TweetDeck To Get More Music Friendly - hypebot
Many musicians and music marketers already use TweetDeck to manage their Twitter traffic, as well as, to post simultaneously to multiple social networks. But Twitter is about to get a lot more music friendly, if only for a select group of artists.

Rage Against the Machine beat X Factor winner in charts following grassroot facebook campaign
Rock band Rage Against The Machine has won the most competitive battle in years for the Christmas number one. The band's single, Killing In The Name, sold 500,000 downloads beating X Factor winner Joe McElderry's The Climb by 50,000 copies to...

The Low Down
I’ve been noticing for a while that some people are confused, or not sure, about exactly what Plugola is. I have heard some people think we are a blog or band. It’s really my fault. I have failed to make that clear to you. I will be doing some...

Seth Godin: 8 Questions And A Why - hypebot
Marketing guru Seth Godin published this list on his blog this week. He wrote it for marketers and brands, but he could be talking to any artist or music entrepreneur as well.

More Charts The Record Labels Don't Want You To See: Swedish Musicians Making More Money | Techdirt
We've already discussed the research on the UK music industry that shows both that live revenue is more than making up the decline in recorded revenue and that musicians themselves are making more revenue than ever before. Some people have suggested...

Why Apple Really Bought Lala - hypebot
Next year, iTunes will undergo an overhaul aimed at extending its influence from the iPod to the cloud. It's a natural shift for a computer company whose hottest product is the iPhone; and it comes at a time when online music services like Spotify...

Lefsetz Letter » Blog Archive » John Mayer/Bon Jovi
If older folk still buy music and younger people steal it, why did John Mayer sell almost twice as many albums the first week out as Bon Jovi? John Mayer sold 301,204 copies of his new album, "Battle Studies", this week. Whereas last week, Bon...

Mariah Carey Showing How The New Music Business Model Works For Megastars | Techdirt
A couple people sent in this rather interesting story from the Times Online about how Mariah Carey is reinventing the music business model. Well, that's basically what the article suggests. What's more accurate is that she's more or less...

As Music Industry Struggles, Artist Income Grows
(Updated) The UK's Times Online called this "the chart that the music industry didn't want you to see;" and I've been hesitating publishing it without adding context and analysis. But the more I stare at it, the more it speaks for itself.It tracks...

@ Vevo Launch: Google’s Schmidt: The Music Industry Will Finally Make Money Selling Music Online | paidContent
CEO Eric Schmidt, says that Vevo, which is a joint venture between Google’s YouTube and the major record labels, will “revolutionize the music industry by finally allowing it to make money online.”

John Mayer Embraces New Media and Sells 300,000 records « The New Rockstar Philosophy
John Mayer just released Battle Studies last week and so far has sold over 300,000 copies. Not bad in today’s world of free music. Not bad at all. It helps that he has over 2 and half million twitter followers and is active on his YouTube channel and...

How to Write Emails with Hooks « Kadlec Consulting
Some advices on how to write better email for your fans.

As Music Industry Struggles, Artist Income Grows
(Updated) The UK's Times Online called this "the chart that the music industry didn't want you to see;" and I've been hesitating publishing it without adding context and analysis. But the more I stare at it, the more it speaks for itself.It tracks...

As Music Industry Struggles, Artist Income Grows
(Updated) The UK's Times Online called this "the chart that the music industry didn't want you to see;" and I've been hesitating publishing it without adding context and analysis. But the more I stare at it, the more it speaks for itself.It tracks...