From the WSJ:
A new five-concert series called "Social" will debut in East Hampton, N.Y., in July, with a pass to all five shows costing $15,000. (Tickets aren’t available for individual shows.) (…) The Social lineup is hardly cutting-edge — it includes Prince, Billy Joel, Dave Matthews, Tom Petty and James Taylor. (…) Then again, it’s [...]
Amazon.com launches an DRM-free MP3 download store. (see NYT) I wonder if DRM will still be around at the end of this year.
Of course amazon has been selling "music without copy protection" ever since they started selling CD’s, but that’s just a technical detail…
I don’t know much about Jonathan Coulton, but this article from the NYT is really worth reading. It covers two aspects of how the Internet has changed things.
First is the financial aspects, how musicians can make a living without record labels. An important point to me is how people pay for the music because they [...]
Wired reports on another label that offers free mp3 download to buyers of vinyl. For me this is really the perfect solution. I bought the latest Bright Eyes on vinyl and was very happy about the free mp3 offered by Saddle creek (and the wonderful 180g double LP).
Of, course this has been already reported here.
Just as election fever has ebbed down a bit here in France, I received a message from the Wilco Mailing list today:
[...]We’re actually asking you to please go out next week and do the right thing for Wilco. That is, [...]
By some strange coincidence I bought three CD’s on monday which seem to have a common theme. I wonder if you can spot it:
Frank Black - Christmass : a limited edition solo accoustic mainly live album
Elliott Smith - New Moon : a double CD with outakes and rarities
Dinosaur Jr - Beyond : the new (as [...]
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