http://www.thecontrapuntist.com Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:43:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2012/01/18/sopa-and-pipa-make-a-poor-attempt-to-protect-musicians/ http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2012/01/18/sopa-and-pipa-make-a-poor-attempt-to-protect-musicians/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:18:53 +0000 Contrapuntist http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/?p=5219 UPDATE 1.19.12: Several musicians, artists, authors, and other content creators have signed an open letter opposing SOPA and PIPA, which can be read at StopTheWall.us. If you haven’t heard about SOPA or PIPA by now, you’ve been hidden in cave or something, but today will be remembered the web went black protesting bills constructed to [...]

]]> http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2012/01/18/sopa-and-pipa-make-a-poor-attempt-to-protect-musicians/feed/ 0 http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2010/11/23/mit-study-finds-a-recommendation-doesn%e2%80%99t-compel-you-to-buy-a-song/ http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2010/11/23/mit-study-finds-a-recommendation-doesn%e2%80%99t-compel-you-to-buy-a-song/#comments Wed, 24 Nov 2010 03:14:38 +0000 Contrapuntist http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/?p=3711 It is virtually impossible to avoid social media in today’s society. The ability to share your opinion anywhere at anytime with anyone is a powerful mechanism of communication in the current digital landscape.  But how are we influenced by others online?  Businesses are convinced that social influencers can compel you to buy a product because [...]

]]> http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2010/11/23/mit-study-finds-a-recommendation-doesn%e2%80%99t-compel-you-to-buy-a-song/feed/ 0 http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2010/11/01/give-the-gift-of-music-a-sad-attempt-to-bring-back-the-value-of-music/ http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2010/11/01/give-the-gift-of-music-a-sad-attempt-to-bring-back-the-value-of-music/#comments Tue, 02 Nov 2010 02:19:05 +0000 Contrapuntist http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/?p=3580 You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to know the recording industry is bleeding.  And let’s face it the RIAA hasn’t treated its customers with the deepest sense of respect either. Lawsuits have a tendency of pissing people off, especially since the very same people being sued are the same ones the industry needs [...]

]]> http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2010/11/01/give-the-gift-of-music-a-sad-attempt-to-bring-back-the-value-of-music/feed/ 0 http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2010/10/20/is-grooveshark-misleading-users/ http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2010/10/20/is-grooveshark-misleading-users/#comments Thu, 21 Oct 2010 03:03:26 +0000 Contrapuntist http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/?p=3502 A while back I write a post comparing Grooveshark and Lala.com, that’s before Apple bought Lala and killed it. So before I get into the nuts and bolts of my post, let me say that I’ve been a fan of Grooveshark.  Before I started using Lala, I was a Grooveshark user.  I’ve recommended Grooveshark to [...]

]]> http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2010/10/20/is-grooveshark-misleading-users/feed/ 3 http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2010/09/03/bandpage-rolls-out-youtube-tracks-feature/ http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2010/09/03/bandpage-rolls-out-youtube-tracks-feature/#comments Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:00:34 +0000 Contrapuntist http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/?p=3288 A few months ago I wrote about a new, very cool Facebook application for musicians – BandPage by RootMusic.  This week a new feature was rolled out that helps to put more dough in musicians pockets. RootMusic has partnered with YouTube and integrated a method to collect royalties through the BandPage media player. In addition [...]

]]> http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2010/09/03/bandpage-rolls-out-youtube-tracks-feature/feed/ 0 http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2010/07/28/put-your-favorite-song-lyric-on-a-t-shirt-coffee-mug-or-mousepad/ http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2010/07/28/put-your-favorite-song-lyric-on-a-t-shirt-coffee-mug-or-mousepad/#comments Wed, 28 Jul 2010 19:13:54 +0000 Viola da Voce http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/?p=2659 Have you ever loved a song lyric so much that you wanted to show it to the whole world? Well now you can, with the Hal Leonard Corporation’s latest website, LyricStore.com. It’s the only website where customers can print accurate, licensed lyrics on clothing, mugs, and mouse pads. The lyrics from songs recorded by the [...]

]]> http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2010/07/28/put-your-favorite-song-lyric-on-a-t-shirt-coffee-mug-or-mousepad/feed/ 0 http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2010/05/25/key-points-from-narm-music-biz-crash-course/ http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2010/05/25/key-points-from-narm-music-biz-crash-course/#comments Wed, 26 May 2010 01:52:53 +0000 Contrapuntist http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/?p=2130 I had the pleasure of attending the NARM 2010 conference a couple of weekends ago.  I’ve been a bit delayed at providing what I came away with because I started a new job two days after the conference ended. But there are some key things that every person interested in the music business needs to [...]

]]> http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2010/05/25/key-points-from-narm-music-biz-crash-course/feed/ 0 http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2010/05/10/interview-with-jim-donio-president-of-narm-part-ii-%e2%80%93-the-music-industry/ http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2010/05/10/interview-with-jim-donio-president-of-narm-part-ii-%e2%80%93-the-music-industry/#comments Tue, 11 May 2010 02:33:55 +0000 Contrapuntist http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/?p=2055 Last week, I posted part one of my interview with Jim Donio, President of NARM.  Later this week, the 2010 NARM convention will come to Chicago, which is what we talked about during the first half of the interview.  Catch up by reading part one. For the second half, we spoke about the music industry.  [...]

]]> http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2010/05/10/interview-with-jim-donio-president-of-narm-part-ii-%e2%80%93-the-music-industry/feed/ 0 http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2010/05/07/interview-with-jim-donio-president-of-narm-part-i-2010-convention-in-chicago/ http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2010/05/07/interview-with-jim-donio-president-of-narm-part-i-2010-convention-in-chicago/#comments Fri, 07 May 2010 21:26:32 +0000 Contrapuntist http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/?p=2038 This year, Chicago will host the NARM convention scheduled May 14 to 17.  Earlier this week, I had a chance to speak with Jim Donio, President of NARM.  We spoke about what to expect at this year’s convention and who should attend.  Some of the events we touched upon include the Music Crash Course and [...]

]]> http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2010/05/07/interview-with-jim-donio-president-of-narm-part-i-2010-convention-in-chicago/feed/ 0 http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2010/05/05/heavy-metal-and-progressive-rock-putting-bodies-in-the-theaters-and-killing-the-ipod/ http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/2010/05/05/heavy-metal-and-progressive-rock-putting-bodies-in-the-theaters-and-killing-the-ipod/#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 21:01:42 +0000 Viola da Voce http://www.thecontrapuntist.com/?p=2021 I recently read two interesting blog posts which made me think about how quality metal and progressive music is surviving the declining music industry and increasing its fan base. Maybe People Don’t Go to Shows Because Bands Suck Eyal Levi’s post on metalsucks.com, “Maybe People Don’t Go to Shows Because Bands Suck,” describes how progressive [...]

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