THE DATA SoundScan revolutionized the music business. It not only said what was sold, but where it was sold, allowing targeted marketing campaigns and tours. Spotify is SoundScan on steroids: "Without Spotify, labels know only when an album is sold. If a CD is ripped for a friend or borrowed for a party, they know […]

You’re fucked. You’ve got nowhere else to go. Netflix killed Blockbuster. The music industry should be paying close attention to the Netflix brouhaha. Every analyst says the same thing, this is about killing the DVD rental business. Imagine if the music business killed the CD? But you can only do that if you have a […]

Watch this video: Julia_Nunes_CNN_10072011 It doesn’t matter if you know who Julia Nunes is, or whether you like her music, she’s got fans who want to support her, want to hear more, and one can argue quite strongly she’s better off doing it all by her lonesome as opposed to tying up with a big […]

No dancing, no explosions, just music. Music lives on the Internet. This wouldn’t work half as well on the big screen, but sitting in front of the computer you feel like you’re literally on stage, in front of the very first row, Adele looks positively human. The lack of a scorched earth publicity campaign makes […]