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2012 Live On Stage And Very Well Paid
I found these figures rather surprisingly low. The order of value even more confusing Who would ever imagine that selling headphones for $110 million bucks. All he had to do was swing a pen around for...
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Ex-Soul Coughing’s Mike Doughty Wants To Sell You A Personalized Unreleased...
So what is ex-Soul Coughing’s Mike Doughty supposed to do? Selling personalized versions of unreleased songs,… for $35,335.53. According to the AV Club, Doughty has fixed himself the price to record...
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Are Albums Too Long Or Not Long Enough?
The answer is obvious. Shorter albums. Cut out the crap if it is crap. Better quality control. Stop filling space. It is like everybody has become Prince in the 1990s, they won't stop releasing music....
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YOUTUBE Remove Two Billion Views As Fake From Major Labels
OK stick with me here, because this is kinda complicated and I am not sure I understand it myself but Youtube has removed two billion views from Universal and Sony videos.
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Marshall Crenshaw Makes It Awful Hard To Be A Fan
"Success is a very hideous thing. Its false resemblance to merit deceives man." I am all for Crenshaw having integrity to burn but not when he makes it impossible for people to buy his music.
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Streaming Didn’t Kill The Radio Star
ITunes are having banner years every year, so why would they kill themselves by starting a subscription service?
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Bob Dylan Releases His rarest Album Ever
Because in Europe there is a "Use it or lose it law" that states if you own recorded music and haven't released it within 50 years, you never will release it and so it becomes public property.
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A Modest Proposal: The 10AM Concert
Some small pop up place with Mercury Lounge size bands performing three sets a day, Saturday and Sunday 10a, 12p, 2p, separate admission. I can't think of a better idea than getting out of bed Sunday...
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This Years Publicity Meme: The Sudden Song Release
Neither of the songs are all that but neither are disasters either. But were helped tremendously by a campaign of silence, the new meme: Say Nothing.
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If You Write A Great Song, Does It Matter If Nobody Hears It?
“I think at some time I kept pushing myself to a success or glory and it didn’t really exist. I just knew that it was over, I would never get any bIgger than this and… I am nearly 30, I am not sure I...
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When Will Morrissey Record Again? Tony Visconti Provides A Clue
There are no limits to what Morrissey could do, he could build the cost of the album into the cost of a ticket. Can you imagine if Morrissery started a kickstart account? He could handle the US deficit...
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Spotify: JUST TELL US WHAT NEW ALBUMS ARE STREAMING EVERY TUESDAY? I mean,...
The result is even a pro like me has difficulty in knowing what new releases are available. Spotify are a riddle of insolence and indolence and if they aren't damn careful, obsolescence..
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Do The Tuesday Morning Rock!
It was a busy Tuesday morning by anybody’s standards. 16 new releases, all some degree of major, all important for your music fan to have an idea about. And if he it wasn’t for Spotify, very very...
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LiveNation And Rolling Stone Get Together To Con You…
Why am I being conned into doing business with Jann Wenner? Why should I have to cancell anyuthing? This is horrible and disrespectful to LiveNation's clients, doesn't the company make enough money...
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Prince Is Charging You To Listen To His New Songs
He probably realizes he is the only one doing this, every band in the world is posting a song or two for free download on their website, every album can be previewed on many websites before being...
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Amoeba Music Could Be In Trouble Because Of Their Vinyl Vault?
‘We've been doing this a few years and in the course of buying stuff at our trade counter we've found some amazing vinyl artifacts that, [we've discovered] through our research, are not available...
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Billboard Adds Youtube to 200 -Now What?
But where does that leave those of us (wrongly, perhaps) who see music as an XTreme sport with winners and losers, or, to put it another way, how do we know what people are actually spending money on?
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The Joy Of New Music
I ran right home, recorded it onto a cassette tape, went to a bar called "Uncle Sam" and the bartender played it all night long while me and my friend Jean Jacques got trashed on Almaza beer and shots...
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Kid Rock And The $20 Ticket
I forgive him his Romney endorsement even though I haven't forgiven Springsteen his Obama endorsement. This is capitalism with a conscious, capital that appreciates that you can price yourself out of...
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How To Be An Opening Band
If you have are an opening band with one hit you must play the one hit. If you have three hits, play all three. People don't really know who you are, it is up to you to sell the product and hard. If...
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