All the World’s A Stage: List of Biggest Tour Dates This Year, Only Three in...
The folks over at Digital Music News posted this interesting chart with information from TourIntel.com detailing the biggest grossing shows this year. Many of the names on the list – U2, Kenny Chesney,...
View ArticleLabels Claim They’ve Lost $5 Billion Since Napster
In the RIAA’s lawsuit against Limewire, the industry organization revealed that the music industry has lost more than $5 billion since Napster. This is a staggering number, but I’d be surprised if it...
View ArticleTexas Protects Fishing, California Protects the RIAA
There is never a shortage of bizarre and ridiculous laws that make their ways to the various statehouses across the country. Case in point, the Texas senate passed a bill recently to make it a felony...
View ArticleSpotify Announces US Launch
It’s taken years and $100 million in funding, but the extremely popular European music streaming service Spotify, is finally coming to the U.S. Spotify has long been considered by nerds and music fans...
View ArticleLondon Calling: Sony Warehouse Destroyed in Fire Could Kill Indie Labels
The devastating riots throughout England have had an unintended consequence for musicians. A large warehouse owned by Sony that housed distribution company PIAS burned to the ground in the violent...
View ArticleGimme Back My Bullet: Songwriters Look to Reclaim Rights to Songs Thanks to...
A battle is brewing that is going to get downright ugly before its over. Modifications to U.S. Copyright law signed in 1976 which took effect as of 1978 included a provision that allowed artists...
View ArticleGet Off My Cloud: Complex Ruling Paves Way for Google, Amazon Music Sharing
In a ruling that only a lawyer would love, a federal court said (basically) that services like Google and Amazon could match MP3 files on a user’s computer to existing songs already on their servers....
View ArticleWasted Days and Wasted Nights: Another Craptastic “Best Songs Ever” List from...
I’ve grown to believe that the only reason publications make lists is to get people talking, mostly arguing, about the content of said lists. I can respect the end of the year lists many blogs do. I...
View ArticleWelcome to the Machine: Twitter Music Tracker Follows Music Trends
It’s pretty obvious to anyone who pays attention to the internet that there is likely no better source of up-to-the-minute information on anything newsworthy than Twitter. Before blogs post about it,...
View ArticleRockin’ in the Free World: Young Wants 30-Minute-Per-Song Downloads
I have a great deal of respect for Neil Young. He has written and performed some amazing music over the years and, on occasion, told the powers that be to shove it, which always earns a few extra...
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