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- Amazon lowers the price of their top 100 MP3s. hypebot.com
- Revenue follows attention, so quit focusing on just subscription revenue. hypebot.com
- 22% drop in 2010 for physical music goods. hypebot.com
- Greg Sandow will argue the affirmative side of the Cambridge Union Society Debate - "This house believes that classical music is irrelevant to today's youth." Participants include Stephen Fry. Sandow Cambridge Union Society
- I don't think I'm that old but I can't imagine myself subscribing to a concert series anymore. Sandow
- It's the new intersection of jazz and country. The article mentions an album by saxophonist Bryan Murray of Merge Haggard music by Merle Haggard interpreted in the spirit of free jazz and Ornette Coleman. Haven't heard it but I'm dubious. WSJ
- Appreciating and buying great art and worthless art. Felix Salmon
Concerning 1,2, &3. The backbone of selling music has been thoroughly broken starting with Napster way back when. The paradigm is now branding. Give away the music or lower the price like Amazon and you have a "loss leader" bringing them into the store. Charles Ives pretty much did that in his lifetime but not many wanted his goods. Technology is the new loss leader.
Posted by: J. Saragoza | May 09, 2011 at 01:14 PM