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Check out an interview I recently did with DeliRadio about the current and future landscape of the music industry. “If you look at the history of the music business, there have been many radical periods where technology has come in and shaken things up and everyone was very concerned about that. And they had to […]
Spotlight on ed tech at SXSW 2013. LAUNCHedu organized a competition for ed tech startups during this year’s SXSWedu. On March 6th, two companies won cash and consulting services from the LAUNCHedu advisory board. BloomBoard won in the K-12 category while LearningJar took home the prize in higher education. Community Impact News reported the details: […]
There is a lot of speculation surrounding online education and how it will disrupt traditional teaching and learning systems. Many people are looking to other industries to predict what will happen next and in this case it’s the music industry. While some parallels can be drawn between markets, it is important to note the differences […]
While the recorded music business continues to suffer, the live music business is holding up rather well, propelled in the short term by legacy acts, but moving forward with smaller bands and festivals well poised to fill the shoes of the legendary bands as they retire. Here are some excerpts from a great piece by […]
We are beginning to see the disruption of traditional higher education. This seems to be the path that many institutions are on, as their businesses are in the process of being re-engineered by – you guessed it – the Internet. Just as instant access and peer to peer communication and worldwide communication systems disrupted the […]
The Music Industry is Changing. Musicians today need to take risks and push the edges of creative expression by embracing the reality that nothing about music is normal anymore. The future belongs to those ready to create new engaging musical experiences – unique products and services. Higher touch, active opportunities for fans and artists to […]
Berkleemusic’s online classes start next week. Learn about music, the future and your part in it. Study with Berklee faculty from anywhere in the world. Improve your skills and become part of an online community of like-minded musicians. Learn to navigate the emerging digital music business, and gain effective techniques in publishing, marketing, management, touring, music supervision, […]
Berkleemusic’s online classes start next week. Learn about music, the future and your part in it. Study with Berklee faculty from anywhere in the world. Improve your skills and become part of an online community of like-minded musicians. Learn to navigate the emerging digital music business, and gain effective techniques in publishing, marketing, management, touring, music […]
Here is a presentation developed for clothing manufacturer Carhartt as they try and capitalize on the popularity of their products with the youth market. Interesting trends and stats posted by students from Parsons The New School for Design. ”By identifying the forces at play in the world of music and the behaviors that are driving those […]
Here is a fantastic compilation of posts and articles from 2012 about managing startups from Tom Eisenmann Professor at Harvard Business School who studies lean startups, entrepreneurship, platforms, and network effects (Twitter: @teisenmann). This is so much information and wisdom here for anyone starting a new venture or trying to make their startup successful. As Tom says […]
Challenge the conventional thinking about the business of music, and explore new ways of creating, financing, promoting, and distributing it.
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