Woah, remember Spotify? One of the great hopes of the record industry? Streaming audio all the time, all the music you can take, easy to use, etc, etc,. The big plus was that artists were going to start making some money off of streaming music. Well a report recently claims that even after Lady Gaga [...]
In the NRP book we wrote that although MySpace is getting pushed around by facebook it still holds weight for artists. I was concerned that I’d have to revise that during the summer as MySpace looked like it was going down for the count. But then Tom went and grabbed a second wind. So here’s [...]
Last weekend, I checked out this band called Ohbijou. It was really out of a chance as I was with some people and we ended up at the venue. When I heard the band name from a friend, I was like what?? It sounded like a jumble of vowels, very similar to my mumbling (if [...]
Rock music is a different beast then it was in 1999. Thank god. Nu-metal is a bad dream I’d like to forget. But out of all that shit some good things did come. Mainly, the incredible crop of bands that took rock music to either: it’s classic roots, new sonic heights, or found a sound [...]
If you read this blog on a regular basis, you know I’m a John Mayer fan. Knock him all you want, but Continuum was a great album. Over the last year, I’ve kept close tabs on his blog/twitter as he started developing the concepts for his new album, Battle Studies, that’s being released next week. [...]
We’ve mentioned the beauty of video EPK’s before, but recently I was re-introduced to the power of these little videos when I stumbled upon Emiliana Torrini. Her epk is slightly longer than most, but it tells me all that I need to know about her music and her background. As a writer, I find video [...]
A friend of mine reminded me about wearehunted.com. The idea is that the website ranks and finds the most blogged, downloaded, and buzzed about music from all over the internet world. It’s a cool idea, but the most significant piece of info is not who holds the number one spot on the list of daily [...]
So I got back from Vancouver after seeing U2′s last show on the 2009 North American Tour. As a fan, I had a great time. Every song I knew and they played almost everything I wanted to hear. It was pretty much the exact same set as the YouTube Rose Bowl Show, so there were [...]
Mayer Embraces New Media and Sells 300,000 records
So this is somewhat of a follow-up to my last Mayer post regarding his constant communication with fans. He just released Battle Studies last week and so far has sold over 300,000 copies. Not bad in today’s world of free music. Not bad at all. It helps that he has over 2 and half million [...]