Archive for 'Industry Rule 4080'
Liner Notes 10.01.2009
Image from Eric White’s show at the Sloan Gallery.
“Guitar Center and NAMM Accused of Price-Fixing Guitars”
Who thought shitty service also meant extremely shitty pricing? Guitar Center also happens to be owned by Bain Capital, which was founded by Mitt Romney.
Via Daily Swarm
“Hey What’s That Sound: Sampler”
Get a quick refresher course on the early history [...]
Posted: October 1st, 2009 under Industry Rule 4080, Liner Notes.
Comments: 1
Liner Notes 7.29.2009
“Guest Post: Why The Band As A Startup Model Doesn’t Make Sense”
Drowned in Sound founder Sean Adams, who helped release Metric’s album in the UK, pokes holes in the assertion made by this New York Times piece that bands are the new startup.
Via Hypebot
“Big Content: Ludicrous to Expect DRMed Music to Work Forever”
The title sort [...]
Posted: July 29th, 2009 under Industry 2.0, Industry Rule 4080, Liner Notes.
Comments: 2
Liner Notes 7.23.2009
“Billboard Frees Charts for Web Access”
Part of Billboard’s strategy to stay relevant, they’re releasing all chart info and starting a Soundtrack of My Life feature with an attached download store. I like to think Michaelangelo Matos’ great Project X chart analysis features spurred them on.
Via MediaWeek
“TechDirt: UK Music Industry Economists Admit, Music Biz Getting Bigger, [...]
Posted: July 23rd, 2009 under Industry 2.0, Industry Rule 4080, Liner Notes.
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Liner Notes 7.15.2009
“Silk Stalkings: Prince Peaces Out of L.A. and Returns to Minneapolis!”
A blog gossip column about Prince’s return to Minneapolis sounds like the most fun a music writer could possibly have in the Twin Cities, and that’s not meant as a diss. Plus, you get to call L.A. a “douche factory.” Score one, Upper Midwest.
Via [...]
Posted: July 15th, 2009 under Industry 2.0, Industry Rule 4080, Liner Notes.
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Liner Notes 7.14.2009
“An Open Letter To Canada’s Music Industry and Grant System: Why Does Metric, MSTRKRFT and ‘Well-Funded Mediocrity’ Get All The Support?…”
Greg Ipp of Unfamiliar Records sounds off about the government grant system in Canadian music.
Via The Daily Swarm
“The Strokes’ Julian Casablancas Announces Solo Debut Album”
Casablancas seems to be set on fantasy/sci-fi synth tropes for his [...]
Posted: July 14th, 2009 under Industry Rule 4080, Liner Notes.
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Liner Notes 7.13.2009
“Ghostface Killah Writes a Graphic Novel”
Again, the Doom influence is strong in this one. After getting dropped from Iron Man, Ghostface pens a graphic novel about a boxer-turned-chemically-enhanced superhero, due out July 29th. Wonder if it’s part of a new Wu publishing imprint?
URB via the Daily Swarm
“Collapse in Illegal Sharing and Boom in Streaming Brings [...]
Posted: July 13th, 2009 under Industry 2.0, Industry Rule 4080, Liner Notes.
Comments: 1