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)- August 30, 2002 Sleeman Cream Ale presents: Label-free music, The best unsigned bands Maybe this isn't new. I just heard a spot for it on the radio in the car today.http://blog.mattgoyer.com/categories/digitalMusic/2002/08/30.html#a1628 (Untitled)- August 5, 2002 NY Times Magazine: Who's That Girl is an in-depth article of the making of yet another teen (though she's my age) star (it's reminiscent of the WSJ story about Carly Hennessy): To break even on Latona's record, J must sell 500,000 copies; last year, of the 6,455 albums distributed by major labels, only 112 sold that many. To complement this article the Globe and Mail had an article on Saturday answering the question of why radio was so homogeneous (of course the article isn't available...http://blog.mattgoyer.com/categories/digitalMusic/2002/08/05.html#a1595 (Untitled)- August 1, 2002 Here's some filler content: Free CDs! Eunice Sim - Stronger Than Some Easily Amused - Novice I think we're going to stop giving away free CDs for a while because no one wants them. Maybe we'll start giving away free 0100101s. I hear it's trendy to do that.http://blog.mattgoyer.com/categories/digitalMusic/2002/08/01.html#a1583 |