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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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New Music Streaming Service Rdio: How Does it Stack Up?

Posted on 07. Jun, 2010 by refe.

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Rdio is a brand new streaming music service from the creators of Skype and Kazaa that is currently in private beta. Trials are currently invitation only. For information on free invitations please see below. This is certainly an interesting time to be launching a music streaming service. Today, Monday, June 7th is the first day [...]

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What does it take to earn a living with digital music?

Posted on 02. Jun, 2010 by refe.

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I’m sure many of you have seen this already, but it’s just too good not to share. Below is a beautiful info-graphi.c that breaks down the amount of music in various digital formats that a single artist would have to sell in order to meet the US minimum wage in a given month. As you [...]

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Music and Tech Recap – April 2010 Edition

Posted on 10. May, 2010 by Gabriel Nijmeh.

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There certainly was a lot of news and announcements in April even though it seemed to me that things got off to a slow start. Ultimately it turned into a Spring awakening as the month rolled on that it became a challenge to keep up with the avalanche of news, stories and announcements. Some [...]

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Music Technology Recap – November 2009 Edition

Posted on 02. Dec, 2009 by refe.

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This is a guest post by Gabriel Nijmeh, a business analyst and music technology enthusiast. Another month whips by since Refe first asked me to write the October music tech recap and I’ve really started feeling deja vu. You probably are feeling the same way but doesn’t it seem like we keep discussing the same issues and [...]

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Spotify No More Indie-Friendly than Radio?

Posted on 23. Nov, 2009 by refe.

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When Pandora and Last.fm arrived on the scene and Spotify was still just a twinkle in Daniel Ek’s eye, many independent artists and fans looked to online music streaming as a new beginning. These services promised a more democratic approach to music discovery than traditional radio and offered the chance to wash away the stains [...]

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The Problem With Music Streaming and Why It’s Only the Beginning

Posted on 08. Nov, 2009 by refe.

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There isn’t usually much to talk about when a product is perfect. People may rave for a while, but there’s little to discuss aside from the accusations of a few inevitable dissenters. A product or service that is truly newsworthy, however, is one that is almost perfect – but not quite. An excellent product that [...]

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Mother of All Music Tech Recaps – October Edition

Posted on 02. Nov, 2009 by refe.

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This is a guest post by Gabriel Nijmeh, a business analyst and music technology enthusiast. What a month of news and announcements coming from the digital music and tech world. The big Internet guns (Google, MySpace, Facebook) and a pack of known and new startups were battling for the top digital music business headlines. Funding, [...]

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Grooveshark Gets a Makeover

Posted on 26. Oct, 2009 by refe.

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The music streaming market is quickly heating up, even as many question the financial sustainability of the streaming model. Spotify seems to be the golden boy of the press (it also happens to be my personal preference) but it certainly isn’t the only contender. Only a few weeks ago Grooveshark made the headlines as the [...]