SoundTempest

At a recent industry panel during the Digital Hollywood Conference in Los Angeles, the head of the RIAA’s technology unit, David Hughes, definitively stated that DRM is still going strong and is poised for a comeback.
Hughes stated that of the “22 ways to sell music… 20 of them still require DRM. Any form of […]

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OurStage, a relatively new website centered around user-submitted and ranked music and video content, is now offering over $25,000 per month in prizes as part of its ongoing contest system. The prizes range from cash and gift cards to one-on-one mentoring sessions with established artists and producers, performance opportunities, music gear, distribution deals, and more.
The […]

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Within the last year, many people in the music industry, from artists to label executives and analysts, have been quietly discussing a new model for music distribution and monetization. While the exact implementation of this model is variable depending on who is describing it, there is a common theme: charge consumers at the point-of-connection level […]

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