Everyone likes Christmas music during the holidays, so here’s a link to my post from last year with some of the few original Christmas tunes I’ve done over the years: Some Old Christmas Songs The difference is, this year, as a Christmas gift, you can download & do whatever you like with them: www.jarome.com/downloads/ For […]
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Every time I go to China, despite stereotypes, misconceptions and communism, I see great advantages to the culture there, especially in big cities like Shanghai and Beijing. But I didn’t realise how important the arts really were until reading this article form Asia Times: www.atimes.com/atimes/China/JL02Ad01.html Warning, if your american, this may likely offend you, because
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I went to see the new James Bond movie Quantum Of Solace the other day with low expectations. I know the new movies are about Bond’s early days, but the modernized Bond has lost all the things that made Bond unique in the action adventure genre, and now it’s become just another Mission Impossible, Die
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I’m back from an amazing and productive trip to Beijing where I got to meet and work with some fantastic new artists as well as the immensely talented Elika Mahony. I blogged all about it on the new Pro Soul site, where I will be posting a lot of my music business entries from now
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For years now, I’ve been racking my brain as to why the media seems to have no interest in even attempting to explain what is really going on in the music industry rather than spread PR driven hype from major corporations… This quote really says it all: “That’s what’s wrong with newspapers. Writing articles so
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On September 23, 2008, songwriters, publishers, record labels and digital music services announced they had finally reached an agreement on mechanical royalties for songs played on online music services. It only took about 8 years for them to figure it out… Called a “breakthrough that will facilitate new ways to offer music to consumers online,”
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For some time now there has been a debate about how modern audio mastering techniques have created music that is louder than it usually would be at the expense of the normal dynamics of the music. Andrew Dubber blogged about it here with a video that demonstrates the issue: The process of making tracks louder
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For some time now I, along with many others in the music industry, have been going on about free music not representing a lost sale, but a gained listener. Frequently, many music industry professionals suggest that an increase in legitimate sales must necessarily coincide with a commensurate reduction in ‘piracy’, as if this were a
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So I’m thoroughly embarrassed to admit it, especially publicly, but I like a few of the new Coldplay tracks on their new album. Their sound isn’t really my thing, but they have some more edgy, upbeat and interesting production on songs like Viva La Vida (my current fave song) and Violet Hill from the new
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From Soundscan stats released at the yearly NARM conference: – 80,000 Records were released in total in 2008 – 80 percent of them sold less than 100 copies each. – Most sales were from only 1000 titles – Only 10 percent of hit records represent actually purchased music And regarding copyright according to Andrew Dubber:
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