Young musician goes DIY on Web
Released On 1/2/2009
Caitlin Timmins is testing the adage that to make it in the music business, you need to know someone important. Timmins, a junior at Verona Area High School, is a do-it-yourself musician who last summer began selling her songs online. Her biggest moment c...
The Music Business Is Doomed, Even If Digital Sales Keep Improving
Released On 1/1/2009
Over the last few years, the reporting of revenue from commercial music sales has been a "good news, bad new" deal. Digital downloads of albums and songs keep rising. CD sales keep falling. ...
Who left it high and dry?: The future of music
Released On 1/1/2009
Many call the music industry “half-broken”, and they say it for a reason: giant record labels, including EMI and Warner Music, have been suffering from losses long before the credit crunch bit. Now when the financial tsunami hit, it claimed two casualties...