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.
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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!