Details: ISP subscription music is here – DK internet and tele provider TDC launches FREE MUSIC Apr 1st
Posted on 31. Mar, 2008 by Lost.
First and foremost: This is not an april fools. It’s the real deal. TDC, the largest ISP in Denmark launches free subscription based music in a couple of hours. It’s launching on their Play service. Details: Mobile content is delivered free of charge (traffic). One song at a time in AAC (48kbit) format. For the [...]
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Adobe, make some noise, please
Posted on 25. Mar, 2008 by Lost.
Campaign for including a focus on sound in Flash development. It’s needed. Let’s not focus (only) on text, images and video. Even though sound is hard, it is a preferred emotional stirrer, that can work wonders implemented properly in design. Make some noise.read more | digg story
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Subscription is coming
Posted on 20. Mar, 2008 by Lost.
… make it cheap. Since it still is the four majors that carry almost all music, they should have introduced dirt cheap subscription years ago. They would have made the same money – and they would have carved way through to keeping their position for years to come. Now it is coming. (Maybe) Sooner than [...]
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Note to industry
Posted on 08. Mar, 2008 by Lost.
The only way to control your content is to be the best provider of it. link
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Music exec: “Music 1.0 is dead.”
Posted on 02. Mar, 2008 by Lost.
Creative? The music industry? Absolutely. At a major music industry conference in New York, execs gathered to talk about the industry’s shift to Music 2.0—even if no one is quite sure what that means.read more | digg story
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Music has-beens line up to sue The Pirate Bay: Easy money
Posted on 21. Feb, 2008 by Lost.
Justice or money grab? Bands are lining up to sue The Pirate Bay now that the Swedish government has indicted the site’s owners, but their plans could backfire as the promises of sunken treasure give way to reality. In Denmark a large ISP has been forced to block access to TPB (proxy ahead). Meaningless. But [...]
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Online Music Cartel – why do artists still accept dinosaurs dated defense
Posted on 13. Feb, 2008 by Lost.
“Let’s say Ford and GM decide to get together to sell cars. We would blink a couple of times and then we’d say, ‘Hey, that’s a cartel. You can go to jail for that.’” –Bob Lande, professor, University of Baltimore Law School Three minute formats, and fixed pricing on Cd’s does raise some questions (like [...]
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Hatred and Funky Remixes
Posted on 31. Jan, 2008 by Lost.
If you don’t enjoy our packages – and think the teasers are missing vocals – why not pop by a Creative Commons reference site. You’ll find loads of legal and nice music for your listening pleasure… That was the CC excuse for posting this … what is indeed more interesting is a recent blog entry [...]
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Qtrax update – still pissing people off
Posted on 29. Jan, 2008 by Lost.
Okay. They blew the launch. They’ve even misrepresented the big labels… But it’s fixable. What is really annoying, is that the idiots haven’t come out from hiding… at the very least updated their website. Transparency is needed. Tell the story. But hiding is becoming somewhat trendy when making mistakes… At least they have some 30 [...]
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Qtrax launching in 5,4,3,2 … wait … let’s not launch.
Posted on 28. Jan, 2008 by Lost.
A digg post states: “Qtrax is NOT just another P2P network, it provides a complete system for finding and downloading music. The player provides access a web site filled with artist content, including Videos, Ringtones, Lyrics, Album Art, up to the minute artist news! Try finding THAT on any other P2P network. Even better – [...]
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Global Digital Music Sales Up 40 Percent…
Posted on 25. Jan, 2008 by Lost.
But Overall Sales Down 10 Percent… The sale of digital music globally hit $2.9 billion in 2007, up 40 percent from 2006. But, as we’ve seen in the U.S. alone, that was not enough to offset the 10 percent decline in overall music sales to 17.6 billion… Music is still one of the biggest things. [...]
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Download and Listen to Free Music on the Web
Posted on 25. Jan, 2008 by Lost.
From the post: “In the past year the number of web sites linking to free downloads and streaming music has exploded, meaning there are more ways than ever to get your music fix. Today I’ll highlight the best web sites -and best search kung-fu-for finding free music online. We covered this territory over two years [...]
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The RIAA speaks — and it gets worse
Posted on 25. Jan, 2008 by Lost.
The RIAA has quickly become one of the most disliked organizations in the world. And now, they’ll be liked even less.read more | digg story