future of music

Today SellaBand launch a new music biz model that will open up Fan Funding to the entire music industry. A major artist, considered one of the most influential artists by many in the industry is joining SellaBand shortly and will use the model to fund their next album project. They are one of the many [...]

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Beaterator is a new direction for interactive music and what makes it truly astounding is that literally anyone can be up and making music within minutes. This little baby gives you studio-quality production tools in your pocket, and makes them easy enough for anyone to use. It’s like having a professional-level, portable studio that guides users through [...]

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Success in the music industry is now based on direct engagement with fans, not pushing acts  through radio and traditional media.  With this in mind  Next Big Sound is a new site that tracks a whole lot more than just a few page views. These guys clearly understand the need artists to understand fans online [...]

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If you want to know what is the hottest buzz webwise you should check out EPIC FU. How can I describe it?  Well EPIC FU is your guide to what the web is buzzing about, it’s where tech and culture get it on, it’s a new kind of web TV show that’s all about the [...]

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The Beatles have been all over the TV in the UK this past week. The Beatles on Record film shown on BBC Four charts the ’fab fours’ extraordinary journey from Please Please Me to Abbey Road and reflected on how they developed as musicians and matured as songwriters. It was interesting to see footage of them from the early sixties [...]

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If your wondering what the future holds for the music biz and where are the exciting new opportunities you should check out this video presentation by Gerd Leonhard. This is part 1 and touches on:  selling copies to selling access, from control and monopolies to open platforms and licenses, from copyright to usage right, on [...]

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The age of leverage has changed everything.   While the Record Industry was busy keeping the ‘status quo’ and ignoring new business models the heretics were taking over. The key question is why did it deserve to last forever? It didn’t. The record industry failed to read the writing on the wall; they ignored or failed [...]

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Today’s music producers and content creators must focus on getting fans ‘attention’ and keeping it for as long as possible. You need to energize that fan base and one of the best ways to do this is to feed them a continuous stream of stimulating content.  It takes time but the benefits of having this kind [...]

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The New Music Seminar took place in New York City this week and if your into Music DIY and the Next Generation Music Biz it was made for YOU.  All about, seeing new opportunities,  creating music and content you need to succeed, standing out from the competition, legal and business basics and keeping up with the [...]

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