Last.FM

"This post on Trent Reznor's NIN blog is a must read from an artist who has helped re-write the rules of modern music marketing." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

"If you have trouble finding music on the Web, you'll be happy to know there are search engines designed specifically for finding your favorite tunes. They can help you stream everything from Top 40 hits to classics." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

"Yesterday, webcasters reached a settlement with SoundExchange that saw rates rise, but not to the stratospheric levels feared. Most involved praised the agreement; Pandora among them. To help absorb the higher costs, Pandora will cap listeners at 40 a month unless they pay 99 cents to unlock the service for the remainder of the month." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

Sounds like the old CompuServe days. - Anika Malone

IS Soundcloud the place to be? - cysko from Bookmarklet

"According to the new document, Sony product will only be available to US subscribers, but they may add the UK, EU and Canada in the future. "We don’t currently have a timetable for when this will happen..." says eMusic. But despite the lack of new product, new non-US subscribers are getting a price increase and current members are not. "We’re doing this for two reasons: To help attract new labels and bring back those we all miss and keep us where we need to be as a business."" - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

Howard: on the website they say it will be changed to 35 songs per month for twice the money as soon as my subscription rolls over next January. That's more than twice the money. - Oliver Bouchard

"According to Pitchfork, Beck will use his website as well as the websites of the other musicians involved to offer up a free song from the sessions every week." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

http://www.last.fm/subscri... - Mariano

Thanks for the link, Mariano. It worked. - StockC

Oh, nice... saved for future reference :) - Michael W. May

"Moby wrote to Bob Lefsetz a couple of days ago to point out that his top selling track on iTunes is also the one he's giving away free." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

"Recently, the researchers at Last.fm published a list of the ‘most unwanted scrobbles‘. This is a list of tracks that were most frequently deleted by the Last.fm community from their scrobbles in the last month. These are the tracks that Last.fm listeners didn’t want people to know that the listened to." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

My guilty pleasures: George Michael (the songs with straight lyrics), Wham! and Lucas Prata. And yes, I am straight. I just like the sensuality of the sound. That said, I've never deleted a scrobble, EVER. My Last.fm profile is me, take it or leave it. - LANjackal

The 'most unwanted scrobbles' is a total waste of programming effort. No redeeming value, from my viewpoint. However, it's not the worst thing in the Playground. That honor goes to 'Musical Soulmates', which has not worked for months (if ever). - StockC

of course you would love the metal gear series to be made into a movie but really that will be a failed attempt it'd be more feasible for a splinter cell flick devil mat cry and fallout are just asking to be movies like this moment and zelda and castlevania are old franchises that would only been done right with a lord of the rings type budget and isnt GTA already a movie.... ;) - cysko from Bookmarklet

http://www.legendofzeldaseries.com/main... - Michael W. May

Metal Gear solid would be a massive massive failure. I remember it took me days to finish the game. The movie would be snake making his way towards a warehouse or something, then a guard comes near, so he has to run back and hide. 2 hours of that no thank you! :) - Giraffes Up in The Air

Uh...don't think so, but if you find one...let me know :) - Rahsheen ™

You can post your own music here on friendfeed you know :) - Svartling

"Just a few of the new features: * track plays, fans, profile views and comments across MySpace, Last.fm, iLike, SoundCloud and YouTube * track airplay from over 3,500 terrestrial radio stations * view real-time reviews about your music on aggregator Musebin * view real-time comments on Twitter * 8 different types of scores relative to your music including hotnes, fandom, and brand strength, among others" - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

Free music from Grand Puba (of Dilated Peoples, I think) and U-God (of the Wu-Tang Clan) - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

"According to the iTunes Store's trending data, Hip hop artist Drake has logged the two highest selling weeks ever for a DIY artist, totaling almost 300,000 song downloads in only two weeks fueled by the single "Best I Ever Had"." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

"Hype Machine has taken steps to make chart manipulation and named the offenders. A full list of artists named by Hype Machine for abuse: 607 Alexander Technique / Princess Superstar Audiofun Big Dope P Burns Caroline Reese Death to the Throne Decimals Destructo Disco Ruido Emil & Friends Flapsandwich fragglerock Foulhouse Gareth Pearson Girl Problems Hot Knives John Roman Kid Legit Kids at the Bar La Zebra Master Shortie Meech Messkid Mustard Pimp Religion Richie Jamz Sikki Kidz Sonic Truth Star Guitar Streetlab Super Milkmen The Constellations The Grenade The Knocks The Muscle Club The Pragmatic The Vanish Three Fingers VIKING Weekend Warriors" - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

Really disappointed in Princess Superstar, she's the only offending artist I listen to :/ - LANjackal

"If the world's biggest pop star only made $12 million a year from his recordings, why would anyone make serious music? Where did the rest of the money go? Why, straight into record labels' pockets. Did they make better music with it? Nope — they made Britney and Lady GaGa. And that's how they killed themselves: by underinvesting in quality, to rake in the take...." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

"Vibe’s closure leaves just one large-circulation magazine, The Source, focusing on hip-hop and R&B. The Source has had its own troubles, going through a bankruptcy and emerging under new ownership last year. A rock-focused magazine, Blender, folded last year." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

And while retrying my upload, I'm adding you on Last.fm, FriendFeed friends. Where are you? - Thierry R. Andriamirado

"To answer the skeptics, I'm starting a list of artists that are growing and sustaining real careers in what I like to call the new musical middle class (or above) without label largess. I've included links to articles on Hypebot about each act or to their web site. This very short list is just to get things started. Will you help me add to it?" - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

"For someone who digs distributed systems and Big Data, Last.fm is heaven. There is a sizable Hadoop cluster and many more terabytes of data than one can comfortably fathom." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

"Record labels looking for customers should focus their efforts on the Twitter faithful, according to new data from NPD Group. About 33 percent of Twitter users have purchased a physical CD and 34 percent have bought a digital download in the last three months, the report said. About 23 percent of non-Twitter users bought a CD and 16 percent purchased digital downloads. Users of the micro-blogging site are also less likely to conserve their cash - people on Twitter purchased 77 percent more digital downloads than those not on the site." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

"In other words, what we’re seeing within every spectrum of the Music Industry, from the top-down corporate media of major labels to bottom-up participatory culture of the Internet: artists that quickly increase in popularity die faster. And, within a climate that supports disposability, the file-sharing community will only continue to thrive and feed on the throwaway culture that is created as a result of it." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

The good news from the above is that acts like Amy Winehouse and Lady Gaga are doomed. Thank God. - LANjackal

"For seven days only, starting Tuesday June 23rd, Beatport, and Native Instruments have teamed up to give away one Traktor Duo every day! Enter for your chance to win your own Traktor Duo professional DJ software when you buy* any track in MP3, MP4 or WAV formats from Beatport. Then watch this post every day at 5pm MST for the winning names to be announced." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

"The silver lining is that the RIAA’s morons — by carrying it to the logical extreme — have bolstered the constitutional argument. If they were smart they would have asked for $750 - $3,000 per work. By allowing this to happen, they now have this public relations fiasco. They’ve been going all over the world to ask governments for help. This will force governments to take a second look. ‘What are you kidding, we’re gonig to give these maniacs information to go sue our citizens?’" - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

"Whether you fancy obscure films, architechural software, XBOX games, iPhone apps, BluRays, HD documentaries, anime, 80’s cartoons, porn, textbooks, magic tricks or just about every audio recording ever made - there’s bound to be a private torrent tracker out there that carries it. With even a minimal amount of perserverance, just about anyone should be able to find a way into at least 95% of these private trackers - if you know how & where to look. Here’s a few tips devised to set you on the right path to tracker enlightenment." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

"it is clear that album sales, which was once the foundation of artist and label income can no longer be counted on. Touring, merchandise, vinyl, single track, ringtone, ring back and mobile sales along with income from synch, licensing and streaming are all pieces of the puzzle that any indie music artist or entrepreneur must fit together to find profitability the new music industry." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet

"While any label wants more revenue, some members of the indie community admitted, a major strength of eMusic was low price music discovery and that equation has changed with the price increases. Another often mentioned complaint is that eMusic's uniqueness as an indie only community has been destroyed with the addition of Sony." - LANjackal from Bookmarklet