Deconstructing the Week in Music

Posted on 30. May, 2009 by refe.

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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. Thanks to This Day in Music for the music history. Most Popular: Why the Music Industry still needs Taste-Makers - With so much new music flooding the system listeners [...]

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Deconstructing This Week in the Music Industry

Posted on 23. May, 2009 by refe.

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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. Thanks to This Day in Music for the music history. Most Popular: Amazon to Torrent site: stop letting your users buy our music - Another major retailer misses out on [...]

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Spain Says File Sharing is Legal – Obama Says “Your Wrong”

Posted on 12. May, 2009 by refe.

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Now Obama’s transformation from free-culture savior to copyright lobbyist bulldog appears to be complete. A few months ago the Spanish government ruled that personal use file-sharing is legal and that the sites that host file sharing are protected as long as they don’t directly profit from copyright infringment. The Obama Whitehouse is not happy about this.

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Amazon to Torrent Site: Stop Letting Your Users Buy Our Music

Posted on 11. May, 2009 by refe.

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Amazon.com looks to be the latest example of a major music retailer missing out on a huge opportunity to profit from file sharing – and this one was practically handed to them!

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British Music Industry Going on Trial in Liverpool

Posted on 06. May, 2009 by refe.

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The Sound City conference is coming up later this month in the Beatles old stomping grounds, Liverpool. It looks like it is going to be a great conference with a lot of interesting topics being discussed. You can check it out here if you want more info or live in the area. One thing on the [...]

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Imogen Heap Uses Twitter, ‘Heapstream’ To Connect with Fans

Posted on 05. May, 2009 by refe.

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I have talked ad-nauseum about the opportunities that social media provides artists to get the word out and connect with their listeners. Sometimes I feel like I am beating a dead horse – surely everybody get’s it by now, right? But the more I talk with new artists and record labels the more I realize [...]

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Pirate Bay Founders Sentanced and Fined $3.6 Million

Posted on 17. Apr, 2009 by refe.

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Twitter was on fire about Pirate Bay today. Rightly so, I guess – this case was a pretty big deal in the file-sharing world. The four founders of the Swedish BitTorrent file-sharing site were sentenced to 1 year in prison and ordered to pay a $3.6 million. There has already been PLENTY of media coverage of the verdict, though, so I thought [...]

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Latest Rock ‘Supergroup’ Boasts Unlikely Lineup

Posted on 10. Apr, 2009 by refe.

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New band Tinted Windows I first found heard about this via Windy City Rock, a great Chicago music blog, and I had to mention it here because, frankly, I think it’s pretty amusing. Former members of the Smashing Pumpkins, Fountains of Wayne, Cheap Trick and Hanson (yes, Hanson) have teamed up to form the rock ‘Supergroup’ [...]

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Smashing Pumkins to hold Open Auditions to Replace Drummer

Posted on 31. Mar, 2009 by refe.

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As a Chicago boy I thought this was worth posting. Now that drummer Jimmy Chamberlin – the last remaining original member of the Smashing Pumpkins besides Billy Corgan himself – has left the band, Corgan is holding open auditions to find his replacement. Although the Smashing Pumpkins probably jumped the shark years ago, I think [...]