Michael Jardeen: ...face the musicfeeling screwed by the music industry? <br>...get in line, they screw everyone...(Untitled)- March 26, 2003 'Dark Side of the Moon' turns 30 For the 30th anniversary of one of the best-selling recordings of all time -- a recording that spent 741 weeks, or a total of 14 years, on Billboard's Album Charts -- EMICapitol has produced a gift for its fans: Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon." It is being released today for the first time in full 5.1-channel surround sound...more MSNBC Many would argue that this is the greatest rock album of the last 40 years. There are a few contenders to that crown,...http://radio.weblogs.com/0100258/categories/faceTheMusic/2003/03/25.html#a789 (Untitled)- March 22, 2003 Exposing the lies Check out the information and facts put together by Dan Bricklin. He tackles the numbers from ten years of CD and Cassette sales (91-01). The numbers are pretty damning. Bricklin then goes on to attack the way the industry has used those numbers. It's not a pretty picture. As CD's have taken over from Cassettes as the dominant media format, the amount of money the industry makes has risen dramatically. Revenue per unit sales went from $9.78 to $14.19. That's a revenue...http://radio.weblogs.com/0100258/categories/faceTheMusic/2003/03/22.html#a784 (Untitled)- March 10, 2003 Real Irony: Gates & IP protection Microsoft and Intel have set on a course to release a version of the Windows platform that allows for Big Media to control what we do with the content we buy. It will give them the ability to take away our "Fair Use" rights. They will claim that it is all about Intellectual Property and Copyright, but the truth is, that it's really all about maintaining a cash cow. It's about protecting a business model that died two years ago, it's just taking a long time.http://radio.weblogs.com/0100258/categories/faceTheMusic/2003/03/10.html#a777 (Untitled)- March 4, 2003 Apple online music service wins kudos Top executives at the major record companies have finally found an online music service that makes them excited about the digital future, sources said Monday. The new service, developed by Apple Computer, offers Macintosh users many of the same capabilities that are already available from services previously endorsed by the labels. But the Apple offering won over music executives because it makes buying and downloading music as simple and nontechnical as..http://radio.weblogs.com/0100258/categories/faceTheMusic/2003/03/04.html#a772 (Untitled)- March 3, 2003 Kewl Music... Today I found some songs by a band called Nightwish. The music is simply amazing. It reminds me of Renaissance, with some Dead Can Dance, and a pound of metal. I found the name while looking at some desktop images and saw a picture of the lead singer. That got me interested, since the person was raving about the band. The band is from Finland and is pretty approachable for a metal band...mjhttp://radio.weblogs.com/0100258/categories/faceTheMusic/2003/03/02.html#a771 |