The purpose of this article is to suggest some reasons for the failings of social media, as well as to offer suggestions for its better…
Google announced a new addition to its roster of digital offerings, Google Music. This long awaited service followed trials of its beta version (see MBJ,…
In the 1960s and 1970s, the consensus among major artists was to avoid corporate sponsors. The only true sponsor was an artist’s record label. Musicians…
EMI, the British company, has been a driving force in the music industry since 1887, when Emile Berliner invented the Gramophone. Since then, EMI has…
After watching prime time dramas such as ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy, the amount of new music that a show like this introduces to the public is…
Today more than ever, electronic dance music has gone mainstream in America. Electronic productions by Stargate in Lady Gaga and Rihanna songs, and dubstep elements…
Kickstarter, a for-profit company that started in April 2009, broke into the “crowdfunding” market with a new take on financing projects in music, film, art,…
Nearly two months ago, and after a ten-year hiatus, Brazil witnessed the return of the Rock In Rio Festival. The event, considered the biggest of…
Auto-Tune is the reason why some pop stars sound amazing on a record but terrible in real life. It corrects pitch in a vocal performance…
A few months ago, Google lost patience with the major labels and launched its own license-free Music Beta Site, an annoyingly slow, song-by-song, upload locker…
Early in 2010, Ticketmaster, one of the largest ticket distribution companies merged with Live Nation, a top venue and concert promotion company. The merger caused…
Spotify could be in danger of becoming just another flash in the pan music service. Information about it is hard to track and inconsistent, and…
The popularity of Deejay’s (DJ’s), house music, and rave-like parties has grown substantially over the recent years. Never since the late-eighties to early-nineties has house…
Facebook announced it’s highly anticipated integration of a variety of media services at its F8 conference last month, putting to rest months of speculation as…