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  ‘Green Shoots’ in the Music Industry, or Just Thriving Trees?

  07.16.09 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  This article by Rory Cellan-Jones on the BBC site says that some new survey has told us that it’s not all bad for music… I’m not sure it’s ever been ‘bad’ at all, to be honest… CD sales are declining, but digital music costs so much less to manufacture and distribute that the crossover point [...]

• music

  The death of CD – forward or back?

  07.01.09 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  There’s been much discussion about the death of CD & the freedom this will bring musicians & this has got me thinking what does this freedom entail & what possibilities will be created.  For the last 50 years the vast majority of LP driven music (e.g. pop) has been constrained to 40-70 minutes of music [...]

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  Is Three Hours Too Long For A Concert?

  06.29.09 | Permalink | 15 Comments

  It’s all kicking off on Twitter today, after a comment I made about not wanting to watch anyone play for 3 hours. Which in turn was inspired by people commenting on how great it was that Springsteen did a 3 hour set in Hyde Park. Great? I’d be reaching for the tranquilizer darts, and start [...]

• music, news/current affairs, video

  The Power Of Music

  06.28.09 | Permalink | Comment?

  In a week when endless words are being spent deconstructing the meaning of Michael Jackson’s life and legacy, This video provides a stunningly powerful example of the role of music at the opposite end of the spectrum. Bant Singh is a singer and farmer from Punjab, India. His story is told in detail on the [...]

• music, news/current affairs

  Michael Jackson Dead Aged 50

  06.25.09 | Permalink | 19 Comments

  Wow, bit of a surprise this one. I didn’t know he was ill, or any more ill than he always appears to be. The LATimes are just now reporting that his death has been confirmed A proper nutcase, and quite a scary one at times. But also a musical genius. When teamed up with Quincey [...]

• music, social media

  The Death Of Myspace And How To Save It.

  06.24.09 | Permalink | 8 Comments

  Hypebot just ran a story about Myspace Losing 66% Of Their International Staff, Including the possibility of scrapping most of their world offices (including the one in India, but not China as that’s a separate company). Here’s the comment I posted: Myspace lost it when they refused to update their design, to open up the [...]

• music, weirdness

  Mos Def’s New Album Released As A T-Shirt.

  06.19.09 | Permalink | 5 Comments

  Found via @mattstevensloop on twitter – “New Mos Def album to be embedded in a T-Shirt“ (link to NME news pages). “Each shirt has a hang-tag printed with a URL and a unique code allowing the purchaser to download the music from the album.“ So c’mon, other possible ways of releasing an album? Let’s brainstorm!

• music, social media

  Indie MP3 Sale!

  06.17.09 | Permalink | 13 Comments

  Amazon.co.uk today have had a massive MP3 sale, with lots of albums going for 29p. Some great stuff, much of which I’ve bought. But, there’s no indie stuff there, largely because none of us manage our own catalogues on there, so can’t change prices at will – CDBaby or ReverbNation or whoever did the deal, [...]

• music, news/current affairs, social media

  ISPs & those troublesome downloaders – A possible solution

  06.17.09 | Permalink | 2 Comments

  The BBC news reported that “Virgin and Universal have signed a deal that will give the ISP’s customers access to “unlimited” music. For a monthly fee, Virgin’s broadband customers will be able to download or stream as many MP3 files as they want.

• art, music

  If You Were Curating Meltdown…

  06.16.09 | Permalink | 6 Comments

  Ornette Coleman’s Meltdown is well underway in London – the one downside of Lo and I heading of to Geneva this weekend was that we missed seeing The Roots at the Festival Hall, as part of the fest. Shame.

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