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Author Archives: Dave Kusek
Fighting for Future Table Scraps
The future of the profitability of the recorded music business is unquestionably in jeopardy. One might speculate that new “access based” services like Rdio and Spotify could re-start a failing record industry. I hope so.
But as sales have fallen to…
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Tagged artist, copyright, labels, law, Music Copyright / Legal, Music Industry, The Future
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Words of Wisdom from Roger McNamee
My friend Roger McNamee, a founding Partner and Managing Director of Elevation Partners has been getting some great press lately on his thoughts on the new music business, investing in technology, Apple, Google, Facebook and much more. Here is the transcript…
Posted in Education, Music, Technology
Tagged apple, Creativity, facebook, File Sharing / P2P, free, Google, html5, iTunes, merchandise, mobile, model, moonalice, MP3, Music Copyright / Legal, Music Creation, Music Formats, Music Industry, music marketing, Music Publishing, Performance, publishing, Radio, recording, The Future, touring
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Hipster Music Defined
We all need a good laugh for the weekend.
From Gary Tan at Y Combinator. Happy 4th of July Everybody! Dave
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Tagged Creativity, friend, hipster, Music Industry, share
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iCloud – Amnesty for Music Pirates?
Well, we finally have it. Music like water raining down from the sky. iCloud.
For slightly more than $2/mo everybody will soon have access to all the music they can find, steal, share, rip, produce, morph or buy using iTunes…
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Tagged apple, book, File Sharing / P2P, future, icloud, iTunes, labels, money, Music Copyright / Legal, Music Formats, Music Industry, music like water, music marketing, Music Publishing, piracy, Record Labels, RIAA, The Future, water
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Kaiser Chiefs release fan customized album.
Kaiser Chiefs released their new album, The Future is Medieval, on Friday in a very creative manner that is completely customizable by their fans, and with a pretty unique twist, generates income for the fan.
Visit the band’s website, and choose…
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Tagged fans, kaiser chiefs, Music Creation, Music Formats, music marketing
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How Will Musicians Earn Money in the Future?
Here is an excerpt from a great piece from Wyndham Wallace of The Quietus on how the music industry is killing music and blaming the fans. This rather dark opinion is spot on in so many ways and raises some very…
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Tagged artist, business, copyright, File Sharing / P2P, future, industry, infringement, labels, licensing, limewire, model, money, Music Creation, Music Industry, Music Publishing, napster, RIAA, The Future, touring, water
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The Delusions Will Continue Until Morale Improves…
Lyor Cohen on the future of music. If you are considering signing a major label deal, this is your future.
From Forbes
Meet Warner Music’s New Owner
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Quality and Talent Wins
Great content attracts attention.
Our friends Amy Heidemann and Nick Noonan are Karmin and have found amazing lightning-fast popularity with this cover of Chris Brown ft. Lil Wayne, Busta Rhymes “Look At Me Now”.
2.9 million views on YouTube as of a…
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Tagged amy, Berklee, berkleemusic, Creativity, heidemann, karmin, Music Creation, Music Industry, music marketing, quality, talent, youtube
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Attention Music Managers and Artists: you may be owed BILLIONS in unpaid royalties
If you are a recording artist or a manager and have been distributing music on iTunes under a deal with one of the big record labels, pay attention.
F.B.T. Productions in Detroit, the producers who helped Eminem achieve his success are… Continue reading
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Tagged accounting, apple, artist, asymco, business, Detroit, eminem, Interscope records, iTunes, kusek, label, Legal, license, licensing, management, manager, model, money, Music Copyright / Legal, Music Industry, music marketing, payment, Record Labels, royalties, royalty, split, The Future, Universal Music Group, US Supreme Court
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Join us at Rethink Music April 25-27th in Boston
Our dynamic industry continues to evolve at a rapid pace, and Rethink Music will give you access to critical thinkers looking to explore problems and find solutions for tomorrow’s music industry.
Presented by Berklee College of Music and MIDEM, in a… Continue reading
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Tagged Berklee, berkman, Creativity, File Sharing / P2P, future, harvard, kusek, label, Midem, model, Music Business, Music Copyright / Legal, Music Creation, Music Formats, Music Industry, music marketing, Music Publishing, Radio, The Future
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Online Guitar Lesson from Steve Vai
On March 3rd 2011, Steve Vai and Berkleemusic teamed up to deliver the World’s Largest Online Guitar Lesson. We are still crunching the numbers to see exactly how many people were involved and working with the people from the Guinness World Reco… Continue reading
Tagged Berklee, guitar, learn, lesson, Music Creation, Music Industry, spinal tap, steve, tuffnel, vai. nigel
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Nigel from Spinal Tap on the World’s Largest Online Guitar Lesson #vai #berkleemusic #guitar
Help Steve Vai Make Guinness World Record™ History!
Steve Vai and Berkleemusic are attempting to set the Guinness World Record™ for the World’s Largest Online Guitar Lesson. Learn tips, techniques, and real-world skills from one of the mos… Continue reading
