By Ryan Van Etten on 04/22/2012
During SXSW 2012 Billy Corgan shared some rockable insights for indie musicians. “At the end of the day you always have to focus on the fact of quality first and everything else comes second” he says in the video below. (4:00) Corgan talked at SXSW about how artists need to create experiences that translate to [...]
Posted in Interviews, Music, Music Flux | Tagged albums vs. singles, alternative rock, Billy Corgan, business, context, digital, digital natives, engagement, interview, music industry, rock/pop, Smashing Pumpkins, Spotify, SXSW, SXSW 2012, technology |
By Ryan Van Etten on 04/10/2012
It’s pretty fair to say that in a moshpit SXSW attendees would trample UMF attendees. The SXSW-ers, being in Austin, have Texas power, and the UMF-ers, in Miami, might just be too numb to feel it. Both events took place in March 2012. I like to do photos of each but because I’ve been so [...]
Posted in Music, Photo Journal | Tagged Adam Jackson, Austin, Bassnectar, Ben Hughes, Borgore, crowds, crowdsurfing, dance pop, Datsik, Deerpeople, folk rock, indie rock, Japandroids, live music, Miami, music photography, photojournalism, photomosh, photos, rock/pop, stage lighting, SXSW, SXSW 2012, techno, The Fleshlights, The-Dream, Thee Oh Sees, Titus Andronicus, UMF (Ultra Music Festival), UMF 2012, UMF photos |
By Ryan Van Etten on 01/10/2012
In NJ, summer 2011, I witnessed a violent conversation about what is the best mobile music app. It pretty much sums up the state of mobile music streaming in 2011: Brandon: Rdio is where it’s at in music right now. Kerry: I. Don’t. Care. I love Spotify. Brandon: Name anything. I’ll play it right now. [...]
Posted in Apps, Discussion, iPad Apps, iPhone Apps, Music, Music Flux | Tagged consumption, debate, exfm, Grooveshark, last.fm, mobile, mobile music, MOG, music on demand, pandora, poll, Rdio, Spotify, streaming |
By Ryan Van Etten on 01/08/2012
You may know that in the A-side of 2011 I had the chance to do the web design for a project of massive value to musicians: the web version of Bas Grasmayer‘s thesis about marketing music through non-linear communication. He studies progress in music business since the MP3 and develops the ecosytem model for marketing [...]
Posted in Music, Music Flux, News, Visual | Tagged artist-fan relationship, Bas Grasmayer, Bas thesis, CwF (connect with fans), Deadmau5, direct-to-fan, Ecosystem Model, free culture, graphics, Internet Generation, Kevin Kelly, marketing, music discovery, MusicBiz, Non-linear communication, poster, research, social music, tribes, web design |
By Ryan Van Etten on 12/31/2011
01 – All Time Low 02 – The National 03 – Coachella 2011 04 – ADTR 05 – Sasquatch 2011 06 – Bonnaroo 2011 07 – ALK3 Andriano 08 – The New Deal 09 – Carl Barât 10 – NoFx 11 – Washed Out 12 – Warpaint 13 – Lady Gaga 14 – DFA 1979 [...]
Posted in Music, Photo Journal, Popular | Tagged Alessio Michelini, Alkaline Trio, All Time Low, Animal Collective, Bonnaroo, Bonnaroo 2011, Bowery Ballroom, Carl Barât, Coachella, Coachella 2011, Cuthbert and the Night Walkers, Dan Andriano, Death From Above 1979, Dublin, Fat Mike, Hayley Williams, indie rock, Lady Gaga, live music, Matt Berninger, NoFx, NYC, Paramore, photos, punk, rock/pop, Sasquatch 2011, Sasquatch Festival, Sebastien Grainger, SXSW 2011, Tegan and Sara, Terminal 5, The National, The New Deal, Warpaint, Washed Out |
By Ryan Van Etten on 04/18/2011
“In the corresponding rush to give today’s music fans what they want when they want it, the lines between stakeholders have become increasingly blurred. Even with business models evolving though, effective tools for music discovery, distribution, promotion, and curation remain an absolute necessity.” –Greg Nisbet Canadian Music Week 2011′s Mediazoic Panel about “how different parts [...]
Posted in Music, Music Flux | Tagged access vs. ownership, Alan Cross, artist-fan relationship, business, business model, Canadian music, change, CMW (Canadian Music Week), CMW 2011, content, context, curating music, data, digital valets, Greg Nisbet, Jake Gold, Jeremy Fisher, legal vs. illegal, Mediazoic, micropayments, monetization, music discovery, music industry, music value, MusicBiz, radio, Spotify, streaming, Terry McBride, tribes, video |
