by Dubber | Sep 5, 2009 | Consumption, Strategy, Technology, Web basics
Islet live. Photo by @edhombre I’m at Un-Convention in Swansea this weekend. Lots of talk with lots of interesting people about the independent and grassroots DIY music sector. It’s held in a cafe/bar called Monkey in the central city, and in the evening,...
by Dubber | May 27, 2009 | Advice, Strategy
This is a guest post by my friend Dave Haynes, UK Manager of Soundcloud. They’re on the lookout for great people to work with them, and it’s inspired him to write this really useful and quite inspiring post. If this whole lecturing, research and consulting...
by Dubber | May 21, 2009 | Collaboration, Strategy
The Auckland War Memorial Museum is one of my favourite places in the world. It’s an amazing building full of everything you’d like a museum to be. Interesting and engaging, but at the same time hushed, marbled and reverent. And while it’s...
by Dubber | Mar 3, 2009 | Promotion, Strategy
The following does not apply to these people I know what’s on your website. It’s all that great stuff your fans like so much, right? Music, videos, photos, blog posts and so on. It’s a veritable goldmine of information, images and media. Anything...
by Dubber | Dec 31, 2008 | Retail, Strategy
I had an email from a musician today who said he was struggling a little with the idea of giving away mp3s. It’s a really common issue, and so I thought I’d share my response. 1) You’re not giving away music, you’re giving away RECORDINGS of...
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...