Jazz Odyssey

"Jazz has remained a very accessible art form partly because fans are educated by their own music collections. Albums employed text, photographs and graphic design to illustrate how a network of artists created a musical language together. Without the physical album, online music stores will play a much larger role in teaching new listeners about [...]

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Gofish is a new media search platform (currently in beta). Gofish bills itself as "the largest, deepest reaching, and most expansive search platform for digital media in the world". What should hypothetically happen on a Gofish search is that a search for an artist such as Lenny Kravitz returns aggregated results from several different [...]

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Do you know how to create a LaunchCast personalized music station?  Can you explain the difference between a subscription service and a la carte downloads?   Do you know which Yahoo groups are going to be most useful to find out about music that you may be interested in?  Do you know where to search online for [...]

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"Universal’s new label represents another leap – the belief that by signing enough acts with small, established audiences, the company can earn a profit on digital sales alone. The new unit, Universal Music Enterprises Digital, could become a model for labels that are seeking a low-risk way to market an act without producing a physical [...]

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"After years of bitter battles between copyright holders and file-swapping services, the outlines of a partial truce are emerging that may soon see major record labels partner with peer-to-peer networks to create legal online music stores."
CNET’s News.com takes a look at Napster founder Shawn Fanning’s new creation, Snocap.  Details on the technology remain unclear but what [...]

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Joe Taylor over at Spinme.com posted this great cartoon that resonated with me this morning.  At around this time of the year, my anticipation for the fall Phish tour would be working its way to a frenzy.  It was more than just anticipation of a concert….the fall Phish tour was a time when I would see [...]

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Can you make any money giving away an ebook? Seth Godin thinks you can.  Seth is very sharp neo-marketing thinker and author whose books should be on the bookshelf (in prominent view) of every music marketing professional.  In Seth’s view "…the idea spreads and people want to interact with you in other ways. And those interactions are the currency [...]

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"We’re in an interesting time in digital music. Both sides in the P2P issues are listening a little more than before. The rhetoric has softened a bit and the acrimony, believe it or not, is dissipating. That’s not to say that we don’t have a lot of work ahead to come to a satisfactory resolution, [...]

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"A new twist on file sharing is holding out the promise of allowing millions of people to share their song collections online, at no cost–and without legal risk.  The trick involves marrying peer-to-peer technology with Internet radio. Using that combination, some companies are creating powerful tools that automatically broadcast people’s private playlists onto the Web. [...]

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“So now anyone can control, create, market, distribute, find, and interact with anything they want. The barrier to entry to media is demolished. Media, always a one-way pipe, now becomes an open pool. And, most important, the centralization of media — the marketplace, the network, the monopoly — is replaced by a decentralized universe. This [...]

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Itunes is a great piece of software. It’s easy to use and it works well.  For most people, its the only music player and organizer you’ll ever need.  However…if you are a more advanced user and looking for more flexibility, you owe it to yourself to check out Anapod by Red Chair Software.   Anapod integrates with Windows [...]

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“Previously, Digital Rights Management (DRM) was about keeping honest users honest. Content protection – not promotion – was the focus…To create a sustainable mobile content offering operators and content rights owners have to control, protect and charge for content. But they must also fulfil user demands for a seamless customer experience – and the freedom [...]

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A little shameless self-promotion today….I’m pleased to share the news that a campaign we designed just won the award "Best Use of Technology for a Music Marketing Campaign" at the Billboard 2004 Digital Entertainment Conference.  The campaign to promote the Ben Harper single "Diamonds on the Inside" involved working with Maven Networks to design a "jukebox" containing [...]

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“There’s a reason the subservient chicken didn’t increase Chicken nugget sales, why the Segway (a.k.a “IT”, a.k.a. “Ginger”) hasn’t changed the world despite drool-worthy P.R., and why Richard Branson descended a New York City skyscraper in a nude suit. And it all comes down to the distinctions among Viral, Buzz, and Word of Mouth marketing.”
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…the decision to sell customized CD’s grew out of the belief that Starbucks regulars – mostly 25-to-49-year-olds with the kind of disposable income that allows them to spend up to several dollars for coffee or tea a few times a week – are poorly served by radio stations and record stores attuned to teenage tastes. [...]

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“The internet will eventually be wonderful for music buyers, but it is still a threat to today’s dominant record labels” A must-read article at Economist.com…

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