The Nashville Feed

It's Columbus Day here in the US so that means a day off for me. If you read one article read "SonyBMG, You So Don't Get It" it's a good read with some information on what not to do.

Music Business & Sales

How the Music Business Spent the Summer Killing Itself… r.e.c.a.p.
from the "is it binding blog" by Randal Foster

Can the 'freemium' model weather the financial storm? - Cnet News
George Carlin said that when you live in the United States, you're guaranteed a front row seat to the freak show. Events of the last few weeks only reconfirm how right he was.

SonyBMG, You So Don't Get It.
Perhaps I woke up on the wrong side of the couch this morning. Maybe my coffee is too strong. Or maybe SonyBMG is so stupid about their online marketing efforts that they deserve to be ridiculed first thing the morning... every morning, until they stop damaging their own artist brands.

Walmart Phasing Out Music Sales...And That Revenue Isn't Coming Back
Coming soon to Wal-Mart: The new AC/DC album. Not coming to Wal-Mart for much longer: Most other music.

The Big Record Labels' Not-So-Big Future
With the Web decimating CD sales, the major labels are looking for new revenue streams, including ringtones, merchandise, tours—everything but music

Social Media

Net radio bill passes House - Cnet News
Web radio stations live to fight another day. The House of Representatives has unanimously passed a bill that Web radio stations have painted as life or death for their services.

State of the Blogosphere / 2008
Technorati’s State of the Blogosphere 2008 report, which will be released in five consecutive daily segments. Since 2004, our annual study has unearthed and analyzed the trends and themes of blogging, but for the 2008 study, we resolved to go beyond the numbers of the Technorati Index to deliver even deeper insights into the blogging mind.

Web 2.0: Making Friends / Web 3.0: Making Money
Web 2.0 is really at its core about user interface. Interface technologies such as Flash and AJAX have allowed web pages to be more active and engaging and to really become application-like. By and large, we have used this power to make social applications. But Web 3.0 is different. Web 3.0 is about the data.

David Byrne, Brian Eno and the viral album
Musicians David Byrne and Brian Eno, the historic duo who brought the world "My Life in the Bush of Ghosts" more than 20 years ago, have a new album out, "Everything That Happens Will Happen Today."

One Man's Piracy Is Another Man's Crowdsource
Say you own a record label, and one of your artists performs, causing fans to film the show and post their videos online. Do you: A) try to get all the videos deleted, B) do nothing or C) edit the best ones together to create a video of the concert from multiple camera angles, giving you another way to promote the artist and sell out shows?

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