News for 2007
DRM & Digital Music Pricing (Upgrade 'The White Album'... AGAIN!)
The manipulators of the major music industry are masters of manipulation. They've had 100 years to perfect it to a science. Though, like anything else... even masters of any domain can slip up occasionally. Their blunder was going digital in the first place. Of course, the industry's short-sighted m…… Read “DRM & Digital Music Pricing (Upgrade 'The White Album'... AGAIN!)”
Shout outs, thank yous and blocSonic news
Well, it's now been two releases and I have to say that I'm quite pleased with traffic so far. It's been increasing at a comfortable pace. I want to take time out and give a shout out to all blogs/sites who've posted a review/article/post or link. Here's where I throw a link right back at'cha: Blac…… Read “Shout outs, thank yous and blocSonic news”
Music industry is past the tipping point, according to long-time industry insider
Whether or not DRM killed the music-product machine may be up for debate... but according to music industry veteran Bob Ezrin, the music industry is not on it's death bed, it's already dead. No surprise to me, but definitely validation of what I've been thinking. Ezrin stated during his keynote add…… Read “Music industry is past the tipping point, according to long-time industry insider”
The ever-growing importance of professionalism for netlabels
With the release of the 2nd netBloc, there's one thing that's come to mind – the apparent effort that's taken by various artists/netlabels in presenting their releases. This apparent effort varies greatly and at times belies the quality of the music provided. When I venture out on the wild wild web…… Read “The ever-growing importance of professionalism for netlabels”
Announcing netBloc Vol. 2: DRM killed the music-product machine!
blocSonic is proud to bring you another compilation featuring ten exceptional tracks from the world of netlabel music. netBloc Volume 2 features rock, calypso, trip-hop, hip-hop, reggae and electronic. Contained within the PDF booklet, you'll find another essay written by myself. This time about th…… Read “Announcing netBloc Vol. 2: DRM killed the music-product machine!”
Processed Music Product
(Originally published in netBloc Vol. 1 PDF, January 2007) Being a child of the 70s, I clearly remember a time when music was alive. Radio playlists weren’t limited to 10-12 tracks endlessly played over and over. Yeah kids, there was actually a time when FM radio was relevant. You could easily dial…… Read “Processed Music Product”