The Front End of the Donkey

neil young

You gotta love Neil’s honesty. We owe it all to artists to stand up to what they believe in and drive us forward. Without them, we would have nothing. “Still the searcher must ride the dark horse Racing alone in his fright.” “I’m finding that I have a little bit of trouble with the quality […]

VideoSong Momentum – Pomplamoose powers innovation in new music formats

The entire music industry has been driven by new formats, new music and innovation over the past 70 years. This has been fueled with the passion to be a star and receive the adoration of millions. Well, I think we might be seeing the beginning of a new music format. A format that engages audiences […]

Dave Kusek on music format shifts

By Gillian Shaw, Vancouver Sun “Music CD sales have dropped by half from their peak a decade ago, but unlike the decline of vinyl records and 8-track tapes, the current shift is bringing with it a wholesale transformation in the delivery and distribution of music. The format change started with MP3 files, but digital music […]

Gerd Leonhard Interview at Rollo & Grady

My co-author and friend Gerd Leonhard was recently interviewed by Carter Smith of Rollo & Grady. Here is the interview: R&G: How did you become interested in writing about the future of music? Gerd: I was involved in various online ventures during the Internet years, in the late 90s. I was trying to reinvent the […]

Dave Kusek Interview at Rollo & Grady

I was recently interviewed by Carter Smith of Rollo & Grady on The Future of Music. R&G: What was the reason behind writing “The Future of Music?” Dave: Gerd [Leonhard; co-author] and I became friends at Berklee. He did a few projects with the music business department, which is how we got to know each […]

The Future of Music Book and Podcast

Our book is available in various forms. You can listen to the book on iTunes as a podcast for free. Go to the iTunes store and search “Future of Music” podcasts and subscribe. You can buy the book on Amazon for $11.53 or less. You can purchase the audiobook from Audible for $7.49. Here are […]

Nevermore

Do you think Edgar Allan Poe could have made money if he sold The Raven separately from 30 other poems? This is a question posed in the U.K. Register article examining the “value gap”, or the amount that sound recording revenue has fallen since 2004. The report suggests that Apple (and others) should take the […]

Interview on the Future of Music

New Formats In a recent interview with Doug Dixon, David Kusek argues that the industry needs to develop new formats for music distributed in physical formats. "Dual Disc is certainly a pointer in the right direction," he says. "You need to create something that has great value in order to continue to compete." For example, […]

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