Why are artist, writer, producer, engineer and other credits almost always missing from iTunes, Pandora, Spotify, Amazon, Rdio, and almost every other music service, with little exception? That’s the basis for a metadata movement being spearheaded by producer, mixer and engineer Count (aka Mikael Eldridge), whose ‘credits’ include artists like DJ Shadow, Radiohead, The Rolling […]
Artist Revenue Streams Research Project
September 16, 2011 By 1 Comment
My friends at the Future of Music Coalition are conducting an online survey from Sept 6 – Oct 28th to determine the variety, depth and complexity of the ways that musicians are making money these days. Not theoretically, but actually. We are looking for performers, songwriters, composers, band members, session players, producers, MCs and anyone […]
New Media Economics in Indie Rap – Welcome to the Future
March 18, 2010 By 6 Comments
Spin Magazine Book Club Pick – The Future of Music
February 18, 2009 By 4 Comments
From SPIN.COM MC Lars, a self-proclaimed “post-punk laptop rapper,” may be best-known for his fast-talking rhymes about Hot Topic stores and hipster girls, but the Bay Area musician is notably literary, and therefore a fitting participant in our ongoing series of musicians talking about their favorite books. Not only has MC Lars penned songs about […]
Artists Perspectives on the Future
November 3, 2007 By 6 Comments
The current issue of Rolling Stone includes some interviews with artists on the future of music. Here are some excepts: Adam Levine – Maroon 5 How do you think the music business will change in the next decade? It’s a very greedy, artist-exploiting business, and I think it will fall hard so it can rebuild […]
New Artist Model
October 21, 2007 By 23 Comments
It used to cost a lot of money to record and promote new music. Artists struggled like hell to find a patron to support them (i.e. a label). Everything was controlled and only a few artists became stars. That was the major label system. Most artists learned quickly when the recording advance money ran out […]
