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Music Business Driven by Data [Infographic]

By Ryan Van Etten on 04/13/2010

In today’s fluxing music economy of freeconomics, ubiquitousness, and abundance, musicians are leveraging data and metrics tools to drive their careers. What answers can digital data deliver for musicians? Who… What… When… Where… Why… How…

Posted in Music, Music Flux, News, Popular, Visual | Tagged analytics, artist-fan relationship, business, data, data-driven music, digital, direct-to-fan, infographic, marketing, metrics, Music, music industry, MusicBiz, tips | Leave a response

Music Blogging Throwdown—Evading DMCA Takedowns

By Ryan Van Etten on 02/11/2010

Dubbed musicblogocide2k10 Google deleted at least six known music blogs from its Blogger platform. Google posted an official response highlighting their current procedures for handling DMCA complaints that were last updated last summer—Google implies that they warn offending bloggers but cite difficulty contacting offenders in the past. They also include the link for filing a DMCA counter claim.

Posted in Activism, Discussion, Editorial, Infoculture, Media/Journalism, Music, News | Tagged backup, bandcamp, blog shutdowns, blogger, bloggers, blogging, blogspot, change, copyright law, Creative Commons, digital, DMCA, domains, dreamhost, DRM, EFF, embedding, export, Google, Grooveshark, hosting, how to, import, internet, jamendo, legal, musicblogocide, musicblogocide2k10, platform, posterous, promo code, resources, rights, soundcloud, squarespace, tips, transfer, transferring, tumblr, widgets, wordpress, writers, YouTube | 2 Responses

Emotional Attachment To Music

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 | Leave a response

Lala, Apple, Mobile Music, and Cloud-Based Streaming

By Ryan Van Etten on 12/07/2009

Tweets about Apple acquiring Lala have been flooding Twitter for 3+ days now. A number of sources have provided news and analysis on the acquisition. Personally I think Apple aims to move iTunes to the web in an effort to control mobile cloud-based music streaming via iPhones and iPods. Mobility is paramount, and I think that buying Lala was a sound move for Apple.

Posted in Editorial, Music, Music Flux, Popular | Tagged access vs. ownership, acquisition, Amie Street, analysis, Apple, cloud, cloud computing, compete, development, digital, Grooveshark, ideas, iPhone, iTunes, Lala, last.fm, libraries, mobile, mobile music, mobility, MOG, music discovery, music industry, music sites, networks, payments, platform, process, reactions, sharing, simplification, social music, spotify, startups, stats, streaming, tweets, Twitter, UX | Leave a response

Music Consumption in a 180°—Terry McBride Interviews.

By Ryan Van Etten on 12/01/2009

The interviews below featuring Terry McBride—CEO of Nettwerk—offer terrific insight to the digital era of music. Terry points out that the ways in which we consume music are changing rapidly—largely due to smartphones—and that the “emotional glue” between fans and musicians is the essence of music business.

Posted in Miked, Music, Music Flux | Tagged access vs. ownership, app stores, Apps, artist labels, behavior, brands, business, cloud, cloud computing, consumers, consumption, content, context, copyright law, culture, digital, direct-to-fan, DIY, entertainment, fans, future, interview, iPhone, kids, marketplace, media, mobile, mobility, music industry, MusicBiz, musicians, Nettwerk, p2p, partnerships, positivity, service, smartphones, social music, streaming, TED, Terry McBride, trends, video, virtuality | 3 Responses

Numbers. Fame. Adaptation. An Impromptu Debate on Business in a Music Industry Changed by The Internet.

By Ryan Van Etten on 10/27/2009

Last Friday I got into a discussion with James Marshall (@infinitestylez) about issues facing musicians in the current state of the industry. I had tweeted two links and James replied stating, “The internet is destroyin’ industries we all love.” It sparked a bit of a debate at first—my stance is that the internet is changing the music business for the better—but we found some common ground along the way.

Posted in Discussion, Miked, Music, Music Flux | Tagged adaptation, bandcamp, business, change, debate, digital, endorsements, evolution, interview, issues, music industry, MusicBiz, musicians, revenue, subscription model | Leave a response

VirtualArt Visualjournal (Updated)

By Ryan Van Etten on 07/28/2009

We’ll be running a new image series, called Photo Journal, where we showcase live music photos, deviations, and digital artwork relating to music, arts, virtuality, and technology.

Posted in Editor Notes, Photo Journal | Tagged arts, artwork, Creative Commons, digital, FAQ, flickr, flickr group, graphics, imagination, interpretation, music photography, open, Photo Journal, site info, visualjournal | Leave a response