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Kanye West’s Album Didn’t Even Make the Charts

February 23, 2016

The music industry has been drastically changing over the years, and the rise of streaming platforms has played a significant role in this evolution. With musicians now having the option of releasing their mu... Read More...

What Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” Sounds Like In a Happy, Major Key…

Paul Resnikoff

March 11, 2013

Because YouTube isn't already destroying and devastating music enough, there's this Ukranian guy who calls himself 'MinorVsMajor'. Here's his facelift of an ol' classic, "Beat It," force-converted into a major... Read More...

PSY: Loves American Money, Hates Americans

Paul Resnikoff

December 8, 2012

A huge number of Americans absolutely hate what happened, too. But very few Americans feel like this: here's Psy riding a very different sort of horse back in 2004 at an anti-American protest rally. "Kill t... Read More...

The 101 Most Influential Albums In Rock n’ Roll History…

Paul Resnikoff

October 19, 2012

...as judged by Jeff Gold's just-released coffee table tome, 101 Essential Rock Records. Anything missing? 1. The Beatles, Please Please Me 2. Bob Dylan, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan 3. The Rolling St... Read More...

I Can’t Get No Satisfaction (from my Musical Formats)

Paul Resnikoff

August 3, 2012

Feeling vaguely unsatisfied with every musical format out there? Well, join the club. Here's a breakdown of the ups and downs of our many music format lovers... And, a few disclaimers. 'Pay the artist' ... Read More...

The Recording: It’s Been Losing Its Value Since 1962

Paul Resnikoff

June 6, 2012

The most marked declines in recording values have occurred over the past decade or so. In fact, the average cost of a song - averaged across all platforms and formats - is now hovering just above $0. But widen... Read More...

Do Music Critics Still Matter? It Depends On Which Critic

Paul Resnikoff

January 10, 2012

Back in the days of scarcity, I needed magazines like RollingStone and SPIN. I cared if the Source gave an album five mics, simply because it was impossible to preview everything (or sometimes, anything). But... Read More...

In 1969, Jim Morrison Predicted This About ‘Machine’ Music

Paul Resnikoff

December 28, 2011

...from the pages of Jim Morrison: Life, Death, Legend, as well as the freshly-released Skrillex track, 'Breakn' a Sweat,' comes this. These comments were made by the Doors frontman in 1969, roughly ten years ... Read More...

What People Actually Spend on Entertainment & Music

Paul Resnikoff

September 28, 2011

There's an old myth about recessions - and depressions, for that matter. It states that people spend more on entertainment and leisure during hard times, mostly to escape a difficult reality. But the actu... Read More...

But Wait: Isn’t the iCloud Just Reinforcing Bad Habits?

Paul Resnikoff

June 6, 2011

Look up: it's music content in the cloud, and licensed content at that! Major labels (and others) will finally get their payday from Apple's iCloud, but doesn't this simply reinforce horrible consumer habits?... Read More...

The Weekly Wrap on Music Stocks

Paul Resnikoff

May 20, 2011

Live Nation Entertainment (LYV) was among the winners last week, thanks to better-than-expected ticketing gains in 2011. The rest of the action was happening in retail. Hot Topic (HOTT) swung southward this... Read More...

The 13 Worst Music Formats Of All Time

Paul Resnikoff

March 3, 2011

The most horrific formats in musical history. Just be thankful if you can't remember some of these... (1) The "Cassingle" Easily the worst format, this combined all the wrong elements: bad fidelity, meag... Read More...

SRR Capital Launches With a VC-Style Approach to Music Investing

What Is Attribution?

So Busy With "The Quiet Time..."

Netflix Won the Streaming Wars. YouTube Changed the Rules.

Indonesia: One of the World’s Most Promising Digital Music Markets

What Politicians Could Learn from the Music Business: A Midterm Election Primer

Nostalgia, Analog, and 2016 Energy: What So Not Brings Cinema-Scale Trap Back to the Underground

Can Spotify Shake Its ‘AI War Machine’ Problem?

Why Anyma Was the Perfect Artist to Bring Electronic Music to Sphere in Las Vegas

James McCartney’s Next Release? A Cover of Joni Mitchell’s ‘Circle Game’

Music Preview, Fan Engagement, Data-Driven Insights — Sound Credit Launches ‘Drip’ Streaming Service for Ephemeral Music Releases

Kanye West’s Album Didn’t Even Make the Charts

What Michael Jackson’s “Beat It” Sounds Like In a Happy, Major Key…

PSY: Loves American Money, Hates Americans

The 101 Most Influential Albums In Rock n’ Roll History…

I Can’t Get No Satisfaction (from my Musical Formats)

The Recording: It’s Been Losing Its Value Since 1962

Do Music Critics Still Matter? It Depends On Which Critic

In 1969, Jim Morrison Predicted This About ‘Machine’ Music

What People Actually Spend on Entertainment & Music

But Wait: Isn’t the iCloud Just Reinforcing Bad Habits?

The Weekly Wrap on Music Stocks

The 13 Worst Music Formats Of All Time