Amie Street Launches, iTunes Now Number Two Music Retailer, New Music, and Recommended Listening…
Posted February 26, 2008 — in Music News
Free Tracks: Today, Amie Street will offer thousands of free tracks from indie labels including Beggars Group, Matador and Polyvinyl. All songs on Amie Street are initially free but will eventually rise in price based on popularity up to 98 cents. Download away!
Perez Recordz: Celebrity gossip blogger Perez Hilton has been negotiating a deal that would provide him with his own imprint at Warner Brothers Records according to the New York Times. Perez could receive $100,000 a year as an advance against 50 percent of any profits generated by artists he discovers and releases through Warner Brothers.
iTunes Now Number Two Music Retailer in the US: iTunes is now the number two music retailer in the US, behind Wal-Mart, based on data from the NPD Group. There are now over 50 million iTunes Store customers. iTunes has sold over four billion songs, with 20 million songs sold on Christmas Day 2007 alone.
New Music: Your Vegas is an unknown act but these circumstances may change. The band is from Leeds, UK but recently relocated to the US. The David Bendeth produced record will be released in April through Republic Records. Check out the tracks Troubled Times and It Makes My Heart Break. These tracks place Your Vegas at the same level with gold selling artist Keane. Let’s hope the band gains some traction in the US.
Recommended Listening:
Get it Darlin by Mercy Mercedes
The Angels Sing by Lights Resolve
“Celebrity gossip blogger Perez Hilton has been negotiating a deal that would provide him with his own imprint at Warner Brothers Records…”
And is there any wonder the record industry is in the crapper? I mean, seriously?
This is how the majors choose to combat multi-year double digit drops in sales? By essentially hiring the internet version of Bobby Trendy as a an A&R man?
Ooooookay.
Comment by Mondogarage — February 26, 2008 @ 10:45 am
Perez wont break any acts. Most of his posts are signed artists. But Warner isn’t really paying him any money anyway. Perez posts news on Britney Spears, blogs about gay gay porn, and posts soft porn pics. Its a place for horny guys not music lovers..
Comment by lilly — February 26, 2008 @ 11:35 am
Perez Hilton is much more in touch with the music-buying public than almost any A&R executive in the business.
Comment by Stu Gots — February 26, 2008 @ 11:58 am
sure Stu..whatever you say. Perez never broken in act. He rarely talks about new acts.
How do you measure “in touch”???? posts about spears?
Comment by lilly — February 26, 2008 @ 12:29 pm
And in other Ticket-related news:
http://www.myfoxny.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=5884214&version=2&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1
Comment by Scott — February 27, 2008 @ 8:29 am
Sorry Lilly, but it’s true.
Maverick/WB shit the bed with that Eric Hutchinson project and dropped him… Perez wrote about him and the record shot into the Top 10 on iTunes’ sales chart.
Those ‘posts about Spears’ get read by 3 million people a MONTH. Mixed in with those are pieces on new acts that Perez likes.
Name me one other A&R person who can draw that kind of attention to an act he/she thinks the general public will gravitate toward.
Comment by Stu Gots — February 28, 2008 @ 12:04 pm
Also - side note - Amie Street has been around (and has struggled) for over two years, so the title of this posting is misleading.
Comment by Stu Gots — February 28, 2008 @ 12:05 pm