Tag Archives : music industry

The music industry is by far one of the most competitive verticals of all and if you are a musician hoping to make big in this world, then the odds are that you would have to spend a lot of money  before you can even dream of reaching the threshold of mass visibility. Whether it be a guitarist, a violinist or a keyboard player, the ugly fact remains [...]

One of the well renowned photographers in the world, Albert Watson, has now announced the launch of an all new book titled, UFO, which is short for ‘Unified Fashion Objectives’. UFO will act as a treasure trove of all the famous work done by Mr. Watson, covering nearly 40 years of his glorious career in colorful and a delightful retrospective. This [...]

A study conducted in Norway seems to show that the idea that musicians are always close to bankruptcy after the arrival of the digital age and the sharing of illegal files is not correct as well. Rather, the results indicate that both the number of artists and their average income increased in the last decade. In an article published on Tuesday, the [...]

A rising star in Christian music scene is returning to public attention with a new identity after a mysterious absence of seven years ago mostly across the world. Jennifer Knapp, 36, is not only releasing a new album is like “coming out of the closet,” a term that the singer / songwriter nominated for a Grammy considers it “very bizarre” [...]

Streaming services like Spotify, Last.FM and We7, which rely on advertisements and inscriptions provide access to free, legal and instant thousands of songs, may have its operations in danger. Edgar Bronfman Jr., chief executive of Warner Brothers, said the free streaming services are not good for the music industry, according to the news site of BBC [...]

The temporary closure of The Pirate Bay by the Swedish authorities two months ago, brought good news and bad news for the music industry, as the anti-piracy company’s DtedNet report shows in a released last Monday. According to the data, soon after the site was shut down it happened a “sharp decrease in illegal traffic of digital media in [...]

According to sources close to CNET, Google plans to launch next week a streaming music service in partnership with iLike and Lala sites. Internally, the project is being called the One Box for Music. One Box (or single housing) is as Google calls the box shown as the first result in certain searches. The content of the box varies with the type of research [...]

Yesterday it was commemorated thoroughly around of the world the 40th Internet’s birthday. In this same site, an article was published in which the reader could see as the internet developed and the current problems that it faces: tyrannical governments, attacks, virus and the greed of the corporations that threaten more and more the individual freedom. And, [...]

A group of popular rock, pop artists and musicians launched an organization called Featured Artists’ Coalition (FAC) in London last week. The Featured Artists’ Coalition is a collective voice of music makers, artists who want to have a greater say in music industry and protect the basic rights of performers and musicians. Times are changing and [...]