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The new way to listen #3: Music That’s Different
November 11, 2009, 12:00 am
This is a two part post: first, some music I recommend; second (later in the week) – how can this …
Black Gives Way to Blue: The Return of AIC and resulting format confusion…
November 4, 2009, 12:40 am
There’s nothing like music for taking you back. Seventeen years ago (at the start of my professional career) I was …
Can The Beatles finally realize their ambitions?
October 28, 2009, 12:18 am
In Richard DeLillo’s book The Longest Cocktail Party there’s an amusing passage around the release of The White Album (I …
Do All Music Ventures Have to Be Digital Now?
October 21, 2009, 9:35 am
The web is wonderful. It has done the most remarkable things for music. I haven’t read one of his novels, …
Will the music industry ever extract real value from digital?
October 14, 2009, 12:04 am
When Steve Jobs announced the launch of iTunes back in 2004 and queued up the slide for the song price …
Why Didn’t In Rainbows Open the Music Industry Floodgates?
October 7, 2009, 9:20 am
Back in 2007, Radiohead exited its record deal with EMI and promptly self-released their new album In Rainbows as a …
Why Doesn’t the Music Industry Have Answers to the Big Questions?
September 23, 2009, 9:07 am
It will not have escaped your attention that for the past two weeks the UK music industry has been ‘debating’ …
Major Music Labels: Great Power, Great Responsibility
September 4, 2009, 7:56 am
At the start of the summer, Billboard magazine published an opinion piece by me on Marvel Entertainment – that company’s …
The New Way to Listen #2: Too Much Music, Too Little Time
August 12, 2009, 5:57 am
A very good friend of mine is a very heavy CD buyer. His guilty pleasure is small but frequent (almost …
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Music is a Different Business
November 17, 2009, 11:53 am
A week or so ago, I made five recommendations of music that’s a bit different to my (& maybe your) …
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