iTunes, the sleeping giant of the download market, awoke on the wrong side of the bed to declare war on Amazon MP3’s “Daily Deal.” The Daily Deal typically prices a current release for $1.99 – $3.99 for one day. Puffed up with the success of the Daily Deal, Amazon started asking record labels to give it [...]
Kudos to John Jurgensen (WSJ, 7/31/’09) for picking up on the Seattle- and Portland-based Modest Mouse, not just for their solid melodic tunes but for the indie band’s lessons on marketing music. The band has put out several singles on some very cool-colored vinyl and is free-streaming on Stereogum and Modestmousemusic.com. This Tuesday’s release of [...]
Check out the article “Musician, Market Yourself” in the New York Times by Brad Stone:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/22/technology/internet/22music.html?_r=1&scp=6&sq=%20brad%20stone&st=cse
For those indie artists committed to bypassing a major label deal and doing their recording and marketing, Polyphonic is worth looking into. Formed by music industry trio Adam Driscoll (Mama Group co-CEO), Terry McBride (Nettwerk CEO) and Brian Message (ATC & [...]