The usual suspects were in the news again this past month. At this point, it’s a game of rumour and speculation, so there isn’t any “real” news until we hear formal announcements coming from Google about their rumouredmusic service or when Spotify launches their service in the US.
One notable thing this past month has been [...]
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Art For Art’s Sake
The constant talk of the need to monetise music is somewhat confusing to me. Just because you make art, doesn’t mean that you deserve to make money out of it.
art –noun
1. the quality, production, expression, or realm, according to aesthetic principles, of what is beautiful, appealing, or of more than ordinary significance. [...]
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Beyond reality TV is the internet, and the continued development of social networking, blogging and microblogging, which has been giving musicians all around the world the ability to be as little or as overly transparent as they would like. So this brings up a very important question: Is transparency a good thing for musicians to take part in?
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Sell Like a Human: How to Make Money Online Without Acting Like a Tool
Posted on 12. Jul, 2010 by refe.
Last week, Hypebot asked me to contribute a brief post for their ‘Social Media Day’ feature. You can find it here. The exercise got me thinking, and I’ve decided to expand on the topic a bit here on Creative Deconstruction.
If I were to create a poll to find out the average internet user’s feelings toward [...]
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When I first saw these pieces by Jordan Puopolo, I stopped everything else I was doing. It seemed appropriate to just sit there, looking at them. You know how some things just feel right? Well, I hope so. Because it’s a great moment, and one I found in this concept. Vibrant colors fuse with an [...]
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Hey there. My name is Matt, and I like finding the beauty in things. So much, in fact, that I’ve grown to look for them in any situation I can. This has led to a career in design, a hobby of illustration, and more recently, an offer from Refe.
Refe thought that with all the [...]
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Most of the music technology scene I cover is US based with a little bit out of Europe, mainly the UK thrown into the mix. From my perch here in Toronto, I can tell you that we have a thriving music scene across our great country of Canada. We are graced with some of the [...]
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“That would never work in the real world.” You hear it all the time when you tell people about a fresh idea.
This real world sounds like an awfully depressing place to live. It’s a place where new ideas, unfamiliar approaches, and foreign concepts always lose. The only things that win are what people already know [...]
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A collection of the most important music industry news from last week from various sources across the internet.
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Katie: I absolutely love this post. It is very inspiring ...
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Nick Myers: Reading this made me smile, remembering some of yo...
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Matt: Perhaps consumers won't but youtube is paying for ...
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Rich Huxley: I have nothing to add to that Susan, apart from "a...
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Susan: Rich - I love this post. Music is lot like fir...
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Ivo: Well written. I personally make music, because I m...
