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I discovered Gotye‘s “Somebody That I Used To Know” about five months ago when Rosi Golan recommended it. I had it on repeat for days, eagerly anticipating the release of the album*. Everything was working as described in my post “The Importance Of Free Music (Or Give ‘Em A Taste First)”. The single was a [...]

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In the previous article I took a big picture approach to look at why a record label, manager or lawyer might want to invest in a band and helping them become successful. The most important aspect of a project was determined to be the people involved, and the relationships between them. Below I will further [...]

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In my vision of the Music Industry near-future artists will be entrepreneurs, and Major Labels and future music companies will turn into investment companies, and both will relate in a similar way as technology start-ups and venture capitalists do. Paul Graham is a partner at venture capital firm Y Combinator, and has funded more than [...]

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(Written on June 24, 2012) Man, I remember what the music industry was like in 2010. It was still recovering from 1-2 punch of the Great Fraud of the 1990′s and the Digital Disaster of the 2000′s, but some light was already visible at the end of the tunnel. I’m so glad to see how [...]

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In August 2006 MySpace signed a massive $900M deal with Google. In exchange for that tidy little sum of money MySpace let Google power all search across the site. MySpace had to make certain search page view requirements happen to keep the deal going, and they managed to hit those marks by….cheating. They have destroyed [...]

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When going over our monthly Family Records digital revenue statements the first thing I tend to look for is quantity of sales per retailer. Meaning, how big is the check each individual retailer sends us, and whose is biggest. Looking at quantity helps me answer a few questions: Which Digital Retailers Should I Pay Most Attention [...]

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Noah recently posted an interesting commentary on a FT article covering Vivendi’s reliance on subscriptions throughout their business. Towards the end he mentioned this side-note: “Why I can’t subscribe to all my favorite label’s releases for the year?” That’s an excellent question! Why not? I decided to explore this question further, rather than waiting around [...]

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Exploring new business models again with Mr. Casey Shea. We just partnered up with our good friend Hans at 100000Fans.com to release a special collection of Casey Shea songs as an exclusive free download. We’re hoping this will continue spreading the good word about Casey’s music and expand the fan base for upcoming tours. The [...]

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