Social-Creature

you know, i didn’t even used to care about the music industry. i could vibe on its culturally-relevant aspects, but the industry of the music industry was never all that interesting to me. it was always just this thing…over there. somewhere else. the concert industry, which i have been involved with for a while, is [...]

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If you ain’t never been to the ghetto Don’t ever come to the ghetto ‘Cause you wouldn’t understand the ghetto ~ Naughty By Nature, “Ghetto Bastard” used to be that if you were a musician the only way you could get ANY kind of significant distribution for your music was through a record label. cassettes [...]

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i keep being pressed to come up with alternatives for the word “viral.” since people are supposed to stop saying it, what are they supposed to say in its place, right? (virus-like? virusy? air-borne?) the point here isn’t really about how to refer to the germ so much as it is identifying that contagion spreads [...]

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cut it out, internet. everyday there’s some kind of new technology hoopla vying for my attention with the sordid insidiousness of a tabloid magazine at the checkout counter. and i don’t even buy that shit, but for some reason i can never resist trying to get the latest download on what’s going on in brad [...]

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worst case scenario, who would lose out if the music industry disappeared? the fans and musicians would still be able to connect now that they have the internet to act as matchmaker. in fact, even huge acts such as Radiohead and NIN are starting to ditch their labels , cutting out the despotic middleman to [...]

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first, you need to watch the trailer for sony pictures’ across the universe: here. if you cannot be trusted to come back here afterwards, however, you can just watch the shittier-quality youtube version: ok then. now that you have been adequately briefed, we can begin. i first saw the trailer for across the universe on [...]

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yesterday a new client pointed me in the direction of reverbnation.com, and while i don’t usually write about websites, this is different–i can’t even help it. launched just under a year ago, “ReverbNation.com is a Music 2.0 company that is responding to the changing music business paradigm.” except, when they say it, this isn’t just [...]

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