Archive for the ‘industry’ Category
Trent is Only Part Right
Posted by Erik Peterson | Filed under business, industry, marketing
Over the past few weeks I’ve been noticing a lot of talk among musician resource and/or tech blogs, about Trent Reznor’s thoughts for new/unknown artists to be heard and market their music. Of course, almost all the headlines read along the lines, “Trent says give away your music for free!” Snipettes of Reznor’s post are [...]
To a Mother Concerned About File-Sharing
Posted by Erik Peterson | Filed under industry, technology, trends
First, I would like to indicate that this post is in response to MusiciansWages group blogging event for all music and musician bloggers, also brought to us in part by; Music Careers at About.com and KnowtheMusicBiz.com
A mother of a teenage son is concerned about his online file-sharing:
I have a teenage son who tells me his [...]
Democratizing Music
Posted by Erik Peterson | Filed under industry, trends
Music has always been meant to be enjoyed and to satisfy, or perculate, emotion. Yet, most of us nowadays only get the opportunity to actually experience a small percentage of the music that’s available out there. This is mainly due to the commercialization of music and media. At one time the record biz was about [...]
Yet Another Music Site?
Posted by Erik Peterson | Filed under business, industry
Rob and I are were well aware that we weren’t the first couple of guys to begin the journey of a music 2.0 start-up. Of course, the competition has skyrocketed since we began, but we wanted to take a different approach from the get-go. When we started Plugola, there were only a couple web sites [...]
