David Murray has created what I think is a useful discussion about the decreasing number of dominating radio singles in the Singing News radio charts (here and here). I would just add a couple more “reasons” for this (before I take off from his discussion). We have now half as many radio stations and less [...]
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Music Business Mindsets Continue To Collide
(Hat Tip – KK) ASCAP, one the performing rights policemen, is suing AT&T for a different kind of cut of ringtone revenues. It seem that every time your cell phone rings and plays part of an ASCAP song, it should be considered a “performance” and ASCAP should get paid. If the suit were to be [...]
Iceboxes, Refrigerators, Victrolas, and iPods
Part 1 (Iceboxes And Refrigerators)
Finding ways of extending the usable life of perishable foods has been a goal of humankind for centuries. In the 1800’s we began the practice of cutting out large blocks of ice from frozen lakes, transporting them by rail to cities, breaking them into smaller blocks and distributing them by horse-and-buggy [...]
