Hip Hop Bloggers “If I Ruled the Blogosphere”
“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.”
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Music Autoplay: On or Off? [Poll]
Have you ever visited a band’s website or MySpace page only to be blown out of your chair by a blaring music player? Usually the first thing I do is try to figure out how to turn it off, and, if I can’t figure that out in one nanosecond, I often exit the page and never return. Is this really the message one wants to send to their website visitors? Probably not. But maybe I’m a freak and the majority disagrees, so I ask, what do you think?
An Infinite Freeway For Music Business?
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.
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Music Business Driven by Data [Infographic]
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…
New Paramore Hulu Channel Reaches Brand New Eyes
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
Emotional Attachment To Music
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.
