KOAR News
Posted September 25, 2007 — in Music News
Amazon.com’s greatly hyped music store launched today: Read hear for an in- depth first impression.
Will Album art still have a place in digital marketplace? Fans want digital album art but labels and digital music services are slow making it available because they lack capabilities. Also, the diminishing profit from digital downloads does not motivate the labels to provide fans with extra art due to cost. (Reuters)
‘What’s the Future of the Music Industry’? Check out this post from the writers New York Times’. Steve Gottlieb, president of TVT Records and George Drakoulias, music producer/A&R at American Recordings look at the past, present and future of the music industry….(via coolfer)
Check out the band Fiction Plane. I was listening to G-Rock (106.3) and I thought I heard a new Sting track. My goodness, it sounds like Sting from the Police. In fact, Sting’s son Joe Sumner was on the mic. Dad passed down the vocal genes and the hook-ups as Fiction Plane is the opening act on the current Police Tour.
Giant advertisements set for world’s busiest airport runways: Imagine a photo of Nickelback the size of three football pitches seen by plane passengers coming in to land. Although it would require a bucket-load of marketing dollars, it now remains a possibility.
Upcoming big releases include: Bruce Springsteen, Dashboard Confessional, Matchbox Twenty, Alicia Keys, Jay-Z, Garth Brooks, Britney Spears, Celine Dion, and Mariah Carey.
Vivendi blasts iTunes Contract: Vivendi chief executive Jean-Bernard Levy pointed to a lopsided iTunes contract, and suggested revamped terms. “The split between Apple and producers is indecent,” Levy said. “Our contracts give too good a share to Apple.” Apple gives roughly 70-cents to majors per 99-cent download, a figure that also includes publishing royalties. “We should have a differentiated price system,” Levy said. (DMN)
Authorities have seized ‘art porn’ owned by Elton John: The image, which featured two young girls one of whom was sitting down with her legs wide apart has been seized by police from a gallery on suspicion it may have breached child pornography laws. Please tell us you’re not shocked…
Wow, Fiction Plane sounds exactly like the POLICE, Not musically, just vocally.
Steve
Comment by Steve — September 25, 2007 @ 8:29 am
I am still use to going to iTunes - I will check out the AMAZON store though. I go to Amazon to buy CD’s I can no longer find in stores.
Comment by Rachel — September 25, 2007 @ 8:30 am
I really miss album artwork. I download it on iTunes sometimes but its not the same as Vinyl or CD. I really wish marketing companies would think of more extras and tangibles to provide for fans.
I want the experience as well, just like a movie..
Comment by Mollie — September 25, 2007 @ 8:33 am
I miss artwork too. I like music in files now, but I miss holding something as well. I always enjoyed organizing my CD’s and placing them in alphabetical order in my dorm room.
I dont even need to organize my iTunes, damn we are lazy
Comment by todd — September 25, 2007 @ 8:35 am
advertising on Runways? wow. Advertisers wont leave consumers alone. I cant imagine seeing Pete Wentz of Fallout Boy when i am about to land on the runway. That gives my nightmares. My window will be closed.
Comment by Rebbecca — September 25, 2007 @ 8:37 am
I will definetely pick up the new Matchbox Twenty but I am not crazy about the first single. But since Rob Thomas is a good writer I am hoping that he has some cool power ballads on the record. I love his sappy songs.
Comment by Simms — September 25, 2007 @ 8:39 am
I recently saw Bruce Springsteen at the Asbury Park Convention Center in NJ. He ran through some of his new songs. Breath taking and I cant wait for the upcoming tour!
Comment by Rick — September 25, 2007 @ 8:40 am
I will be picking up the new Alicia Keys record. She is one of the few singers that writes her own songs. I really respect her and she has a great voice. I wansnt impressed with her performance on the VMA’s though.
Comment by Mister — September 25, 2007 @ 8:42 am
Hello KOAR! We sent you our new CD but we never heard a response yet. Will we get one? Looking forward to your opinion.
Comment by ritter — September 25, 2007 @ 8:44 am
Def PISSED about the advertising seen from planes… especially if it’s Nickelback. Landing patterns already make me queasy, now we get them as an added bonus/instigator?!
And it will be a sad, sad, sad day when the artwork is gone from new music offerings. Maybe a rennaissance is coming? Custom packaging, alternatives, artist-specific branding? Fingers crossed.
Comment by Burst Labs — September 25, 2007 @ 8:50 am
KOAR, i am not shocked that Elton John owns art porn. He is a sick bastard for sure…
Just look at his comments and hate speeches..
Comment by stefanie — September 25, 2007 @ 9:30 am
I am not shocked that Elton John owns creepy painting. Of course I was a fan of elton john growing up but his press antics pushed me away.
It seems like he turned into a bitter miserable human being who believes the world is against him. ‘Woe is Me’…
I wonder if Elton John could be charged with possession of child pornography? He probably won’t though because of our BIASED judicial system.
Comment by Lee — September 25, 2007 @ 9:33 am
“Two Sisters” by Fiction Plane was a bit of an addiction this past summer.
Comment by Dallas — September 25, 2007 @ 8:47 pm
Great article in the NYT. Good to see them discussing the point I’ve debated out here — that the Web plays a positive role in music/creativity, despite the seeming overabundance of bad bands:
The Internet, combined with low-cost (or even no-cost) digital tools, has led to an explosion of creativity, with millions of amateurs making music for every conceivable genre, sub-genre, and microgenre, and then sharing their creations online. Andrew Keen might look down on these results, and no doubt 99.9 percent of the music being created today is terrible; but that’s besides the point. Even that one-tenth of one percent means that there is more great music being created than any of us will have time to listen to — and that’s not even taking into account all of the “professional” music that still manages to get made.
Comment by jalan — September 26, 2007 @ 6:43 am