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DIY With a TWIST
Band-around-town getting some serious industry heat of late are Honey Ryder. Why are TMV discussing a new artist you may ask? Well firstly the band and management in our view have taken DIY to a whole new viable level. One that puts it close to the financial force of a major label release.
Do recent Live Nation rumours signify that 360 deals are now dead in the water?
There have been extreme rifts in the Live Nation boardroom with the recently set up Artist Nation executives being fired by Rapino as well as the resignation of the Chairman Michael Cohl from Live Nation. Sounds like a company with serious identity problems or at the very least serious boardroom conflict…
With rumours of Live [...]
What do brands offer that traditional record labels do not?
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Are 360 Deals the Panacea for the Music Business?
Undeniably, the recorded music business is relentlessly pursuing 360-degree deals with all new signings. Some live music promoters are also doing the same – note Live Nation and Chairman Michael Cohl’s recent resignation due to the fact that in his view Live Nation was not pursing them as aggressively as he thought that they should [...]
Live Promoters Driving The Business Model Change?
With recorded music increasingly being given away for free and 360 deals becoming the norm, is copyright enforcement critical to the survival for the recorded music business? Live music promoters are the only companies offering large advances for 360 type deals with artists, so is the 360 model the way of the future? Who are the winners and losers in these deals?







Peter Sunde, one of the founders and former spokesperson of BitTorrent site The Pirate Bay, recently debuted a new venture…one that will actually make content owners money instead of bleeding them dry. The project is in the form of a service, called Flattr (get it, like flattering?) that aims to...


Everyone is now well familiar with the story of Spiral Frog and how it buried the ad-supported download model. Reasons given for this are numerous, ranging from reports of blatant mismanagement to non-compatibility with iPods to consumer resistance to being force fed a 60 or 90 second commercial before the...