Welcome to the New Economy Part Two: CDs are dead
The CD is dead. When will the record companies wake up and smell the coffee? In one of my earlier posts I spoke of how…
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Books fuel our need for narratives. Art fuels the space in our minds. Music fuels the space in our time. Movies do it all.
Shock and Awe – John Peel OBE 1939-2004
Legendary figure of the worldwide music industry, Mr John Peel OBE has died suddenly while on holidays on South America. John Peel has been a…
Continue reading →A New Medium?
Robbie Williams released his Greatest Hits album on Monday, which was released on a multimedia card (MMC) format for the first time. Is it the…
Continue reading →Aussie Hip Hop – The True School
American Hip Hip is lost. The birth of Hip Hop, the expression of ultimate aspiration against all odds, has been perverted by the new school,…
Continue reading →Free trade is music to my ears
The fear and loathing which has poured from the creative industries about the upcoming Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the US is an ill-informed and…
Continue reading →The Dinosaurs of the Recorded Music Industry Must Evolve or Perish
There was a time when music companies objected to the playing of music on the radio. Instead of seeing early radio technology as a positive…
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