i’m going to forego significant analysis, but did want to draw your attention to some things that have been cluttering up my backfile.
for the musicians
garageband from apple. turn every mac into a recording studio… which opens a flood of new content, with the associated “goods” (like more choice) and “bads” (like the discrimination problem).
so apple lets you become a recording artist, now you need to get that record deal. artistopia promises to streamline your introduction to the music industry. i’d love to hear some feedback from people who’ve been through this adventure.
Although talent cannot be uniformed, however, what can be standardized is the approach process artists take to professionalizing and formalizing their respective music careers.
yikes. the people at artistopia need to get some english help. it’ll be very interesting to learn if the real experience for the “talent” is positive with them.
for the audience
worth noting again, professor lessig applies some thought to the walmart terms. now you can decide if saving those 11 cents is worth it.
bbspot reviews the online music stores.
destra music brings the online track sales to australia. slashdot covered it. pretty much the same deal (except, of course, for the exchange rate).
sitting in the to-post queue entirely too long (and with a nod to crys), transpose launched goombah. i’m not going to get to play with this one much, so i’ll be watching for the comments from real people.
in a similar vein, i should drop a link to echocloud. echocloud also wants to help you find new music, and they got started way back in spring 2003. then it seems to have fizzled.
for the toolmakers
‘meta-files’ proposed for legal music sharing brought to you by universal (big label) and microsoft (big software) among others, under the operating name of the content reference forum (crf). musicbrainz could be an alternative, particularly with the recent developments
with cd sales slipping, the dvd steps in [new york times, registration, archive will cost you].
Sales for music video DVD’s in 2003 jumped 102 percent over 2002 sales, to 17.2 million units, according to Nielsen SoundScan.