Was just reading this Jay-Z article in Forbes. The article was obviously about his wealth and business success, but there were takeaways worth sharing. 1. Remembering What Made You Successful The album had all these emotions and complexities and layers that a typical hip-hop album didn’t have if you were making it at 16, 17 [...]
Whoa! Check out what frequent NRP contributor Chris De Jong just sent me: Uh.. Wut? Yeah, so as Mulve says it’s the best way to download music today. I’ve downloaded the program and can back up their claim that it’s crazy easy to use and has a huge supply of songs it’s tapping. The details [...]
At The New Rockstar Philosophy we’re big fans of Next Big Sound. Alex White and his team are building an essential tool for musicians who want to know more about their audience. If used correctly, Next Big Sound can help you understand where, how, and when your fans are coming to your music. And that’s [...]
And I thought buying beer for NRP meetings was high overhead! Asymco reports that iTunes costs Apple nearly 1 billion dollars each year to run! The details can be read in great length on the Asymco page. But the main point that I took away from the article is that pretty much only Google can take [...]
This blog is not here to pump one artist up, but I don’t care, it’s our blog and I want you know about Aloe Blacc. More importantly, I want you know to why I’m anticipating his new record. It’s been 4 years since his last record came out. In today’s world, that’s an eternity for [...]
As Kyle from Hypebot recently reported Bandcamp is no longer offering unlimited free downloads. Users who signed up ages ago now have 500 free downloads and new users will be limited to 200. Any addition downloads will be a whopping nine bucks for 300, $20 for 1000 downloads, and $75 for 5000. Ridiculous I know…. [...]
Apple’s September Music event was held today with great fanfare and much joyful crying by Apple Fanboys. So what did Ol’Jobsy reveal? Well for starters, Apple sells a lot of iPods. Over 200 million sold to date, and with the introduction of the newest version of the touch screen iPods, I’m fairly certain they will [...]
