A theory often perpetuated by Spotify maintains that streaming will yield more revenue than downloads or traditional retail sales, as it generates money for the artist with every play, as opposed to a one-time purchase. Unfortunately, streaming is a lot more like traditional sales than Spotify is letting on. ______________________…
Category archives: Retail & Vinyl
This Years’ Record Store Day Was The Best Day Ever
With the music industry continues to change, Record Store Day offers an opportunity and experience which can be embraced by industry enthusiasts across the board, here we check in with a variety of music business players on their experience with Record Store Day, 2018 edition. __________________________ Guest post by Meredith…
Today Is Record Store Day – Stop Reading This Right Now And Go Buy Something
Today, Saturday April 21, 2018 is the 10th annual Record Store Day, both in the US and UK. It’s a day to celebrate and support indie music and the eclectic stores that help bring it to the world, as well as, serve as cornerstones for local music scenes across the…
Jack White Is The Lord Of Vinyl: Here Are 6 Reasons Why
Vinyl has continued to enjoy a healthy resurgence, now its twelfth year on the rise. The medium owes a great deal of its renaissance to the efforts of vinyl enthusiast and aficionado Jack White. ___________________________ Guest post by David Deal of the Superhype Blog In 2017, sales of vinyl records…
Musician’s Guide To Setting Up A Pre-Order Campaign
Buying in bulk and then hoping it sells to fans can be a disastrous way for artists to conduct their merch sales, something which can be avoided by setting up pre-orders. Here we look at some real world strategies for setting up a pre-order. _________________________ Guest post from Fiona Z…
The Album Is DEAD, But Not Everyone Believes It
While creating an album has for many bands and artists been a cornerstone of artistic accomplishment over the years, our shift to a predominantly playlist based culture means that we’re shifting away from the album format and living in a world of singles – just not everyone’s accepted it yet….
Apple Deleting iTunes LP Format: Beginning Of The End?
Apple is deleting the iTunes LP format. The news was shared with labels and distributors two weeks ago; and now an email to iTunes’ music partners has surfaced that states clearly, "Apple will no longer accept new submissions of iTunes LPS after March 2018." ______________________________ Apple is killing the iTunes…
Tower Records Founder Russ Solomon Passes
Russ Solomon, founder of the legendary Tower Records chain, died on Sunday night, while drinking whisky and watching The Oscars. Solomon, 92, died from a heart attack, his son, Michael Solomon, told the Sacramento Bee. “Ironically, he was giving his opinion of what someone was wearing that he thought was…
Why Vinyl Matters [WATCH]
Here Sunny Stuart Winter sat down to chat with Dr. Jennifer Otter Bickerdike, author of Why Vinyl Matters about the longevity of the format’s resurgence, it’s subcultural capital, and the strong connects which it has with fans. __________________________ Guest post by Sunny Stuart Winter With vinyl sales increasing again in…
Led Zeppelin Embraces Record Store Day With New Release
You may want to get in line early this Record Store Day. In advance of Led Zeppelin’s 50th Anniversary celebration, slated to commence this September, the band will wet fan’s appetites with their first ever Record Store Day release on April 21st, 2018. Produced by Jimmy Page and pressed on…