Comments on: Internet Artists Rising To The Top… http://www.kingsofar.com/2008/01/13/internet-artists-rising-to-the-top/ Welcome to Kings of A&R, the #1 music industry site in the world where fresh new faces get discovered Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:10:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: peter martin http://www.kingsofar.com/2008/01/13/internet-artists-rising-to-the-top/comment-page-1/#comment-300497 peter martin Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:40:09 +0000 http://www.kingsofar.com/2008/01/13/internet-artists-rising-to-the-top/#comment-300497 how is tom..involved??i want to know if its free to have band website and charge for bands download digital songs..on myspace and also..still belong to cdbaby??? how is tom..involved??i want to know if its free to have band website
and charge for bands download digital songs..on myspace
and also..still belong to cdbaby???

]]> By: barrym http://www.kingsofar.com/2008/01/13/internet-artists-rising-to-the-top/comment-page-1/#comment-109835 barrym Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:25:19 +0000 http://www.kingsofar.com/2008/01/13/internet-artists-rising-to-the-top/#comment-109835 myspace popularity is a symptom, not a cause myspace popularity is a symptom, not a cause

]]> By: Jon Cole http://www.kingsofar.com/2008/01/13/internet-artists-rising-to-the-top/comment-page-1/#comment-109619 Jon Cole Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:23:42 +0000 http://www.kingsofar.com/2008/01/13/internet-artists-rising-to-the-top/#comment-109619 The bigger picture here is the switch to the pull system from the push system. Kids especially would rather feel like they discovered a band than that someone is choosing a playlist for them. And everything from word of mouth to blog posts, etc lead straight to MySpace. As much as anything, it's the aggregator of all this grassroots pull-promotion. I always thought that (MySpace phenom) PlayRadioPlay sucked ass. But the new song on his myspace (Texas) is actually quite sweet. He's not awful when he's not biting Postal Service melodies, lyrics, & beats. And it features Ingrid Michaelson. An odd pairing, but it makes sense as they're two of the biggest beneficiaries of this new system. I think that's all quite telling. And I love that Ingrid has VH1 promotion & a link to cdbaby.com on her myspace. Related to the shift, <a href="http://www.fistfulayen.com/blog/?p=147" rel="nofollow">this</a> is the best thing I've read on the internet in a long time. The bigger picture here is the switch to the pull system from the push system. Kids especially would rather feel like they discovered a band than that someone is choosing a playlist for them. And everything from word of mouth to blog posts, etc lead straight to MySpace. As much as anything, it’s the aggregator of all this grassroots pull-promotion.

I always thought that (MySpace phenom) PlayRadioPlay sucked ass. But the new song on his myspace (Texas) is actually quite sweet. He’s not awful when he’s not biting Postal Service melodies, lyrics, & beats. And it features Ingrid Michaelson. An odd pairing, but it makes sense as they’re two of the biggest beneficiaries of this new system. I think that’s all quite telling. And I love that Ingrid has VH1 promotion & a link to cdbaby.com on her myspace.

Related to the shift, this is the best thing I’ve read on the internet in a long time.

]]> By: tina http://www.kingsofar.com/2008/01/13/internet-artists-rising-to-the-top/comment-page-1/#comment-109600 tina Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:15:46 +0000 http://www.kingsofar.com/2008/01/13/internet-artists-rising-to-the-top/#comment-109600 Tim - I think you are a bit confused because KOAR never said that Myspace is on the way down. Koar posted "Social features will wend their way into all kinds of Web services, from search to news, but the gold rush in social networks themselves will begin to wane." Every minute and a half a new social networking site pops up with some fruity investor. the gold rush refers to rapid movement of people into an area where gold has been discovered...The gold rush in social networking sites will begin to wane. Understand Tim? Tim – I think you are a bit confused because KOAR never said that Myspace is on the way down.

Koar posted
“Social features will wend their way into all kinds of Web services, from search to news, but the gold rush in social networks themselves will begin to wane.”

Every minute and a half a new social networking site pops up with some fruity investor. the gold rush refers to rapid movement of people into an area where gold has been discovered…The gold rush in social networking sites will begin to wane.

Understand Tim?

]]> By: larry anderson http://www.kingsofar.com/2008/01/13/internet-artists-rising-to-the-top/comment-page-1/#comment-109588 larry anderson Mon, 14 Jan 2008 14:31:47 +0000 http://www.kingsofar.com/2008/01/13/internet-artists-rising-to-the-top/#comment-109588 "with 1.1 million albums sold and 2 million paid downloads " could be we are starting to really see "the next generation" of music fans. ok KOAR, how about some homework here. 1.1 million albums sold, physical? or downloaded 2.are we seeing more owners of i-pods than cd players? 3.any guest of the amount of songs stolen? my grandson's band is getting 300 plays a day and their average age is 17.instead of this being a trend...is now the "norm". maybe Myspace should look into it's own "internet radio channels" and start playing bands from it's members myspace pages. if this was to happen any band would be able sell a million tunes with no problems. “with 1.1 million albums sold and 2 million paid downloads ” could be we are starting to really see “the next generation” of music fans.
ok KOAR, how about some homework here.
1.1 million albums sold, physical? or downloaded
2.are we seeing more owners of i-pods than cd players?
3.any guest of the amount of songs stolen?
my grandson’s band is getting 300 plays a day and their average age is 17.instead of this being a trend…is now the “norm”.
maybe Myspace should look into it’s own “internet radio channels” and start playing bands from it’s members myspace pages. if this was to happen any band would be able sell a million tunes with no problems.

]]> By: tim.towner http://www.kingsofar.com/2008/01/13/internet-artists-rising-to-the-top/comment-page-1/#comment-109571 tim.towner Mon, 14 Jan 2008 12:19:29 +0000 http://www.kingsofar.com/2008/01/13/internet-artists-rising-to-the-top/#comment-109571 I'm a little confused with this post because a few weeks ago, you guys posted that the social networking sites were on their way down in 2008. These sites are no where near on their way down and once Facebook figures out its music platform, I see it surpassing MySpace. Purevolume and MySpace are my places to find new bands, for sure. I’m a little confused with this post because a few weeks ago, you guys posted that the social networking sites were on their way down in 2008.

These sites are no where near on their way down and once Facebook figures out its music platform, I see it surpassing MySpace.

Purevolume and MySpace are my places to find new bands, for sure.

]]> By: rich http://www.kingsofar.com/2008/01/13/internet-artists-rising-to-the-top/comment-page-1/#comment-109528 rich Mon, 14 Jan 2008 06:18:43 +0000 http://www.kingsofar.com/2008/01/13/internet-artists-rising-to-the-top/#comment-109528 I found bubbly on myspace a while ago and now i hear it every day on radio! I found bubbly on myspace a while ago and now i hear it every day on radio!

]]> By: alexandra http://www.kingsofar.com/2008/01/13/internet-artists-rising-to-the-top/comment-page-1/#comment-109526 alexandra Mon, 14 Jan 2008 06:04:15 +0000 http://www.kingsofar.com/2008/01/13/internet-artists-rising-to-the-top/#comment-109526 I agree I look on myspace more than i listen to radio my favorite band ADELITAS WAY is a band i found on myspace they are sooo hott!!!!:) it makes people like me feel like i found artists first. other bands i love are panic! at the disco who i also found on myspace it rocks when you actually get a band who doesnt suck I agree I look on myspace more than i listen to radio my favorite band ADELITAS WAY is a band i found on myspace they are sooo hott!!!!:) it makes people like me feel like i found artists first. other bands i love are panic! at the disco who i also found on myspace it rocks when you actually get a band who doesnt suck

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