music is for playing
Guitar Tutorials Rocket Up iTunes Podcast Charts: Chord books and music lessons still sell, but for visual learners, the best option is probably the video tutorial. … of the top 20 podcasts offered by...
View Articlesoundcloud
Soundcloud is a really well-defined product. Limited in scope, easy to explain, original, and immediately useful. They have given themselves a strong chance of winning just by picking their...
View Articleembedding permissions
Official music videos on YouTube from three out of the four major labels can’t be embedded in third party sites. You can embed Warner, you can’t embed UMG, Sony BMG, or EMI. If you use unofficial...
View Articlebusiness impact of requesting to disable embedding of music videos in label...
A top pop star comes out with a new music video. The video is played on television, where a fan records it, digitizes it, and posts it to YouTube. The video is also posted on YouTube in the star’s...
View Articlecollateral damage of no-embedding policy
In reaction to my posts on music video embedding, Greg commented: What about the labels ability to recruit and retain artists? If the effect of preventing embeds is to reduce videos’ viral impact and...
View Articlead-sponsored music and the major labels
What are the economics of ad-sponsored streaming music services like iMeem? Labels want some amount, most commonly quoted as a penny a play, and the question is whether this price makes sense, or if...
View Articlesong page manifesto
The place for a dedicated song page is in the media player. Media players need to be extended to have the ability to show a web page associated with a song; they should always show the web page, and...
View Articlereactions to ad-sponsored music
My earlier blog entry on the economics of ad-sponsored on-demand music was reblogged on Silicon Alley Insider. One thing that I should point out is that SAI did some rewrites and though these were...
View Articlebenefits of song pages
Reblogging elemental-consulting on how dedicated pages add value to single songs: while I buy digital music on a regular basis, I still love the idea of CDs- something tangible that gives me more than...
View ArticleeMusic economics
hypebot does the numbers on eMusic: eMusic collects 30 or 40 cents per track downloaded. Because some subscribers don’t download their monthly allotment, eMusic pays 30-35 cents per download. From that...
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