by Dubber | Nov 22, 2008 | Media, Retail
Shockhound is part mp3 retail site, part online pop culture magazine. They sell merchandise as well as tunes, but the core of the site is content-driven. Interviews and features have an alternative rock slant in line with the site’s connection with alternative...
by Dubber | Nov 1, 2008 | Aesthetics, Media
This might actually be the question I get asked most often. At the end of a seminar, a lecture or a guest talk at some event, somebody will raise their hand, and ask the question. I kind of dread it, because I can only really disappoint every time I answer it, but...
by Dubber | Oct 30, 2008 | Copyright, Media
Here on New Music Strategies, I’ve been posting the sort of questions I often get asked at seminars, conferences, lectures, and public events, and putting forward the answers I usually give. And then you come in with your perspectives on both the questions and...
by Dubber | Oct 20, 2008 | Media
New Music Strategies has a sister site. It’s called New Music Ideas. It started life as a place where a handful of clever people – and me – investigated websites that claimed to be of use to musicians and people in the music business. We wrote...
by Dubber | Oct 9, 2008 | Media, Strategy, Technology
It’s all very well being able to buy music instantly, and take it everywhere with you. But somehow, it feels like we’ve lost something along the way with downloading. Music – at least, recorded music – used to be this thing that you would hold...
by Dubber | Oct 6, 2008 | Blogging, Media, network
Okay, so you’re on MySpace. And you’re probably on Facebook too. You might be using Twitter. You certainly should be. And then there are the other social media platforms – not the least of which is your blog. WordPress? Blogger? Vox? Mog? For music,...
