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RIAA Accounting: Why Even Major Label Musicians Rarely Make Money From Album Sales

By Big Al on Friday, January 14th, 2011 | 1 Comment

Here’s another great article on the “behind the scenes” money stories of the music industry. This comes from a posting over at techdirt. We recently had a fun post about Hollywood accounting, about how the movie industry makes sure even big hit movies “lose money” on paper. So how about the recording industry? Well, they’re [...]

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Music Tech Guru Says Web Is Not The Enemy

By Big Al on Thursday, August 26th, 2010 | 5 Comments

This is a very interesting post from Greg Sandoval over at Cnet News. The Internet is a killer of art–at least that’s how a couple of former rock ‘n’ roll gods see it. John Mellencamp, known for such ’80s hits as “Jack and Diane” and “Hurts So Good,” last week said the Web is the [...]

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Is The Future Of Music Really This Bleak?

By Big Al on Sunday, October 4th, 2009 | 1 Comment

Here’s an interesting article from the Chicago Tribune about album sales in 2008 and what it could mean for the future. Personally, I think it’s more evidence that the future is bright for the inventive independent artist. The Future of Music Coalition Policy Summit got rolling Sunday, an annual meeting of musicians, tech-heads, artist managers, [...]

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“Begun, The Loudness War Has.”

By Big Al on Monday, June 29th, 2009 | No Comments

Okay, so technically the Loudness War began a looooong time ago. I was recently interviewed for a featured article on this because of my connection with TurnMeUp.org. More on that in a moment. If this whole “Loudness War” thing is unfamiliar to you, here’s the quick and dirty from Wikipedia: “The loudness war (or loudness [...]

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