March 2008
MarchMar 27 Thursday 08
The Trend Toward Free
"Practically everything web technology touches starts down the path to gratis," explains Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief of Wired Magazine and author of an upcoming book detailing why free is the future of business. He notes that when a tangible product can be …
Reznor vs. Radiohead: Innovation Smackdown
Wired has set up a 10 round "smackdown" between Trent Reznor and Radiohead. Reznor seems to be cleaning up the most votes from fans. One of his more notable accomplishments, "Reznor advised Australian fans to steal his music after Universal priced it at AU$30." As of …
MarchMar 21 Friday 08
Lawrence Lessig's New Project
Today musicNeutral attended Lawrence Lessig's talk about his new project "Change Congress."
Lessig, who founded Creative Commons in 2001, gave his last free culture speech back in January and has since then refocused his efforts on fighting corruption in Washington. …
MarchMar 20 Thursday 08
Seth Godin's Music Industry Talk
Marketing genius Seth Godin had a talk with some music industry folks a few weeks ago.
He has a great analogy of free music as "dating".
Basically, let the fans listen to your music. See how this first encounter feels (just like "dating"). If it all goes well, then …
MarchMar 19 Wednesday 08
The Greatest Band in The World!
People used to say that it didn't matter if you were the greatest band in the world because no one would ever care unless you got played on the radio.
Today there is infinite airtime available on the internet and the game has changed. Musicians are competing for the …
MarchMar 17 Monday 08
Reznor Has A Business (Not A Job)
Nine Inch Nails's Ghosts I-IV earned 1.6 million in it's first week.
Trent Reznor reported that the earnings came from 781,917 downloads - including both the free and paid transactions. If Trent had went the traditional route of distributing this album through a record …
MarchMar 10 Monday 08
The Charlatans UK Release Free Album
The Charlatans UK released their tenth studio album You Cross My Path as a free download from the English based radio station XFM's website.
Frontman Tim Burgess explains "We always knew this album was gonna be given away for free, even before we started writing so we …
MarchMar 3 Monday 08
Nine Inch Nails New Album Available Under Creative Commons
Yesterday Nine Inch Nails released their latest album "Ghosts I-IV" under a Creative Commons license. The album is 100% DRM-free, available in a wide range of formats (Apple Lossless, MP3, CD, Vinyl, DVD, Book) and can be instantly downloaded from www.ghosts.nin.com for …