Links for 28-02-2008
The record labels smell the coffee; iTunes is #2 US music retailer; Google feels the recession…
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1 – Music exec: “Music 1.0 is dead.”
“Ted Cohen, a former EMI exec who used the phrase, opened the Digital Music Forum East by pleading with the industry to be wildly creative with new business models but not to “be desperate” during this transitional period.”
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2 – Google hit by economic slump
“The slowdown in the US economy appears to have reached the internet giant Google, which last night saw its share price close at its lowest point for nine months.” Genuine trouble or stock market FUD?
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3 – Album review: BoDeans – Still
“It’s an instinctive reaction born of bitter experience, but when I hear a band described as “roots-rock†I instantly think “shabby third-rate Eagles copyists†– so what a relief to find the BoDeans aren’t just a covers band with aspirations.”
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4 – Album review: Primitai – Through The Gates Of Hell
“If you’re a fan of metal for the sake of the fretwork and the fun, Primitai will bring a devilish grin to your face — though whether they’d stand up to repeated listens is another matter entirely.”
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5 – ITunes No. 2 Music Seller in US
“… the amount of music consumers bought in the U.S. rose 6 percent in 2007, though the decline in CD sales and increase in legal digital download sales still led to a 10 percent overall decrease in music spending.”
