Right after I finished writing this article about the death of indie, the flat world, the promise that a great song can get you to the top, and indie being an irrelevant term, I see this: Who Is Arcade Fire? Lol. More here. While I disagree with WikedKity, I can understand that because Arcade Fire [...]
Indie music, as a genre, and as an ethos, has been atrophying away in the last decade. You know as well as I do, that the rise of digital music has made it easier and easier for anyone with an internet connection to access all types of music. The Arcade Fire, have reaped the rewards [...]
On Sunday The Huffington Post was purchased by AOL for around $300 million dollars in a move for a bigger market share of the web for both parties. AOL is looking to become a serious web media player and has been on a content acquisition spree recently acquiring the technology blog network TechCrunch, Thing Labs, Brizzly and most [...]
I wonder how any major label decisions get made? Over a long period of time the evidence seems to suggest. Instant singles? Really? That’s supposed to help stop piracy. By providing your fans with the music that they want? By doing the bear minimum? By showing up on time? By being punctual? It took them a decade [...]
Recently I spent some hours talking to an old friend about a new musical project. He’s a talented human but hasn’t found a sound that has connected the way he wants to. I stuck to one point during the whole discussion. All you need is niche. Niche music, photos, videos, presentations, live shows, every little [...]
2010 went out as a very big year for Facebook. Zuckerberg had the year’s best movie made about him, was on the cover of time magazine, and talked with Barbara Walters which now means my mother knows who he is. It’s interesting to watch one social network ascend, while it’s forefather of less than 3-5 [...]
As the year comes to a close I thought it would be good to look back at a few of the more popular articles from NRP in 2010. 3 Steps To Creating Die-Hard Fans With Last.fm Frequent contributor Chris Dejong wrote this amazing piece for us back in August. The post details a realistic action [...]
Chris Blackwell, Island Records founder, spoke to NPR about his 50 years with his label. The label that brought reggae, Bob Marley, and U2 to the world. Not a bad record as at least one of those things is in every college kid’s playlist. It’s interesting to see that even Blackwell thinks major labels are [...]
Billboard has a great interview with Scooter Braun, the man who discovered and manages Justin Beiber. The interview is a solid look at what kind of passion is needed to succeed in the new music industry. Braun got to Beiber when he was young and with a tireless work ethic turned JB into a global [...]
Lessons From Radiohead’s Surprise
If you’re a Radiohead fan, you already have “The King of Limbs.” Only announced a week before its release, it caused an immediate surge of interest amongst the Radiohead tribe. No hype build-up and no getting excited and waiting months while trying to find a leak. It was immediate and urgent. As an independent artist, [...]