When people look back at this decade in the history of the Internet (because it’s inevitable that someone will have time to document it all), they’ll look back to social networks a lot. The rise of these networks has been virtually unstoppable and we’re all registered with at least one of them, whether it’s trying [...]
Posted on October 7th, 2009 by Max
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Since the release of In Rainbows as a ‘discbox’, most of the major acts in the world have been offering collectable boxset versions of their albums with a ton of goodies. I’d like to think most people who read this have been tempted by some tempting bundle offer that a band has offered them, or [...]
Posted on October 7th, 2009 by Max
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One of the big debates in the industry has been the very simplistic question of how much music is worth in an age where everything you want can either be streamed on Spotify and/or downloaded illegally on peer-to-peer networks. In the last few years especially, music fans have become disillusioned with the sometimes outrageous prices [...]
Posted on October 6th, 2009 by Max
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So, a couple of days ago I had the most dumb idea in the world. After reading some posts made by Zoë Keating and Amanda Palmer on their own respective blogs. I kinda had the idea that I could summarise the issue of ‘what artists need to do to survive the music industry’ in a [...]
Posted on October 2nd, 2009 by Max
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I’ve been wanting to go to the Union Chapel for a gig for ages as good friend Crazybobbles keeps banging on about it and I finally got the chance to break my duck with an Amanda Palmer show last Saturday. It is a gorgeous venue, although you do get the sense that, maybe because the [...]
Posted on September 14th, 2009 by Max
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