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Music and Tech Recap – July 2010 Edition

Posted on 04. Aug, 2010 by Gabriel Nijmeh.

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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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Music and Tech Recap – June 2010 Edition

Posted on 08. Jul, 2010 by Gabriel Nijmeh.

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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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Music News From Around the Web – Friday, June 18 2010

Posted on 18. Jun, 2010 by refe.

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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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And the Winners of the Free MySpace Redesign Give-Away Are…

Posted on 16. Jun, 2010 by refe.

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Announcing the winners of the MySpace Redesign contest, plus a special rate for the first 10 Creative Deconstruction readers to sign up for an account. Details after the jump!

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Music News From Around the Web – June 4, 2010

Posted on 04. Jun, 2010 by refe.

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I’ve compiled a selection of some of the most important music industry news and commentary the past week, along with a few of my own thoughts. Let me know in the comments section if you think I’ve missed anything notable.
Public Enemy Cut Their Sellaband Target to $75k
Hip-hop legends Public Enemy burst onto the crowd-funding scene [...]

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Music and Tech Recap – May 2010 Edition

Posted on 03. Jun, 2010 by Gabriel Nijmeh.

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Google held their annual I/O developer conference over two days in May where they (and their partners) announced a number of new initiatives including Google TV, mSpot, a music streaming/syncing service for the Android and their acquisition of Simplify Media, which allows streaming of locally-stored media to Android devices.
Next up is Apple’s annual developer’s conference [...]

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What Do At&t’s New Bandwidth Caps Mean for ‘iTunes in the Cloud?’

Posted on 02. Jun, 2010 by refe.

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Apple and At&t are like the couple where the beautiful girl hooks up with the creepy, overweight older guy. Sure he makes a decent sugar daddy, but none of the girl’s friends can quite understand how she can still stomach the guy all these years later.
In yet another move that has put their customers in [...]

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‘Physical Fanatics’ Continue to Embrace Vinyl in a Post-iTunes World

Posted on 31. May, 2010 by refe.

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Even as many in the music world continue to trumpet the death of the physical release format there is growing evidence that these claims have been grossly exaggerated.
There is no denying that digital has taken hold of the music-listening market. Digital sales continue to climb, and new records are set every few months by artists [...]

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Music News from Around the Web – Friday May 28, 2010

Posted on 28. May, 2010 by refe.

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I’ve compiled a selection of some of the most important music industry news of the past week, along with a few of my own thoughts. Let me know in the comments section if you think I’ve missed anything notable.
Music News from Around the Web
If you can’t make money selling records, and you can’t make money [...]