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It’s a big day today, folks, and the office is all a buzz about the exciting new Facebook developments. What Facebook developments, you ask? What!? You haven’t heard??? Timeline has arrived in full force and is now available for brands! Timeline has been received with resistance by some users (but what Facebook update isn’t?), so [...]
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According to the official count, SXSW 2012 has attracted 500 bands traveling from 45 countries. The team at wireless hi-fi creators Sonos has done the research and created two maps – one global and the other the U.S. – mapping where they cone from. Where Do The Bands At SXSW Come From? Here’s the infographic:
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An upfront note: though this post focuses on the UK market, the principles, as you will see, apply across most music markets.
At first glance the UK recorded music market isn’t in too bad shape: album sales declined by a not too worrying 5.6% in 2011 and digital grew solidly, including 26.6% growth in digital albums*. [...]
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It’s impossible to be liked by everyone. No matter what you say or do online you risk the potential of offending someone (or even just rubbing them the wrong way). But for a musician, writer, photographer or anyone in the creative arts it can get even worse. Your soul, your art, is on display… available for anyone [...]
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The practice of staggered releases or “windowing” new releases on streaming music services has been a hot topic ever since Coldplay, The Black Keys, Adele and a small but select group of artists chose to withhold their music. Two recent interviews with key executives at Spotify and Rhapsody are certain to fuel the flames.
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Paul Miller, a.k.a. DJ Spooky (photo: Mike Figgis)
Paul Miller, records and tours under the moniker DJ Spooky. He also writes books, makes art, writes articles, and releases his music in an interactive, remixable music format: DJ Spooky and The Secret Song 2.
These apps not only let you remix his songs so they can sound different every [...]
Continue Reading DJ Spooky on Apps, WiFi Music Parties, and the ‘Post-Playlist Era’
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