Digital Music
30. May 2009 | 19:40SANDY BERGER: Plenty of Options for Playing Digital Music
The world of music has changed drastically. It is not so much that the music has changed (which it always does), but it is that we are now listening to music in new digital ways. You may remember listening to vinyl records, reel tapes, eight-tracks or cassette tapes. They are all passé. Even CDs are on their way out. (News Source: The Southern Pines Pilot - 22:23:35)
5 Trends in Digital Music
Dana Oshiro is a Canadian PR strategist and writer. She blogs regularly at Villagers With Pitchforks . It’s unlikely that you’ve wooed someone by holding an iPod over your head in the rain. How we enjoy, share, discover, market and remix music has dramatically changed in the last two decades. While many of us are still rabid fans, technology allows us to wear the hat of producer, musician and … (News Source: Mashable - 16:25:25)
paidContent.org - Best Buy Launches Digital Media Fund; Will Be Managed By Fuse (FKA Velocity)
Napster (NSDQ: NAPS) wasn’t enough. Big box retailer Best Buy, which bought the music service in September for $121 million, is launching a new media digital fund to invest in areas including music, video, games and personal media management. (News Source: Washington Post - 18:07:08)
Music labels to startups: Pump it up; Looking to an all-digital future, the recording industry is making …
SAN FRANCISCO - With CD sales dropping fast, it is not hard to imagine how the major music labels could benefit from the growth of Web start-ups like Imeem. The company’s service lets people listen to songs, discover new artists and share their favorites with friends. And in return, Imeem owes the labels licensing fees for use of the music. (News Source: The Bulletin - 11:08:28)
CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Ronin Rhythm Records Announces June 1 Digital Releases
Ronin Rhythm Records brings its complete back catalog to the digital download platform in collaboration with Iapetus Distribution/Unsung Records. Seven titles are being released digitally on the June 1, 2009 via most major download stores such as iTunes, emusic, Amazon, etc. Ronin Rhythm Records is a platform for new creative music covering New Minimal, Funk and Ritual Groove Music. The label … (News Source: All About Jazz - 18:41:46)
Enabling musicians to sell their music
p2pnet news view | P2P | Music:- Let us say that 35,000 CDs have been released every year since 1980, and will continue to be released. Let us also say that a CD can generally be represented as a 100MiB MP3 file at an acceptable bit rate. From the ‘back of envelope’ table below we can estimate […] (News Source: p2pnet.net - 15:32:26)
Europe Moves to Open the Borders for Digital Music
The complex European rules that prevent iTunes from opening its doors everywhere–French members buying music from the German iTunes, for example–may be getting overhauled. That’s if Europe’s Competition Commissioner gets her way. And she probably will. Commissioner Neelie Croes is also behind the recent $1.5 billion fine levied against Intel for anti-competitive behavior. Her attention, along … (News Source: Fast Company Magazine - 19:44:53)
Meet the new digital pioneer: Neil Young
His ‘Archives: Vol. 1, 1963-1972′ sets a new standard for career retrospectives over 10 Blu-ray discs, 10 DVDs or eight CDs. (News Source: Los Angeles Times - 17:22:47)
Euro Music Licensing Agreement Nears
Sure, Europe is made up of independent countries, but that doesn’t mean there can’t be a one-stop shop when it comes to music licensing for online sales. Music rights holders appear to be close to an agreement for creating an environment where only one licensing agreement is necessary to sell music online throughout the continent. Companies currently have to strike agreements with licensing … (News Source: Pollstar - 21:53:36)
D7: Ticketmaster CEO Dishes on Future of Music
The “demonetization” of recorded music has turned it into more of a marketing tool than a revenue source, but the industry needs to embrace digital music as the current reality, Ticketmaster CEO Irving Azoff said Wednesday. (News Source: PC Magazine - 23:30:55)
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