EVENT REPORT: MUSEXPO EUROPE 2010

Upon entering the Cumberland Hotel, host to MUSEXPO Europe 2010, the first question that came to mind was whether one had walked into an art exhibition or a lobby. Both impressions were feasible; there wasn’t an inch of the location that hadn’t been impregnated with artistic impulse. For one of the music industry’s most cutting-edge [...]

A Great Escape from Reality?

Considering how forward looking last year’s Great Escape had felt, this year the conference appeared to be a strange mix of looking ahead and much nostalgia. The looking ahead aspect focused on what issues have arisen in an industry still getting over the initial humps of making the future of digital work and becoming monetised. [...]

Event Report – The Great Escape (Brighton, UK)

The Music Void’s Chris McLellan reports from the 5th year of the UK’s Great Escape music Convention and Showcase (Brighton, UK May 13-15), which bills itself as “Europe’s Leading Festival For New Music”. Just a short 50 minute train journey from central London is the Victorian spa town of Brighton. With its famous pebble beach [...]

Black Box Income? The Digital Black Hole! So What Incentive Is There To Be An Artist Anymore?

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Purchasing and/or illegally sharing music files has been fairly standard for almost a decade. In reality we have had MP3s since 1994. So why in most artists recording contracts do labels still refer to digital sales as “New Media”? There is nothing new about it.