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This Is What iTunes Match Is Paying an Indie Band

June 8, 2012

The following is the payout an indie band is getting from iTunes Match. It was posted by David Harrell of the Layaways. Keep in mind that this is separate from the iTunes Store, which has a simple, 70 percent... Read More...

Streaming Piracy: Is There a Problem Here?

Paul Resnikoff

June 6, 2012

YouTube is easily the biggest streaming music platform - by far - and it's completely DRM-protected, just like Spotify, Pandora, and Grooveshark. The question is, do enough people want to circumvent these limi... 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...

Music Fans: They Just Love Boring Homogeneity

Paul Resnikoff

May 31, 2012

Forget about the next discovery breakthrough app for a moment. What if most music fans really aren't that motivated to discover new stuff? Of course, radio stations tend towards mindless repetition, and homoge... Read More...

I Run an Indie Music Site. And Yes, I’m Totally Disillusioned With Digital…

Paul Resnikoff

May 30, 2012

The following comes from Tyler Hayes, a music enthusiast and owner of indie-focused site Liisten. He's hit a digital wall. I'd like to think I was optimistic rather than naive, but call it what you will. ... Read More...

Rdio Proposes an Insulting ‘Artist Compensation Plan’

Paul Resnikoff

May 24, 2012

The problem is that artists are feeling slighted by streaming services, especially as major labels, fans, and investors reap the enormous benefits. Which plants the seeds for bigger content problems ahead. ... Read More...

What Else? Facebook, Blazonczyk, UMG, Oakland, Audiolife, MOG, Timeline…

Paul Resnikoff

May 22, 2012

Facebook (FB) tanked again on Tuesday to $31, a nearly 9 percent drop on the day. That's roughly 24 percent off the $38 strike, and falling. Which still means billions in Facebook's coffers, but not the glamo... Read More...

AdRev: It Finds Your YouTube Videos, and Wraps Them With Ads

Paul Resnikoff

May 11, 2012

If Tunecore solved the 'iTunes problem' for smaller artists, then who gets to solve the 'YouTube problem'? Meaning, who's got that simple-stupid solution for directly managing and monetizing your YouTube colle... Read More...

Sirius: The Future Belongs to Those Who Curate

Paul Resnikoff

May 7, 2012

Sirius XM Radio is lucky to be alive, and their growth hasn't been cheap. But with 22.3 million subscribers, this is easily the largest music subscription service in the world. In fact, they have roughly seve... Read More...

Drowning? The iTunes Store Now Has 28 Million Songs

Paul Resnikoff

April 25, 2012

The content glut keeps getting worse, not better, and this is now a very serious challenge for artists of all levels. Because even musicians that make incredible music are finding themselves drowned, undiscove... Read More...

The State of Music Subscription: April, 2012…

Paul Resnikoff

April 24, 2012

Apple hasn't shared an iTunes Match figure, though here's our running tally of music subscription totals. These are the latest updates from Sirius XM, Spotify, Rhapsody, Muve, Slacker, WiMP, and eMusic, though... Read More...

I’m a Producer & Engineer. And I’m Invisible on Digital Music Services…

Paul Resnikoff

April 20, 2012

Sure, you probably skip the credits at the end of a movie - in fact, most people leave the theater right when they start! But the credits - for every last contributor - scroll after every film, without excepti... 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

This Is What iTunes Match Is Paying an Indie Band

Streaming Piracy: Is There a Problem Here?

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

Music Fans: They Just Love Boring Homogeneity

I Run an Indie Music Site. And Yes, I’m Totally Disillusioned With Digital…

Rdio Proposes an Insulting ‘Artist Compensation Plan’

What Else? Facebook, Blazonczyk, UMG, Oakland, Audiolife, MOG, Timeline…

AdRev: It Finds Your YouTube Videos, and Wraps Them With Ads

Sirius: The Future Belongs to Those Who Curate

Drowning? The iTunes Store Now Has 28 Million Songs

The State of Music Subscription: April, 2012…

I’m a Producer & Engineer. And I’m Invisible on Digital Music Services…