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Survey still says: musicians have little love for Spotify

December 4, 2011

Spotify may be aiming to win the hearts and minds of app developers, but they still have some work to do when it comes to musicians.  We reported the early results of our Spotify survey here, and can now announce that the final results are…well, pretty much the same.  Once again: When asked how they [...]

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2011 Holiday gift guide for music & audio geeks (part 2)

November 24, 2011

Thanksgiving Thingamagoop Thinglink Edition – gifts under $200 Thingamagoop 2 – $160 (built) (hover and poke the thingamgoops in the eye for a demo)The music and audio geek in your life is sure to be thankful after unwrapping a Thingamagoop 2. The T2 marries the original analog Thingamagoop with a digital synthesizer you control with [...]

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Google Music stays free – adds music store and artist pages

November 17, 2011

    Google just launched their music store in the US, and sent a message to Google Music beta users (excerpted below): Dear Music Beta user, We’re excited to announce that Music Beta by Google is officially graduating from beta today! Google Music will remain a free service, and you can continue to store up [...]

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2011 Holiday gift guide for music & audio geeks (part 1)

November 12, 2011

Global Financial Crisis Edition – Gifts under $20 KORG iKaossilator – $9.99 (debut discount through November 30, 2011) Sure, you could spend $129 for a hardware Kaossilator, but times are tough.  So we suggest the iKaossilator, which brings all the fun of the original to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch.  And brings it for [...]

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Musicians’ Digital Performance Royalties at Risk

November 5, 2011

This guest post is from Kristin Thomson of the Future of Music Coalition. Recording artists and indie labels: there’s a movement afoot to change the way that you would receive your digital public performance royalties, and it’s not a good one, especially for recording artists. Back in August, we blogged about the news that Sirius/XM was [...]

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Music 2.0: Battle of the Business Models (part 1)

October 17, 2011

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Esperanza Spalding Premieres MMT Featured Artist Pages

October 12, 2011

Chamber Music Society Tour Coming to PA, NJ and DC October 14, 15 & 16 Esperanza Spalding may have just been ranked #24 in the Root 100, but we are proud to present her as the first performer with a featured artist page on My Music Thing.  We have been planning to provide a more [...]

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Are Subscription Music Services a Sustainable Business Model?

October 10, 2011

Or, how will musicians pay the rent in the 21st century? There was some spirited discussion around new business models and artist payments from online services at the Future of Music Policy Summit last week.  We will take a closer look at these issues in an upcoming article.  First, this analysis from Frank Woodworth of [...]

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Best of Future of Music Policy Summit 2011: The Fammys

October 5, 2011

 Here they are: the 2nd annual Fammy Awards.  Sadly, My IT Thing only allowed for one day of attendance at this year’s event, so most day 2 winners will have to receive their awards at a separate ceremony.  (Make your nominations in the comments below.)  Let the pageantry begin! Best Reporting:  Greg Kot, Chicago Tribune [...]

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Why you should buy your music directly from the artist

October 4, 2011

A closer look at online earnings (and losses) per platform (originally published September 27, 2011) If there’s a lesson to be gleaned from the recent kerfuffle over Spotify and artist payments, it is this: fans of indie music should buy directly from the artist whenever possible. The dust-up started when Uniform Motion posted earnings from [...]

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