by Steve Grossman | Feb 7, 2007 | Music Business
I’m sure by now you’re well award of Steve Job’s open letter to the music industry to stop requiring Digital Rights Management on dowloaded music (if not, go search and find the story). In my mind this is a debate about the wrong thing. The problem...
by Steve Grossman | Feb 7, 2007 | Music Business
According to this story at iafrica, there will be no admission charge for the upcoming Ozzfest Tour. Instead, all production costs will be paid for by sponsors. My hunch is the big winners here will be the artists themselves as they sell more merchandise than ever...
by Steve Grossman | Feb 4, 2007 | Marketing, Music Business
I’ve been purposely spending a lot of time on MySpace lately building a community of friends and spreading the word about this blog. I’ve looked at literally thousands of MySpace Artist sites and regular sites listing information about the singer, writer,...
by Steve Grossman | Feb 4, 2007 | Music Business
Check out Amie Street, “A fly little music site where all songs start free!” This is an interesting, multi-faceted concept to reward success over time. Every song posted to the site starts as a free download. As its popularity, and therefore download...
by Steve Grossman | Feb 3, 2007 | About Me, Music Business
I often get asked how I can call a career that includes winning an Academy of Country Music award and a Grammy a failure. Good question. My usual answer is that yes, these awards do indeed mean I was a successful musician, but the reason I say I failed is that I...
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