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Tag Archives: entertainment
Calvin and Hobbes Creator Gives Rare Interview
I am not a big comic strip fan. Never really have been with the exception of one in particular – Calvin and Hobbes. Like so many, I’ve read all the strips and own all the books, but also like so … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Watterson, Books, Calvin, Calvin and Hobbes, cartoons, comic, comics, entertainment, strip
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Keith Urban Brings It
I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again: How can Keith Urban not be Entertainer of the Year? Seeing him long ago fronting The Ranch and several times as a solo artist, no one can touch his show. The … Continue reading
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Tagged ACM, artist, CMA, country, entertainment, Keith Urban, Lefsetz, Music, musician, Nicole Kidman, The Ranch
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Leadership Music Digital Summit 2009
Leadership Music’s annual Digital Summit is one of the most valuable and high-impact events in the Nashville music industry community. Join over 600 artists, ISPs, songwriters, venture capitalists, managers, content aggregators, labels, digital music services, publishers, service providers, mobile operators, … Continue reading
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Movie Night
Amy and I decided to rent a movie since we haven’t seen one in the theater in so long. There just hasn’t been anything that was a “must see”. We did try the newest Indiana Jones flick, but it was … Continue reading
Coming Home from the Real World
I am back home in Nashville and still in recovery mode. I appreciate Chris, Elizabeth, and Brian for their contributions to the blog while I was away. It feels like I was out for a month, so forgive me if … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, entertainment, Life, media, Travel
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The Art of Ticket Scalping
Ticket sales can be a most confusing game. You show up at your ticket outlet or online right when the show goes on sale and you either can’t get the seats you want or they are already sold out. Then you find … Continue reading
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Tagged concert, entertainment, Music
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How Far Will We Chase Older Demos?
The demographic of country radio is skewing higher. The more we chase the demo, the higher the age keeps getting. Logic would tell us that in order to grow the format we can’t rely on the older demo, but the … Continue reading
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Tagged broadcasting, country, entertainment, media, Radio
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The Music Advisory: The Lucky Bucks
The Lucky Bucks are on the verge. The new trio is made up of brothers Matt and Andy Thompson with lead singer Jay Clementi. Although Clementi is the front man, the two brothers can also deliver fantastic vocals as witnessed in their two former creations … Continue reading
Fans: Scout and Invest in Artists Online
From Digital Music News: In a democratized media environment, shouldn’t fans pick promising bands from the start? That is currently a theoretical debate, especially given the filtering role that labels have traditionally played. Of course, bands now have the ability … Continue reading
The Rise of Social Streaming
An article on how listening to music free via streaming is impacting the music industry. Check it out here.
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Free Whiskey Falls Show
DeepRockDrive is hosting a live show from Whiskey Falls tomorrow night (Thursday). The band will be playing live in Las Vegas and you can have a front row seat on the net. The show is free and registration is required for … Continue reading
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The Kiss of Death
A very good friend of mine, who is an artist, recently told me that there are two phrases that are the kiss of death for an artist trying to be commercially successful. I found truth in them based on my … Continue reading
Singles Only?
The Lefsetz Letter makes a compelling case for releasing and selling singles rather than complete albums. Here’s an excerpt: “But you don’t give them ten more tracks… You give them a dribbling of killers. So they end up becoming fans of the … Continue reading
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The Sweet Spot
Successful artists typically fall into two categories: passionate art and commercial appeal. A third category, between the two sweet spots, is a gap where artists can fall into and have a hard time working out of. Seth Godin explains in his blog: … Continue reading
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The Music Advisory*: MuteMath
Many musical acts come and go as my favorites. I add their music to iTunes and then I burn it out. I see them once live and am not motivated to lay down money to see them again. There are but few who’s music I … Continue reading
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ACM Entertainer of the Year Voting Now Open……To Fans
For the first time in Academy of Country Music Awards history, the fans have the opportunity to vote along with the industry for the ACM Entertainer of the Year award. I won’t say who I voted for in all the other … Continue reading
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Tagged country, entertainment, Keith Urban, Music
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Digital Summit Highlights: Retail
One of the more interesting panel discussions of the Leadership Music Digital Summit yesterday was “Digital Retail: What’s The Future?” On the issue of the future of CD product, UMG Nashville EVP Sales, Marketing & New Media Ben Kline said, “I can’t … Continue reading
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The Future of Radio Advertising
Radio Ink recently released the findings of a phone survey of 1,004 U.S. adults. Among the findings the survey showed that 53 percent of listeners said they stick with a station through commercial breaks, 35 percent change the station, and 8 percent turn … Continue reading
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Tagged advertising, broadcasting, entertainment, media, Radio
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You Know Things Are Tough For Record Labels When……
Tempted to throw away that old promo copy from a label? UMG says that sort of action is “unauthorized distribution” and therefore illegal. Read the details here. So what happens when a radio station gives a promotion CD away and the … Continue reading
The Growing Options of Media
From emarketer.com: A January 2008 Arbitron-Edison Media Research study found that an estimated 33 million Americans had listened to online radio in the past week. This represents 13% of the US population ages 12 and older, and is an … Continue reading
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Colorful Music
How would you feel about a music site that organizes music according to your moods? What would be your thoughts about a destination where you can legally download MP3′s based on emotions? Guitarati is conducting this grand sonically visual experience by assigning colors to … Continue reading
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MySpace Music Big Deal?
The big partnership announcement between MySpace and three of the four major labels is getting interesting reviews and mixed predictions. The labels are spinning it as cutting edge, while others are receiving it with a ho-hum and a shrug.
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The Record Labels’ Digital Future
A short Businessweek.com article on labels trying to play catch up with digital opportunties and the latest music partnership with MySpace. Click this to check it out.
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CBS Radio Has Eye On Future
An integration of CBS Radio’s webstreams into Last.FM is underway and includes all formats. This follows last month’s announcement of AOL and CBS Radio joining together for sharing content. Last.FM CEO Felix Miller hopes it will lead to more … Continue reading
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Music Flat Tax
From portfolio.com: Warner Music Group CEO Edgar Bronfman, Jr., is considering one of the boldest plans to combat illegal downloading and peer to peer file sharing networks. The idea? To charge everyone using the internet. Consumers would pay a monthly fee, bundled … Continue reading
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Tagged business, entertainment, Music, Technology
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Does Your Radio Station Have Video?
If not, why not? Radio will need to embrace aggressive podcasting and video strategies to compete for the attention of future listeners. The age of P1 demo of many country radio stations is rising because they are losing younger generations of consumers. … Continue reading
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“Palo Pinto Gold” Staring Dr. Bruce!
KFTX GM/morning show host, radio legend and Country Music DJ Hall of Fame member Dr. Bruce Stratton is now a movie star. He is making a special appearance in the soon to be released western film Palo Pinto Gold. Shot in … Continue reading
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All You Can Eat Apple Tunes?
From http://www.ft.com by Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson Apple is in discussions with the big music companies about a radical new business model that would give customers free access to its entire iTunes music library in exchange for paying a premium for its iPod and … Continue reading
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Guest Blogger: McVay New Media President Daniel Anstandig
RADIO IN 3D by Daniel Anstandig Radio cannot grow if its operators insist on constricting the delivery of their brands to the sense of sound. Sure, there is no way around the fact that “speakers to ears” is our primary … Continue reading
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Tagged advertising, country, daniel anstandig, entertainment, media, Radio
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CRS: Boom Or Bust
I attended several tech panels today, which I am glad to see on the schedule. One in particular was a panel that had Sean Ross from Edison Research, Dean Ernst from Play MPE and Jim Kerr from Pollack Media Group. … Continue reading
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Artists: Nurture Your Fans, Break New Ground
A forward thinking article on an application of the Long Tail for individual artists. Find 1,000 true fans, cultivate them and and make a nice living giving them what they want. Brilliant! Or consider what recording artist Jill Sobule is doing: … Continue reading
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Tagged business, entertainment, Music, records
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Giving Power Back To The Program Director
Jerry Del Colliano from Inside Music Media lists the 5 new rules for radio PD’s (addressed to consolidators or other serial abusers), so look out: 1. One PD per station. It used to be that a successful program director lived, breathed … Continue reading
The New Economics Of Music
Chris Anderson & economist Jacques Attali speaking at the 2007 Midemnet Forum about the future of the music business. The revolution is happening……
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Best Movie Of The Year
This years Academy Awards were the lowest rated on record. I watched most of the show and it was possibly one of the most boring Oscar’s I have ever seen. I was, however, very glad to see Daniel Day Lewis and Diablo Cody … Continue reading
Inside Music Media Blog
Inside Music Media is the blog of Jerry Del Colliano, founder of Inside Radio and current professor of Music Industry at USC. I could not decide which article to link to because they are all extremely relevant and well done, so … Continue reading
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Lefsetz On Major Labels & Radio
For 20 years Bob Lefsetz has published the Lefsetz Letter. Bob has had stints as an entertainment business attorney, head of Sanctuary Music’s American division and consultancies to major labels. In a recent post on his blog, he laments the future … Continue reading
“The End Of The Music Industry As We Know It”
Boston Business Journal published a new report by Forrester Research Inc. that shows that half of all music sold in the U.S. will be digital in 2011 and sales of digitally downloaded music will surpass physical CD sales in 2012. The report … Continue reading
Personality Crisis?
Here is an interesting follow up to yesterday’s post regarding Jim Cramer’s predictions. It is from Media Week and about the need for radio to get back to live and local personalities to compete for the future. Personality Crisis: Will Cost … Continue reading
Dire Predictions For Radio From CNBC Host Jim Cramer
Jim Cramer made an appearance on Wall Street Confidential on Friday and had some strong comments regarding the future of terrestrial radio. Cramer commented, ”It’s over for radio. The radio fundamentals are so poor. The industry is going away” What is your … Continue reading
Grammy Observations
I don’t always watch the Grammys. It can be a bloated, over politicized, and a clueless evening. And they have a history of treating the Country format horribly. Or is that the MTV Awards? No matter. However, there are always … Continue reading
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Tagged entertainment, grammy awards, herbie hancock, media, Music
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Whiskey Falls Having Big Month
After an electrifying performance at the post Super Bowl XLII Tailgate Party in front of an estimated 30,000 people (photo above), Whiskey Falls has an action packed month. This week the band will be featured in People Magazine, on stands … Continue reading
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Grammy Time For Indie Labels
Photo Credit: Tony Phipps Midas Records’ GRAMMY nominees Emerson Drive strike a pose with fellow nominee, Big Machine recording artist, Taylor Swift at the Nashville GRAMMY Nominee reception. Emerson Drive are nominated in the category of “Best Country Performance By … Continue reading
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Super Bowl Ads You Loved and Hated
For any of you who missed a Super Bowl advertisement you’ve been hearing about all week, or if you just want to view an ad again, check out the following link. Time online ranks the best and worst commercials. See if … Continue reading
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Generation On-Demand
Ever stop to think about the newest generation and what their reality of the world is and how it will impact them as they grow up? An interesting article from Media Week on what the implications could be as it … Continue reading
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U2′s Manager Paul McGuinness Makes Waves
U2 manager Paul McGuinness recently raised a lot of music industry eyebrows with a speech in which he pushed for greater regulation on access providers. McGuinness, speaking in Cannes, pointed the finger at tech manufactureres and ISP’s when he said, “Network operators, in particular, have … Continue reading
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Tagged entertainment, ISP, labels, mp3, Music, music industry, record company, Technology, U2
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E Drive TV
Emerson Drive is starting 2008 in a big way. The new single is closing in on Top 20, testing Top 10, they are nominated for a Grammy, and have just concluded a 10 city tour with Big & Rich. And … Continue reading
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Tagged country, Emerson Drive, entertainment, Midas Records, mike severson, Music, music row, Nashville, promotions, Radio, record company, Video
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