December 2008
9 posts
Songs From the Heart of a Marketing Plan →
This is a good piece in the New York Times about the shifting business of music. There is a lot to think about in here.
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“I know — time for me to get over it. After all, this is the reality of the 21st-century music business. Selling recordings to consumers as inexpensive artworks to be appreciated for their own sake is a much-diminished enterprise now that free copies...
The Music They Made →
A sound collage featuring a sampling of the musicians who died this year.
Harvard Prof Wants to Broadcast RIAA Case on... →
Today, Professor Charles Nesson and his team of Harvard Law students filed a motion to broadcast courtroom coverage of the trial on the Internet, which is traditionally prohibited. More specifically, Nesson and his students are hoping to allow audio-visual coverage of the motion and trial proceedings. Nesson is defending Joel Tenenbaum, who has been sued by the RIAA for $1,050,000 for allegedly...
Sublime - Date Rape
I have been doing some design...
More proof: Games Sell Music →
Twenty-two percent of music buyers and 35 percent of people under the age of 35 reported playing a music-based video game, in the past three months, according to athe NPD Group.
Many of those gamers reported that because of their in-game experience they either discovered a new song or band or purchased the music, according to the report.
“Year-to-date through November, the music and dance...
M79 - Vampire Weekend
I caught Vampire Weekend at...
ccarella's weekly LastFM for 07/12/2008 →
Bob Dylan 29
The Killers 13
Blue States 4
Don Caballero 2
Vampire Weekend 2
Overall listened to 8 artists with 43 different tracks this week.
Most heard song with…
Stellastarr* - Pulp Song
I caught Stellastarr* at...
Modest Mouse - Bukowski: the Good News for People...