I’m usually not a fan of just re-posting news items for blog posts, however this story was highly compelling. Country music has enjoyed a precarious relationship with its fans, one built up and specialized over the last 30 years. What happens, then, when your fans refuse to adpot to the same new business models labels [...]
Coming…….this summer…….the biggest most awesome movie ever created. You’ve seen ET. You’ve seen Jurassic Park. You’ve seen Slumdog Millionaire. This is like all of that combined times 100! That’s right, its coming – just 5 more months of waiting! Tell your friends and continue to wait in baited anticipation! What’s that? You want to see [...]
I may confuse many of you with what I’m about to say. Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love the internet and the vast and exciting opportunity it has provided content creators, marketers and business people world-wide. Strategic Blend is built off of these opportunities, so the following rant may seem a bit off-base. I [...]
It’s a new age. If you’re an independent musician there is no time like the present to capture intrigue and interest from all across the globe. By utilizing internet radio algorithms, your music can be discovered by a multitude of potential new fans. Join as many social networks as you can find, use these networks [...]
British publication The Telegraph recently ran a story on the new AC/DC album and it’s conspicuous absence from the iTunes store. While the article provided some cool insight into the psychology of the band, it was laughably wrong on several points. Consider this a public service in exposing poor journalism… The author, who appears to [...]
How close is the demise of the major players in the music industry? From ticketing and touring to production and distribution the “powers that be” in the recorded music industry are teetering on implosion. Music sales continue to drastically decline, and ~40% of internet traffic is P2P. The most profitable artists market to small niches, [...]
