The appointment of Own Van Natta to CEO of MySpace was supposed to solidify the online music site as a key promotional partner with the big 4 record companies. One is left to ponder MySpace’s future with the sudden replacement of Van Natta with not one but two co-presidents: former product manager Jason Hirschhorn and [...]
The 25.8 million viewers who pushed the 52nd airing of the Grammys into Nielsen nirvana are influencing the charts as consumers:
Lady Antebellum, “Need You Now” is #1 for 2nd week: title track performed at Grammys.
Lil Wayne, “Rebirth” debuts at #2: LW was a Grammy performer.
Nick Jonas, “Who I Am” enters at #3: Grammy presenter.
Susan Boyle, [...]
I confess. I am a diehard vinyl fan. What the almost three decades old compact disc gave us in terms of convenience came at the cost of a loss in fidelity (as well as artwork). The CD was also marketed as scratch free which, based upon the drum machine-like skipping sound I’ve experienced many times, [...]
The legendary cultural landmark that has attracted fans from around the world, the Beatles’ Abbey Road Studios were officially declared a historic building today.
Originally a 9-bedroom Georgian townhouse built in the 1830’s, the building was later converted to apartments. Gramophone Company bought the building in 1931 and converted the structure into recording studios. The Gramophone [...]
In spite of its internal problems, EMI is not selling The Beatles legendary Abbey Road Studios…at least not right now. Last year it did receive a 30 million pounds offer but the struggling industry giant held on to it. However, don’t take this as a sign that EMI is okay financially. Far from it. The [...]
How cool is this: in its March 2010 issue, Fast Company recognized “The World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies,” including 1o in the music biz:
1. Spotify – “the dominant source for free, legal, anytime, anywhere music.”
2. Apple Corps – for a band that broke up 40 years ago it’s more than cool that the band’s label [...]