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Key points from NARM Music Biz Crash Course

May 25, 2010

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 [...]

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Interview with Jim Donio, President of NARM: Part II – The Music Industry

May 10, 2010

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.  [...]

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GRAMMY Camp For Kids, Deadline Approaching

March 21, 2010

I often give the Grammys grief for the awards, but the organization does have an important role when it comes providing a musical experience for kids.  GRAMMY Camp® is a ten-day residential summer camp for high school students with a focus on the music industry. The Camp is hosted in Los Angeles by the University [...]

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Music Power Network

January 4, 2010

It isn’t a secret the music industry is changing.  In fact, it is changing at a dramatic pace.  For folks, such as myself, who dream of entering the business side of things as an artist and/or entrepreneur there is a need to learn about the evolution occurring within the industry. Earlier today, I stumbled onto [...]

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Copyright Dilemma, The Internet, and The Music Industry vs. The People

February 19, 2009

Since the emergence of the Internet, the music industry has fought a losing battle – copyright.  As a musician, I have a unique vantage point understanding the music industry’s complaint over file sharing, copyright infringement, and how the internet has amplified these habits.  And, they are habits. As a musician, I, technically, hold all the [...]

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Death Watch: The Editorial Review

December 18, 2008

Image by charles.hope via Flickr Yesterday, I shared Rolling Stone‘s Top Albums of 2008 on Twitter, and this was my Tweet: “so Rolling Stone has their top Albums of 2008 up. This is why editorial reviews are a thing of the past. http://twurl.nl/p04sx5.”  A Tweetmate suggested I write a blog post and expand on my [...]

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Music Award Shows: Hype With No Substance

September 8, 2008

Does anyone care about music award shows? Last night, I chose to watch Monday Night Football, with the Chicago Bears surprising the Indianapolis Colts in a 29-13 victory, instead of the MTV Video Music Awards.  I just didn’t think I was going to miss much, so tolerate stupidity and the “return” of BS aka Britney [...]

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The Music Industry Fued- CD Sales Fall, Gene Simmons Blames P2P, Kid Rock Bans iTunes

June 19, 2008

The music industry continues to point fingers at the very people that keep it breathing.  Yesterday, Timesonline published an article reporting the continued decline of music sales caused by the drastic decline in CD sales.  Members of the music industry continue to blame peer-to-peer file sharing.  As the transition from CD buying to MP3 downloading [...]

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Originality Will Keep The Music Industry Breathing

May 21, 2008

WIRED’s The Listening Post published an article last week that offers 5 solutions that were proposed by The Leading Question and Music Ally. Here are the five major points: 1. Music needs to be bundled with other products and entertainment packages: Value can be created from many other ways than consumers simply buying the occasional [...]

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The RIAA pushes copyright enforcement on Higher Ed.

May 10, 2008

It is well-known that the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has been trying to protect the major music labels for years. Let’s take a moment to recall the RIAA going after a 12 year old, and most recently a homeless man. With an economic recession looming (and record sales likely to continue falling), the RIAA is continuing to seek solutions to protect the industry – now going after universities:

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