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The Year The Industry Broke – MTV News
Dec 27th
MTV have a great three part article on the current state of the record industry. They’ve identified 2007 as “year zero”. The traditional music business had a single method of generating revenue, the CD/vinyl/tape sale, and needed a massive apparatus (the “music industry”) to operate. In the past this was the only option if the musician wanted to reach a large audience and maybe make a good living.
Three things have ben brewing over the last few years, and have now formed a perfect storm. 1. You no longer need a big expensive studio to record music. You can do it on a laptop with More >
Proof that marching band members are total geeks
Nov 19th
The California Golden Bears played the Washington State Cougars a couple of weeks ago but got totally upstaged by the half time show. The band choreographed an amazing tribute to video games such as Pong, Mario, Zelda, Mortal Kombat and Pokemon. The Tetris segment is amazing.
I went to the Police concert last night…
Oct 7th
… and they sure make a lot of noise for old guys. There were 82,000 thirty- and forty-somethings jammed into Croke Park last night and it was pretty cool. Andy Summers was a bit all over the place on some songs, (apparently Steward Copeland has been bitching about it on his website), but Sting and Stewart Copeland were studio perfect all night. They played all the hits, including a 15 minute long rendition of King of Pain so the fans went away happy.
The only bitches I have about the gig were:
Foo Fighters @ Live Earth
Jul 8th
I’ve just re-watched the Foo Fighters set at Live Earth yesterday, and I’ve got to say…. they rocked! I flicked channels a few times during the day to see what the other bands were like, and to be honest it was a bit limp. Wembley didn’t fill up until late and it lacked atmosphere, but by the time they got 1/2 way through All My Life, their first song, the place was jumping.
