If the most popular rapper in the planet cannot sell more than 50% of the tickets at a concert, we know the rap industry is in trouble. I am sure Jay-Z’s $750k paycheck, Mercedes Maybach concert transportation and other goodies he demanded before the concert didn’t help. Who said concert...

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The register has this interesting article about how illegal P2P music downloads mirror legal downloading, which basically means illegal downloaders prefer the most popular music instead of the obscure and less popular. 2P study: Music crackdown is bad for business Music biz throwing away cash By Andrew...

I was reading through Bob Lefsetz rambling about jam band festivals (i guess he just discovered the whole jam band festival scene! LOL) and saw the some of the electronica artists playing the Disco Biscuits festival in upstate NY, CampBisco: Shpongle DJ Set, The Orb, Ott, STS9 wow.. maybe Bob has never heard...

I found these very interesting blog articles from marketing Guru Seth Godin and outlandosmusic.com arguing against the idea that starting artists / entrepreneurs should give their product / music away just to be heard among a sea of competitors, and the fact that the idea of giving things away for free has...