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Dave Stewart, musician and producer (and ex - Eurythmics founder), discusses the role of technology in the music business.

[via YouTube]

EMI and former Beach Boy Brian Wilson have teamed up with publishing giant Gannet to offer full audio streaming exclusively on Gannett’s owned websites for Wilson’s new album, That Lucky Old Sun from August 22 to September 1. 
This pre-release audio streaming campaign is being offered across Ganett’s 33 newspaper sites and 19 TV stations in the hopes that it reaches [...]

I had my first “PodCamp” experience just over a year ago in Toronto and what struck me was how many people turned out for it. It was (for me) a revelation. There I was mingling with over 200 or so new media enthusiasts and we all shared the same passion for social media. For the [...]

David Byrne and Brian Eno have a new album out entitled Everything That Happens Will Happen Today.  
Thing is, this new album is available exclusively from their website.  You can stream the entire record (for free, of course) and if inclined, purchase it in a variety of digital and physical formats. Regardless of which format you select, you [...]

Decided to finally upgrade to the latest version of WordPress and in the process decided to also temporarily update the look of this blog. For those of you that had contacted me about the dark font on the previous theme, hopefully it’s now a little easier to read. In the meantime, I’m working on creating [...]

Seems British singer-songwriter Tallulah Rendall couldn’t decide whether to offer a free digital download of her new single, “Only You” or hand out “viral vinyl” at her recent show. In the end, she opted for both.
So last week, each person who walked through the door of Bush Hall (where she was performing) received a [...]

The NPD Group, a leading market research company just issued a press release pertaining to the five leading music retailers in the U.S for the first half of 2008 (January through June, based on purchases of CDs and a-la-carte digital music downloads). No real surprise that iTunes continues to dominate the digital download landscape. The [...]

Nine Inch Nails has been giving away their new album, “The Slip” as free download for some time now via the band’s website but oddly enough it seems that eMusic subscribers have also downloaded a paid version, pushing this album into the Top 10 on the daily download chart yesterday. “The Slip” is also [...]