Matt Goyer: Digital MusicMy thoughts and beliefs on digital music were formed and shaped by my experiences as founder of Fairtunes Inc. a company dedicated to providing an alternative compensation mechanism for artists.(Untitled)- May 24, 2002 Dave Stewart describes the Artist Network: The music industry is all about picking up some talent, fucking it up, and then dropping it. We want to actually develop artists over time -- provide an alternative to the mass-produced and meaningless product being churned out by the music industry. We're the opposite of that Sounds interesting (though their website is not usable enough (i.e. too much Flash!)).http://blog.mattgoyer.com/categories/digitalMusic/2002/05/24.html#a1401 (Untitled)- May 24, 2002 Two new albums up for auction at Emergent Music: Sarah Dougher: The Bluff Jessica Weiser: After Silence Auction ends: May 30 (a Thursday) 4pm. You can bid on these albums with EM points which you can earn by rating and recommending new music.http://blog.mattgoyer.com/categories/digitalMusic/2002/05/24.html#a1399 (Untitled)- May 22, 2002 EM Top Scorers List gone! Instead we've replaced it with a 'Top Scorers Today' because while I'm sure Rannie enjoyed his perch at the top it was time to make the list more dynamic and more accessible. So go rate and recommend some new music (I don't yet know if I recommend Melissa Ferricks new CD though..) and watch your name appear. Some of you (Paul, Dave,..) have noticed that Gary & Bob re-worked the math. They assure me that you haven't lost any points and that under the new math you...http://blog.mattgoyer.com/categories/digitalMusic/2002/05/21.html#a1396 (Untitled)- May 21, 2002 Custom RSS Feeds From Emergent Music If you find our current Radio Userland driven feed not flexible enough for your hardcore RSS needs then please check out our new dynamic RSS feeds (we're using RSS 0.92). We know have the following feeds: Top recommendations Last changed By fan And you can limit how many items you want in each in addition to filtering by genre. Send your complaints my way if you have any. Hopefully this helps Benny who was trying to read our RSS feeds with his iPod.http://blog.mattgoyer.com/categories/digitalMusic/2002/05/21.html#a1393 (Untitled)- May 16, 2002 Just when I thought it was all over (the whole Napster thing) I get this spam from Scour who apparently has just risen from the dead: In the beginning there was Scour, and it was good. Now, there&146;s the new Scour, and it is so much better we can hardly contain ourselves: so we&146;re not. We&146;re giving stuff away! Yup, during the Scour Spring Sweepstakes you can enter to win a Sony 5-disc CDDVDSACD changer, as well as autographed 7 inch singles and other goodies. My question is:...http://blog.mattgoyer.com/categories/digitalMusic/2002/05/16.html#a1389 (Untitled)- May 16, 2002 Fairtunes, now, Musiclink is back online after a two and half month outage. I tried to send money but it wouldn't let me create a new account so I don't know if it really is 'back online' or not. First impression: All the flashing stuff and the splash screen is pretty annonying. Second impression: The old Fairtunes fully disclosed a lot of information such as who made payments, where they went, what percentage we kept ($0), what percentage went to the payment processor... After 10 minutes I...http://blog.mattgoyer.com/categories/digitalMusic/2002/05/15.html#a1387 (Untitled)- May 15, 2002 EFF's Debunking DMCA Blog (via fellow Phoster George).http://blog.mattgoyer.com/categories/digitalMusic/2002/05/15.html#a1385 (Untitled)- May 15, 2002 'I spent tens of $millions on this file-sharing company and all I got was this lousy T-shirt' (stolen from the Pho mailing list)http://blog.mattgoyer.com/categories/digitalMusic/2002/05/15.html#a1384 (Untitled)- May 15, 2002 Without my permission I've been added to a 'Media Levy Objectors' mailing list; you won't find me complaining about this! This coincides with the official notice that the copyright board received my formal objection to the proposed tariffs on media.http://blog.mattgoyer.com/categories/digitalMusic/2002/05/14.html#a1381 (Untitled)- May 14, 2002 WSJ: Napster CEO quits Napster CEO Konrad Hilbers is stepping down. Also, the online music start-up is considering a bankruptcy filing, according to people familiar with the matter.http://blog.mattgoyer.com/categories/digitalMusic/2002/05/14.html#a1378 |