More musicians weigh in on the subject of the financial side of online streaming: Streaming Shakes Up Music Industry’s Model for Royalties – NYTimes.com.
Tag Archives: music
August
19
Streaming Shakes Up Music Industry’s Model for Royalties – NYTimes.com
posted by John Maxwell Hobbs
August
06
Who killed the music industry? An interactive explainer | PandoDaily
posted by John Maxwell Hobbs
An easy to follow essay on how we got into this mess: Who killed the music industry? An interactive explainer | PandoDaily.
July
29
What’s the new A&R?
posted by John Maxwell Hobbs
In my previous post, I discussed the recent announcement by Thom Yorke of Radiohead that he was pulling his music from Spotify. This announcement has caused quite a stir, with lots of people taking pro and anti Spotify positions. It’s important to have this sort of debate, but the focus on Spotify is causing people […]
July
22
Thom Yorke blasts Spotify on Twitter as he pulls his music | Technology | guardian.co.uk
posted by John Maxwell Hobbs
Tom Yorke is right about the problem of funding new artists, but he’s got the wrong enemy in his sights. Spotify is not a cheapskate record label, it’s a generous radio network. More on this in a bit. Thom Yorke blasts Spotify on Twitter as he pulls his music | Technology | guardian.co.uk.
August
07
The Future of Event Broadcasts
posted by John Maxwell Hobbs
One of the greatest challenges in any event broadcast is coverage. Apart from the standard budgetary and staffing constraints, productions have to deal with available camera positions that are often less than ideal, as well as having to second guess coverage needed for more dynamic events such as festivals, non-traditional sports, and wide-ranging events such […]
Towards Hypermusic
posted by John Maxwell Hobbs
Originally published at MIT‘s Leonardo On-Line in 1998 Experience While connecting to the Internet, the screaming of two modems arguing about their handshaking protocols finally stops when they come to an agreement. The modem speaker is turned off, but the modem continues to translate digital information into an acoustic signal: music for machines, perhaps. It […]
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