fact that now Peru is another stop on the SA leg of tours for many bands. The more gigs the most likely for bands to make it to SA, which is great for both sides. Musicians and the region itself.

Comment on How to Raise Money as a Musician by Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:15:52 +0000

Its all about that little bit of capital to get you going to start with. No time for a regular job, and its a struggle to get money out of the industry these days.
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Comment on Digital vs Physical Album Sales by Jason A. Staples

Jason A. Staples — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:55:07 +0000

It's not especially surprising to me. I don't like buying my music in a downloaded format. For one, the quality is usually way lower than what I like for my music (I use LAME -V2 settings for music tracks).

What I can't understand is why anyone would buy a track that's 128 kbps or even 256 kbps when he/she can get a much better optimized track for about the same price? This is even more true when we're talking about DRM-protected tracks, which are irritating.

I usually buy my CDs online as cheaply as possible, which usually amounts to buying them used. The exception is when I buy directly from an artist (at a show, etc.) that I really like and want to support.

Comment on Old People Taking over Facebook by qualler

qualler — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 19:58:33 +0000

Haha, I love the "old people" pic you used in this post. It's definitely weird now that almost everyone I know, including the older crowd, is on Facebook.

Comment on Old People Taking over Facebook by Jason A. Staples

Jason A. Staples — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 18:12:29 +0000

It's been interesting hearing the teen opinions of Twitter. They generally think it's "stupid" or "pointless." My thinking is that an important component of Twitter use is having a somewhat widespread friend base, which generally only happens once people get to college age and beyond.

Comment on Twitter’s Limitation for Artists? by Katie K.

Katie K. — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:10:25 +0000

I think that there needs to be a balance between bands and artists promoting themselves all the time and also being human and normal. I got so tired of myspace bands bombarding me with 'buy my album' all the time. I think there needs to be both sharing news about other things, interesting things, and also, letting their fans know what they are doing, etc.