by Dubber | Mar 13, 2009 | Finance, Market Research, Performance
I don’t watch a lot of music videos on YouTube. But I know that a lot of people do. So the dispute between the UK Performing Rights Society and YouTube is an interesting one. In short, YouTube are blocking premium music videos in the UK, because the PRS is...
by Dubber | Jan 11, 2009 | Aesthetics, Performance, Production, Technology
This is not an ad. Well, yes – obviously it’s an ad, but Microsoft have not paid me to place this here. I bring you this just to spark a discussion about the endgame of music performance and production in the digital age. Because although this is...
by Dubber | Nov 28, 2008 | Performance
Why play at smoky bars, and schlepp around the country in clapped-out vans, when you can turn up to someone’s house, play a private concert to thirty of their closest friends, earn more than you ordinarily would in a month, get fed, stay in a comfortable bed,...
by Dubber | Nov 27, 2008 | Media, Performance
There are so many musicians putting their music on the internet these days. Some of them are consummate professionals who have high production values and years of experience and practice behind them. Some are posting YouTube Videos entitled Me, Learning to Play the...
by Dubber | Nov 16, 2008 | Performance, Promotion
As part of Swn Festival (pronounced ‘Soon’) in Cardiff this weekend, I was on a panel discussing independent and DIY music business in the digital age. One of the questions asked (and it comes up a lot) was about whether localism and local scenes still...
by Dubber | Oct 28, 2008 | Blogging, Performance
In the last post, a lot of interesting issues were raised and contentious points made. This is exactly what New Music Strategies should be about and I’d like to thank everyone, including (indeed, especially) those people who did not agree with the points I made,...
