Radiohead did it. NIN did it. Recently, Girl Talk did it. The name-your-own-price model for purchasing music albums is a nice trend to see. I’m at the point where I don’t even care what the music is. I just feel obligated to buy a copy to promote the business model.
Well, now you can support the [...]
Some recent online music news that seems to have come to my attention in the span of a week:
Paul Westerberg (there’s the MN tie to justify the post ;o) has released his latest “album” for 49 cents on Amazon.
Sampling maestro Girl Talk has jumped on the NIN/Radiohead bandwagon and released his latest album using the [...]
Last summer, I was following some chatter around some Minnesota-based web projects pointed at making music easier to find and publish online. Just got word this morning that they are both officially up:
DJ Edna – an open-source website framework for musicians, including streaming, store, gallery, all that stuff.
“…allows the artist to bypass traditional distribution [...]
I found this to be a very interesting read:
http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/31/switched-on-apples-brash-flash-clash-rehash/
I find my mac loyalty waning as they become a bigger player in the world of consumer electronics. Has anyone noticed that Best Buy is now an Apple Authorized Reseller? I’m sure that has something to do with CompUSA closing half it’s stores, but I digress.
I [...]
What’s everyone’s thoughts on the EMI decision to drop DRM from ther iTunes sold music?
From what I’m reading, here’s the opinions so far:
Yays:
“It’s about time”
More choice for the consumer
Others will follow soon
Higher bitrate = good for audiophiles
Nays:
This is just a ploy to get an extra quarter for each song sold
EMI is small fry, this is [...]
A couple PodcastMN podcasters have received “you’d better stop playing our music” notices from the major record labels. Coincidentally, the podcasters were about to wrap up their programs anyway, the letter just made it an easier decision.
P.W Fenton’s Rest In Peace installment of DigitalFlotsam.org proclaims the death of the major label recording industry citing these [...]
April 25th, Fine Line Music Cafe
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