DECONSTRUCTING THE WEEK IN MUSIC 6.1-6.7

Deconstructing The Week In Music 6.1-6.7

Posted on 06. Jun, 2009 by refe in MUSIC INDUSTRY

Here’s a recap of what went on in the music industry this week. Make sure to check out anything you might have missed and leave your comments. Know something we don’t? Submit a story.

Most Popular:

Why the Music Industry still needs Taste-Makers - With so much new music flooding the system listeners are dying for someone to tell them who to listen to.

The Resurgence of Vinyl Could be Just What the Music Industry Needs - A ghost from music’s past makes a comeback.

This Week:

Album Sales Continue to Drop – Down 18% in May – More bad news from Soundscan, but what does this means artists?

Why Free Music was Inevitable: Part One - The first installment in a series that seeks to explain why the value of recorded music continues to drop.

Study Confirms Longer Music Samples Sell More Tracks - Listeners want to try before they buy, but the major retailers still won’t let them.

Video Pick of the Week: Grizzly Bear Two Weeks - Grizzly Bear’s new video might make your head explode.

This Week in Music History:

On this week in 2003, a High court judge in London ruled that rap lyrics should be treated as a foreign language after admitting that he was unsure of the meaning of ‘shizzle my nizzle’ and ‘mish mish man.’ The court battle was over a copyright issue between the Ant’ill Mob and the Heartless Crew who had used the lyrics on a remix. (From This Day in Music.)

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