July 2011
11 posts
Can Netflix and Indie Musicians Be Lovers?
By: Leighanne Saltsman
News of Netflix’s (NASDAQ: NFLX) change in pricing has much of America abuzz this week, and even Hollywood is getting nervous. On July 12th the digital video streaming giant, which was established in 1997 and “went viral” in 2009 when it surpassed 10 million subscribers, altered its pricing plan options. The official press release states that their streaming-video option...
Building Value →
“…the industry should focus on building value around new releases – focus on the quality of new releases and the packaging that comes with them. This means an ongoing, strong a la carte business, avoiding the inclusion of hot new releases in cheap subscription and cloud services that devalue them.”
- Shachar Oren of http://neuroticmedia.com/about/meet-our-team/
8 Ways Entrepreneurs Can Get More Out of Twitter →
By Scott Gerber
Scott Gerber is a serial entrepreneur, angel investor, public speaker and author of Never Get a “Real” Job: How to Dump Your Boss, Build a Business and Not Go Broke. The content for this post was sourced from the Young Entrepreneur Council, a group of successful Gen Y business owners. You can submit your questions to this group onNeverGetaRealJob.com.
To tweet or not to tweet....
"They want new and different, but not TOO... →
By Ben Popper 7/07 7:27am
In the world of Turntable.fm, his name is legend. “WOOOOOOO” cries the crowd, heads bobbing, approval meter tipping towards Awesome. “There are all sorts of rumors flying around on TT that I’m dating Sasha Grey, that I’m one of the members of Swedish House Mafia and that I’m a DJ in real life.” He denies nothing, preferring to let the mystery build and the music...
Done with the #Cloud Already? →
- by Leighanne Saltsman
Forthright Management is still excited about the network that’s been evolving so quickly around the music (visit Evolver.fm to learn all you ever wanted to know about this niche!) - but we’re starting to think Shachar Oren (previous post) has it correct. As soon as we evolve our solid-state micro storage options, streaming music will become obsolete. Frankly,...
Trade Your Car For A Free Lifetime Bus Pass (If...
BY MORGAN CLENDANIEL
Via Fast Company, July 12th, 2011
A Spanish city, in a bid to end congestion, has made its citizens an offer: Give up your car and ride our trolley for free, forever.
People love their cars. They’re willing to maintain a car even when it’s expensive and difficult. In the Spanish city of Murcia, which had become crowded with vehicles, the government decided to try...
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Duet Me!
Do things with people you love.
Follow @duetme on twitter for updates.
Coming Soon(to a pocket near you)
You know plenty of wonderful people. Do more things with them.
Live your experiences in the real world. Curate, save, and cherish them digitally.
Spend more time enjoying your relationships, and less time managing them.
Duet with one or many in your intimate circle, without skimping...
WatchWE LIKE: Body of Your Dreams by Jacob TV and Ethel
New Sounds Live at Merkin Hall, March 11, 2010
Jacob TV: Grab It (heavily edited for broadcast), excerpt [2:00] Jacob TV: The Body of Your Dreams Quartet [8:46] Jacob TV: Dolly Shot [9:00] Jacob TV: Take a Wild Guess [5:57]
These performances not commercially available. Jacob TV (Jacob ter Veldhuis) has numerous recordings...
How to Structure a Company to Succeed in the...
BY: FRANK WOODWORTH | PRINT ARTICLE |
Much of the talk about the music industry in recent days focuses on future transformative changes in the way music is consumed. Will it be streaming or downloads? Will we be listening to music files from an app or from a cloud, and if so, who will own that cloud? The possibilities for content in the future are limited only by technology we create, and there...
The Case for Live Music (via WYNC's Soundcheck...
The Case for Live Music
Wednesday, July 06, 2011 - 12:36 PM
By John Schaefer
The English guitarist Robert Fripp, who founded the band King Crimson back in 1969, says that a record is like a love letter; a live concert is like a hot date. When he then asks, “which would you rather have?” it seems a very rhetorical question indeed.
Of course, a love letter can be something you treasure...
Welcome to the Forthright Management Blog!
I so often read interesting articles that are extremely relevant to the music industry, but it can be difficult to share my entire post via Twitter… So here on Tumblr I’ll be posting up entire articles which I think should be of interest to you, too!
November 2010
1 post
A Code of Work Rules for Consultants
reposted from http://secretsofconsulting.blogspot.com/2010/10/code-of-work-rules-for-consultants.html
Friday, October 29, 2010
I frequently meet a consultant who is deeply troubled by the implications of the work of a consultant. What we do today may affect the lives of thousands or millions of people for many years to come. Moreover, most of those people we affect won’t have any way to...
October 2010
2 posts
Vaudeville
By the late 1890s, vaudeville had large circuits, small and/or large houses in almost every sizable location, standardized booking, broad pools of skilled acts, and a loyal national following. At its height, vaudeville played across multiple strata of economic class and auditorium size. The three most common levels were the “smalltime” (lower paying contracts for more frequent performances in...
O Liveset, we sing your praises! →
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September 2010
16 posts
GOOD MUSIC GOOD PEOPLE MUSIC CALENDAR →
American Grace: How Religion Divdes and Unites Us →
AMERICAN GRACE: How Religion Divides and Unites Us by David Campbell and Robert D. Putnam, will be published in October 2010.
American Grace is a fascinating look at religion in today’s America. Unique among nations, America is deeply religious, religiously diverse and remarkably tolerant. But in recent decades, the nation’s religious landscape has been reshaped…
The Road Less Traveled →
The seductive world of M. Scott Peck
The Sound of One Hand Clapping
Had some interesting stress-headache-induced thoughts last night about community and social networking which I’ve filed, mentally, under the title of the classic koan; “What is the sound of one hand clapping?” They’re not groundbreaking by any means, but it gives me satisfaction to put them on paper. Anyway, the “one hand” image came to me in the night on the...
Social Capital Benefits of Choral Singing →
A study done in 2000 by Robert Beck (of U. Cal., Irvine) and others called “Choral Singing, Performance Perception, and Immune System Changes in Salivary Immunoglobulin A and Cortisol” (Music Perception, Fall 2000: 18(1):87-106.) used saliva swabs before and after rehearsals and performances of a professional choir singing Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis. He found that immunoglobulin A (which provides...
Underwriters start asking about social capital →
A community’s well-being is dependent on the quality of relationships among the citizens of that community. This is also refered to as social capital.
150 THINGS YOU CAN DO TO BUILD SOCIAL CAPITAL
1. Organize a social gathering to welcome a new neighbor 2. Attend town meetings 3. Register to vote and vote 4. Support local merchants 5. Volunteer your special skills to an organization
6....
a truth -
if you’re under 25, you don’t want something totally finished, you want to be involved, share and be part of it.
Marketing to the Bottom of the Pyramid →
The answer, it turns out, is in connecting and leading Tribes. It lies in engaging directly and experientially with individuals, not getting distribution in front of markets. Figure out how to use direct selling in just one village, and then do it in ten, and then in a hundred.
The broad, mass market approach of a Western marketer is foolish because there is no mass market in places where...
What if Carnegie Hall or Lincoln Center created... →
Hmm......this could be part of my manifesto. Too...
1.New ‘wealth’. Traditionally, wealth has been based on money, family name, education, etc. But this definition of wealth is exclusionary, and even destructive. We believe that as we move into a conceptual age, the valued currencies around ‘new wealth’ should be based on creativity, innovation, and social benefit.
2.Social Origins of Good Ideas. Ronald S. Burt of University of Chicago explains...
“Innovation is an emergent phenomenon that happens when a person or organization...”
– http://byassoc.portfolio.crushlovely.com/
“Hold on tightly, let go lightly”
– unknown
The Feast Conference 2010 →
“The Feast” is a cross-disciplinary series of programs addressing social innovation and new ways to make the world a better place. Go Feast!
August 2010
6 posts
Should the dual pursuits of avocational...
Commonfire →
Common Fire believes the world needs a fundamental shift in how people see the world and live in the world. They support this cultural transformation by helping create intentional communities where people are committed to leading lives that are joyful, just, and sustainable, from the ground up and the inside out, and to their communities being catalysts for change in the broader society.
The Secret City: →
Provides a spiritual community for artists, and promotes art as spiritual practice.
Believes art is good for people and the planet.
Believes art builds healthier communities.
Creates large-scale, collaborative rituals that engage, entertain and elevate participating communities.
Renews, reengages and restores art, artists and creative individuals to a place of sacred intention.
L.I.C. BAR →
LIC Bar is a classic New York City watering hole. You’ll find the bar’s 100-year-old history – an antique wood bar, original tin ceilings, brick walls – paired with a beautiful outdoor garden and a great friendly crowd – only one subway stop from Manhattan. Call it an oasis of authentic New York in the midst of gleaming new condo towers and a fantastic Manhattan view. The vibe at LIC Bar is...
BIOSONIC REPATTERNING →
BioSonic Repatterning, developed by John Beaulieu, N.D., Ph.D., is a natural method of healing using tuning forks based on the sonic ratios inherent in nature. When we tap the tuning forks, we produce pure musical intervals based on precise mathematical proportions known as the Pythagorean tunings. When we listen to these intervals we create an archetypal resonance resulting in a physical and...
GOOD COMMONS →
GOOD COMMONS is dedicated to providing an essential resource: space. They provide a space to create, a space to empower the body and soul, a space to heal and a space to be fed. Staff works toward maintaining an open, accepting and creative ‘home away from home.’ When applicable, they provide high quality nutritious meals with great effort towards satisfying as many dietary requests...
March 2010
13 posts
“create, invest and transact directly”
The Community Music Project →
The Community Music Project is a community of songwriters, musicians, and recording engineers publishing local music with minimal amounts of money. Instead of complaining about, or attempting to change, the music recording industry, they offer an alternative for musicians and listeners.
Worldpulse: Global Issues Through the Eyes of... →
World Pulse is a global media and communication network devoted to bringing women a global voice. They broadcast and unite women’s voices from around the world into a powerful force for change.
They produce a print and web magazine as well as host an interactive community newswire,PulseWire, where women can speak for themselves to the world and connect to solve global problems.
It’s a...
“All political change eventually depends on cultural and social change. That...”
– unknown (via the Daily Kos)
Choral Singing Beneficial for Body and Soul →
The International Journal of the Creative Arts in... →
The International Journal of the Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice (IJCAIP) established in March, 2006, is an international and interdisciplinary peer reviewed open access journal. Their mission is to publish, disseminate and make accessible worldwide, quality information, research and knowledge about the creative arts in health and interdisciplinary practice.
Worlds of Change / Goddard College →
This blog is a project of Goddard College’s Individualized MA Program, featuring the work, research, studies and arts of IMA students, faculty and alumni as they create worlds of change in their communities and beyond.
Ruckus Society →
The Ruckus Society provides environmental, human rights, and social justice organizers with the tools, training, and support needed to achieve their goals.
UNISONG →
UNISONG is a non-performance community singing session meeting monthly. UNISONG is led by a different guest musical director each time to explore music from diverse sources.
Community Music; the revolution we need now? →
This journal is a heartening find for me; as one who works with one foot in the professional music industry and one foot in the self-imposed (universe-imposed?) “movement for awakening and community-building*,” it often seems that the music world is painted in broad strokes of black and white. Could this be a compendium of folks who write INTELLIGENTLY on the PINK I’ve been...
“Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.”
– Gandhi
“I hope to shift the dominant cultural conception of illness away from...”
– Arthur W. Frank, “The Wounded Storyteller”.
“If I cannot fly,
Let me sing. ”
– STEPHEN SONDHEIM from “Sweeney Todd”
February 2010
5 posts
do YOU have the flu?
Affluenza, a portmanteau of the words affluence and influenza, is a term used by critics of capitalism and consumerism. Sources define this term as follows:
affluenza, n. a painful, contagious, socially transmitted condition of overload, debt, anxiety and waste resulting from the dogged pursuit of more. (de Graaf [1]) affluenza, n. 1. The bloated, sluggish and unfulfilled feeling that results from...