Though this be madness, yet there is method in it. Hamlet, by William Shakespeare Power Transition in Business When a relatively unequal competitor is about to overtake a dominant competitor, lawfare is most likely to break out when the less dominant competitor perceives their opportunity to replace that hegemon. At this point in the power […]
Originally posted on The Trichordist:
The Berklee College of Music’s bizarre “transparency report” is a gift that keeps on giving. One of the odder parts of the report is a quotation from one of the confidential emails stolen from Sony Pictures–allegedly by “North Korea”–and published on Wikileaks. Let’s put aside for a moment the antitrust…
As reported in The Verge, that ever-reliable source for Spotify press releases, the Federal Trade Commission is apparently continuing its investigation of Google….no wait…Apple. Sorry, that’s the European Commission that’s investigating Google. We’ll come back to that. And what is the FTC investigating this time and at whose request? Spotify’s misleading and muddled advertising campaign […]
Originally posted on The Trichordist:
I love transparency. Last week Berklee College of Music/Rethink-Music/Kobalt Music released this report on transparency and fair pay in the music business. The report eviscerates the record labels, publishers and performing rights organizations for failing to provide the proper level of transparency and fair pay to artists. While we can agree…
VERMILLION Hell, I got lots of friends. DOC I don’t. Tombstone, written by Kevin Jarre A friend is someone whom you trust to do the right thing. Sometimes you’ll hear people say that a friend did something uncharacteristic. If they are really your friend, you will be the one to stand with them in those moments […]
According to Politico, the Washington insider pub: Spotify’s lobbyists have quietly made the rounds in D.C., whispering to lawmakers for months that Apple’s new music offering threatens to stifle its competitors, according to sources familiar with the discussions. The apparent goal has been to raise antitrust suspicions about the iPhone giant, which faced a previous […]
You’ll remember that The Verge ran the leak of Spotify’s agreement with Sony Music. Now The Verge is running a story about subscriptions to the Spotify app from Apple’s App Store: Spotify is trying to raise awareness around the fact that it’s cheaper to subscribe on the web instead of through Apple’s App Store. The […]
A band like Def Leppard has a great perspective on recording with the commercial pressure compared to the creative pressure. Guitarist Phil Collen offers some inspiring insights into life in the indie lane during an interview with Michael Hamad of CTNow, an online property of the Hartford Courant. Sometimes tour press can be interesting! Hamas […]
Blake Morgan was invited to speak at the National Music Publishers Association annual meeting in New York. He told me: The powerful, positive, and defiant energy of the roughly 1,000 songwriters and publishers in attendance, and NMPA President & CEO David Israelite’s moving introduction and courageous endorsement of the #IRespectMusic campaign are things I’ll not […]
David Lowery’s recent post on the Trichordist reveals the disclosure by an apparent whistleblower that the Music Managers Forum and to some extent the Feature Artist Coalition have each been taking undisclosed money from Google and Spotify. (Given the context, I assume the whistleblower is referring to the MMF chapter in the UK.) Why is […]
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