As has been iterated on this blog, Music Industry 1.0 is undergoing a change that will either destroy it completely (Music Industry 2.0) or upgrade it for the better (also Music Industry 2.0), thus destroying it completely.
The recording industry arm of commercialized music is at a crux:  Due to the boom of digital, lossy music [...]

As CDs go the way of the cassette tape – since many listeners are ripping their CDs and syncing their mp3 players – I anticipate there will be two main modes of listening to recorded music as Music Industry 2.0 gains ground against Music Industry 1.0:  (1) mp3 playback while multitasking and (2) vinyl records [...]

If you’ve played the game of Music Industry 1.0, there are a set amount of possibilities that may happen:
1. Music Industry 1.0 (i.e., the major record labels) rejects you and you never play the game in the first place;
2. Music Industry 1.0 gives you a chance, but you fail their monetary expectations, so you it [...]

The cliche goes, “Any publicity is good publicity.”  Is this true for The Bachelorette contestant/country musician Wes Hayden?
Apparently as marketing strategy for his new album, Hayden became a contestant for the network reality/dating show and essentially conned his way for maximum airtime.  Now that might be a good strategy if he behaved like a nice [...]