The Growth of Internet Music Stars
Thursday, April 6th, 2006 Posted in Distribution, General Media / Stuff, Music | 1 Comment »Over the last year we have been seeing more and more success stories about artists using the internet as a way to establish a fan base. One of the first “breakout†artists was Geoff Byrd. Geoff used Garageband.com ...
The Agriculture on Fake Science
Monday, March 27th, 2006 Posted in Distribution, Music | No Comments »Woo, back in Oakland after a whirlwind tour de force of Austin and Dallas. A special thanks to Niki for scoring the final show of the trip and getting us amazing seats for the Stereolab show on Saturday night. ...
Commercial Credit
Friday, March 10th, 2006 Posted in Distribution, General Media / Stuff, Music | No Comments »Recently I have been watching a lot more TV. I mean, a LOT more TV. It’s one of those things that happens to you after a long day on the hill and all you want to do is ...
The Return of the 45?
Wednesday, February 15th, 2006 Posted in Distribution, Music | No Comments »The other week I was sitting at Dalva for the XLR8R monthly with my good friend Maer. We started talking about the FS model of selling full albums vs. al la carte sales of music (ex: iTunes, Napster, Yahoo!). ...
Technical questions and ramifications of DRM
Friday, January 13th, 2006 Posted in Distribution, General Media / Stuff | No Comments »Here is an interesting list of questions posed by the CEO of a software firm about the legal ramifications of Digital Rights Management (DRM) and how aggressive DRM can affect hardware and software security. Some of the questions may ...
Betamax v2.0?
Friday, January 6th, 2006 Posted in Distribution, Film, General Media / Stuff | No Comments »Being a self-described technofile I like to keep my eye on new technologies and watch them mature into real products. One of the hot topics that are finally starting to make waves is the Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD battle. ...
Getting Out There
Thursday, December 29th, 2005 Posted in Distribution, Music | No Comments »Ever on the lookout for interesting articles, Cyrus sent me one he found in the New York Times. The article is about how the Internet is allowing Independent labels and artists to tap into a much larger market. ...
The Frustration of Self Distribution
Tuesday, December 6th, 2005 Posted in Distribution, Music | 2 Comments »Earlier this year I was sitting with Josh and Chris talking about the process of releasing the ever in stasis Cell Culture EP “Revelationsâ€. This EP was actually finished over 2 years ago and has been shelved due to ...
