“In a digital world there’s no up-front cost to have infinite inventory that replicates itself on demand as a perfect digital copy and it only does that after it’s been authorized to do so, which is usually with a purchase. It has really been a shift from having infrastructure and access to distribution to just […]
The Future of Music Book and Podcast
January 19, 2009 By 8 Comments
More Long Tail
January 16, 2009 By 8 Comments
A couple of weeks ago I posted “long tail woes” citing and MCPS-PRS study that showed that of the 13 million songs on the internet, ten million did not sell a single copy. Today, eMusic, announced that approximately 75% of the tracks sold on their service, sold at least once during 2008 based on a […]
Dripping towards the river of music
March 28, 2008 By 8 Comments
Sometimes it takes a while for ideas to spread and become perceived as good ones. The “Music Like Water” metaphor where for a low monthly fee, people would have access to all the music they want in a kind-of music utility is one such idea. In a variety of recent announcements, the once mighty major […]
Music 2.0 models beginning to work
March 19, 2008 By 6 Comments
The state of the music business is obviously in transition, but new models are beginning to work at various levels that shine a very positive light on the future of the music industry. For example, some of the predictions made in the Future of Music Book and in other places are beginning to come to […]
