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 |
By Ryan Van Etten on 07/27/2010
Mr. Owl, How many clicks does it take to get to the rock n’ roll center of a retail mp3? Let’s find out. A One… A two-HOO…too many! Mr. Owl just BitTorrented right in because it was easier than buying it on iTunes. It took less clicks. It took less clicks. Are you testing your fans’ user experience?
Posted in Design, Music, Music Flux | Tagged Ariel Hyatt, clicks to content, consumers, consumption, content, digital sharing, Disc Makers, Eric Garland, fans, free, Futurehit.DNA, Google, iTunes, Jay Frank, Mr. Owl, New Music Seminar, NMS NYC 2010, OneBox, P2P, package deals, ripping and burning, strategy, streaming, tips, Tom Silverman, Tony Van Veen, UX, What I Learned at NMS10 |
By Ryan Van Etten on 05/26/2010
“You’ve just got to be open and free, because that’s the way people want to get content on the web”, says Dallas Penn. “Don’t be afraid of someone stealing your work so much, just have more work to give, and, if people are stealing it, you know what you’re onto something. You’re moving in the right direction.” continued Penn. Frank Talk summarized it in poetic terms, “If they’re stealing from you, [then] you’re on the right track.”
Posted in Discussion, Infoculture, Media/Journalism, Music, Music Flux | Tagged bandcamp, blogging, blogosphere, blogspot, circular promotion, community, content, copyright law, counterculture, culture, curating music, hip hop, internet, music bloggers, MusicBiz, net neutrality, new media, Oddisee, open, openness, personal brands, video |
By Ryan Van Etten on 04/27/2010
On the road of sound, there are players, and there are consumessengers. Due to the increase in communication mediums, consumers—the fans—are spreading the message now more than ever. Hence, the consumessenger has emerged. These modern fans are still fueled by the music, but what we’ve seen is a shift to an era where musicians are the engine, and their fans are the only fuel that matters. Gassing up your car isn’t free, but hybrid music fuel can be.
Posted in Boundless, Discussion, Editorial, Music, Music Flux | Tagged advertising, business, CDBaby, Chris Anderson, consumessengers, content, DIY Musician Podcast, economics, free, freeconomics, influencers, Kevin Breuner, like button, marketing, music industry, MusicBiz, MySpace, obscurity, photos, podcast, recommendation engine, resources, social media, social music, VW, word of mouth, your friends are your filter |
By Ryan Van Etten on 02/10/2010
Paramore + Hulu = Awesomeness. A hi-fi artist channel that rocks. Paramore outperforms both on and off the stage. Why do I like Paramore? They are kick-ass live performers. But I’ve never seen them in person. Hulu delivered them to me last year and now again with the brand new Paramore channel at hulu.com/paramore
Posted in Editorial, Music, Music Flux, News, Reviews | Tagged access vs. ownership, Andrew Kendall, artist channels, artist-fan relationship, awesomeness, band, bands, brand new eyes, content, deals, EMI, energy, engagement, fans, generation, hulu, hulu channel, Internet Generation, live music, music review, MusicBiz, musicians, Paramore, partnerships, performers, performing, pop-punk, punk, rock/pop, social media, social music, storytelling, streaming, television, The Final Riot!, timeline, ustream, Vevo, video, WMG, youth, YouTube |
By Ryan Van Etten on 02/01/2010
Terry McBride—CEO of Nettwerk—talks here about imagination. He argues that with music, context trumps content because music creates emotional bookmarks in our mind. Simply, the song is an emotion. These emotional bookmarks are significant because they enable us to travel backwards in our memories to when we experienced the music. Consumers are in control of the music industry, and access rules.
Posted in Music, Music Flux, News, Popular | Tagged access vs. ownership, app stores, Apple, artist-fan relationship, arts, behavior, business, cloud, consumption, content, context, copyright law, crowdsourcing, digital, digital valets, downloads, emotion, emotional attachment, imagination, iPhone, ipod, live music, music industry, music ventures, MusicBiz, Nettwerk, P2P, positivity, psychology, pull, recession, revenue, smartphones, social music, Spotify, streaming, TED, TEDxVancouver, Terry McBride, venture capital, video |
