Archive for the ‘Music Business - General’ Category
LiveNation TicketMaster Merger Complete
I’m not too sure this is a good idea. I fear that ticket prices may get so high that actual music fans will no longer be able to see their favorite (or any) artists live. Monopolies like this can only be bad for the concert business.
Thoughts?
2009 Music Predictions
Matt Rosoff has posted some interesting music predictions for the year to come:
Music Tech Predictions for 2009
What do YOU think? Any predictions of your own?
MySpace Hijacks Band’s URL
From Hypebot:
After Two Years, MySpace Hijacks A Band’s URL
This is why we can’t stress enough the importance of bands and artists having their own websites. This could happen to you! Do your fans have other ways of finding you on the web?
MySpace does not belong to you and in the end, they can do whatever they want with your profile page. You need to buy your own server space, your own domain and put up your own information on a site that YOU own, not a corporation whose terms state that they can do this sort of thing at any time.
And yet, I am constantly being told by bands “We don’t need a website. We have MySpace.”
But what happens when you lose that?
Ticketmaster Trying Out Lower Fees
I’m not sure we ever thought this would happen, but according to this piece on Billboard, Ticketmaster is experimenting with “eliminating add-on fees” for ticket purchases.
A press release from Ticketmaster is expected to be released later today regarding this. We’re definitely keeping an eye on this new development as many have complained in the past about the fees that Ticketmaster has always added to their ticket prices. I think this will be welcome news to music fans everywhere.
MySpace Shorts Independent Music
According to several sources, including The Associated Press:
MySpace’s new music service managed to bring major record labels together, but a group that licenses song rights for thousands of independent labels feels left out and angry, partly because indie musicians were a big reason the social networking site rose to prominence in the first place.
From: Myspace songs launch irks independent music group
Isn’t this a case of biting the hand that feeds you? Independent musicians discovered MySpace long before the labels did. MySpace’s music was built on the offerings of independent acts and their fans.
Thoughts? Comments?