Artist Revenues
TimesOnline: “This is the graph the record industry doesn’t want you to see. “It shows the fate of the three main pillars of music industry revenue – recorded music, live music, and PRS revenues...
View ArticleKneebody – Grammy Nomination
Before we head out for the weekend, CONGRATULATIONS to Kneebody for their Classical Crossover Grammy Nom for 12 Songs By Charles Ives (W&W | Amazon), a collaboration with Theo Bleckmann. Killer...
View ArticleOld-industry bootleggers complain about sagging sales
In a classic case of irony sent on by Greenleaf commenter Mike Grimaldi, “Scorpio” talks about the golden days of smash hit bootlegs and how the Internet has ruined his business. From NY Mag: The music...
View ArticleFor Sale: Abbey Road
A prime piece of studio real estate is for sale. EMI — who apparently is in need of some extra cash — put the famed Abbey Road Studios up on the market. From Pitchfork… …according to the Financial...
View ArticleRead, Music Biz Handbook; Listen, New Music
A good read at BerkleeMusic.com. The Music Business Handbook is a downloadable PDF you can get by giving them your email — which I believe is part of the second chapter, Direct To Fan. It’s a good...
View ArticleRecord Store Day 2010
I was out of town last weekend camping, so I missed most of Record Store Day. But I did manage to get home for the Liam Hayes performance at Reckless Records here in Chicago which was great....
View ArticleThe Beatles On iTunes
I was looking around the Apple site for a refurbished iMac yesterday and found the iTunes announcement page. I was curious as to the “Big News.” But this morning, I’m a little let down. First, I’m a...
View ArticleSearch and Restore: Funding successful
Yesterday, we were happy to hear that Search and Restore met and surpassed their funding goal of $75k. A big CONGRATS to Adam and all the others. It’s folks like S&R that are helping bring jazz and...
View ArticleNew Music Strategies
Very nice mention of Greenleaf Music over at the New Music Strategies podcast. http://newmusicstrategies.com/ Thanks, guys. I have been meaning to write down some of my own thoughts and experiences for...
View ArticleMusic Morphing
Looking forward to Cheltenham Festival in May. Aside from playing a set with the Quintet plus vocalist Heather Masse, I’ll be part of a panel with Dave Stapleton and others called “Setting Up Your Own...
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