The record industry has long since passed the point of actually caring whether it makes any friends. The latest episode in a PR catalogue of disasters is the successful out-of-court settlement with low-price online CD retailer CD WOW whereby the UK-based, Hong Kong-owned company will add a £2 surcharge to any CD delivered to the [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Music industry'
Is the UK music industry full of hot air?
August 18th, 2003 · No Comments · Music, Music industry
So let’s get this straight. This year, the UK music industry has sold more albums than ever before. Album sales since 1998 (just after the first popular internet explosion) have been on average 40% higher than in 1993. So what’s the problem? Why the tearful stamping of feet over the issue of filesharing? Well, despite [...]
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The Great British Music Debate
July 7th, 2003 · No Comments · Music, Music industry
So, the Great British Music Debate… Organised by BBC Radio 2, this marathon broadcast filled R2′s evening schedule on 2 July. I rarely, if at all, listen to Radio 2, although I support their apparent attempt to cover the popular music interests of adults of all age groups. [Note to non-British readers: during the 1970s [...]
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Bill Jehle interview
July 3rd, 2003 · No Comments · Friends, Guitar, Music, Music industry
Regular readers may know that I contribute to the Guitarist Home Recording Collective, a fun little Net community involving guitarists of all styles and ability levels. One of my Collective friends, Bill Jehle, has released an independent CD of his music, and is working on building up a little network of publicity, including an interview [...]
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iTunes 4 and the Apple Music Store
April 30th, 2003 · No Comments · Apple, Music, Music industry, Technology
Apple have released iTunes 4, the latest version of one of my favourite pieces of Mac software. Version 4 comes with AAC encoding and playback facilities; it’s nice to see Apple keeping up with new developments, even if I’m having trouble hearing any difference whatsoever between equivalent AAC and mp3 files, encoded at the same [...]
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Two in a bar?
September 5th, 2002 · No Comments · Music, Music industry, Politics
As if the music/arts scene in this country wasn’t already buggered enough, the Government is making sure that future generations never experience Real Live Music. It’s all to do with the PEL laws…
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