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1. Bought Peter Gabriel's Big Blue Ball at Easy Street Records in Seattle (by my apartment).
2. Heard a few tracks on Virgin America in-flight jukebox. I had given up on Peter Gabriel after his "Us" album, but was surprised how good these new tracks were.
Why Do People Buy Music?
Why do people buy music? If you're going to sell music for a living, you better find out. Before I get too heavy into the topic, I have a couple of questions. I'll take answers for a few days and have more thoughts on the subject next week. Please post answers in the comments section below. 1....
Thanks David!
The original transcript of the speech is at sivers.org/berklee for those who would rather read it in 2 minutes instead of watch it for 10 minutes. :-)
- Derek
Derek Sivers - 6 Things I Wish I Knew...
Derek Sivers just posted this great video of a speech he did for a bunch of new students at Berklee School of Music. As somebody with a degree in music myself, I've often thought about how my life would have been different had I known in music school what I know now, so I think this is a great o...
The original post is at sivers.org/berklee, where it's written out so you can read it in 2 minutes, instead of having to listen and watch for 10 minutes.
Thanks Bruce!
Derek Sivers Shares A Little Wisdom
CD Baby founder Derek Sivers spoke recently at his alma mater in Boston and shared "6 Things I Wish I Knew The Day I Started Berklee". It's basic but important stuff for any D.I.Y. musician and not bad advice for most entrepreneurs as well.
I think Bob Baker is going to put an audio recording of it at http://bob-baker.com/ or http://www.bob-baker.com/buzz/indie-buzz-bootcamp.html
Talk to Derek Sivers of CD Baby - Tonight at 9PM Eastern
CD Baby founder and president Derek Sivers will be on a one-hour conference call with guerrilla music marketing expert Bob Baker tonight, starting at 9 PM Eastern There's no charge to access this call. This is one of a series Bob is doing to promote his Indie Buzz Bootcamp event, which will happ...
Have you noticed that for every trend there's an opposite trend that benefits?
"Everyone only wants tiny bite-sized TV from YouTube"
True, but giant 100-hour-long dramas (24, Lost, Sopranos) are more popular than ever.
"Everyone is driving gig gas-guzzling SUVs"
True, but notice the hybrid Prius, Mini Cooper, and Smart cars.
"Death of the album. It's only songs, now."
Maybe this will re-invigorate the long concept album?
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Derek Sivers
http://sivers.org
Big Budget Porn (and Judas Priest)
I've said it for years and here's yet another example that I'm right... If you want to see trends in the online and entertainment industries, from both marketing to product creation, watch what the adult industry is doing. For example, the current edition of AVN (Adult Video News) has a cover st...
Here's a list of artists on CD Baby who have sold over $30,000 in CD sales just through cdbaby.com (which assumes they've sold many more through other methods as well).
Alexi Murdoch
Dan Zanes and Friends
Regina Spektor
E.S. Posthumus
Gary Jules
O.A.R.
Operation Ensuring Christmas
Jack Johnson
Joe Purdy
Hypnotica
Prozak For Lovers
Jon Brion
Celldweller
The Blanks
Jude
Melissa Ferrick
De-U Records
Grant-Lee Phillips
Rondellus
Pancho's Lament
Tribe of Heaven
Stan Ridgway and Pietra Wexstun
Pat McGuire Band
The Whispers
Delp and Goudreau
Devil Doll
The Weepies
Vinyl Kings
David Giro and Steve Wood
Inga Swearingen
Levi Kreis
Billy Jonas
Rise Of The Musical Middle Class
THE NEW PARADIGM PART I - The digital music revolution has fractured media consumption into niches, shifted creation and distribution from the few to the many and nearly leveled the playing field between the powerful labels and the committed individual. Welcome to the new musical middle class. ...
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