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The great new digital music hope: Interview with Merlin CEO Charles Caldas

Independent record labels have a new champion fighting in their corner as they attempt to squeeze some cash out of the numerous new Internet based music platforms that have been using their music for free, and its name is Merlin. Determined not be left Read More...

Posted Monday, September 22, 2008 4:08 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)

Filed under: Music Industry, Merlin, Peer 2 Peer

A consumer guide to buying music online

South Africans venturing online to buy music downloads need to shop around, because some retailers can be almost twelve times more expensive than others. The cheapest download option available to South Africans appears to be eMusic whose R130 per month Read More...

Posted Monday, November 19, 2007 12:34 PM by Lloyd | 4 Comments

Filed under: Music Industry

Is Music free?

The writing is on the wall for major record labels unless they downsize and move into new revenue streams such as artist representation, touring and merchandising. A recent analyst report on the Warner Music Group states that, “an increasing majority Read More...

Posted Monday, November 19, 2007 12:12 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)

Filed under: Radiohead, Music Industry, Saul Williams, Nine Inch Nails

Going for a song

South African songwriters and composers are owed millions of rands in backdated royalties for ring tone sales but a dispute between the composer’s industry body and the ring tone retailers means the money is sitting in a trust account. The dispute revolves Read More...

Posted Monday, September 17, 2007 2:22 PM by Lloyd | 1 Comments

Filed under: Music Industry, Feature, Norm

Friends, lend me your ears: A feature on LastFM

Whether it’s Japanese psychedelic rock, obscure Scandinavian indie-pop or Appalachian folk that rocks your boat, the question is always the same: how do I find it? Well, the answer to your endless quest for fresh, new, exciting music may just lie in the Read More...

Posted Tuesday, March 27, 2007 1:34 PM by Lloyd | 1 Comments

Filed under: Interview, Music Industry, Diesel Whores, Feature

Hey you, what’s that sound?

The internet is often singled out as the main culprit in discussions about the dying throes of the major record label dinosaurs, but they really only have themselves to blame. Incredibly wealthy and sluggish, these labels consciously did not embrace technology Read More...

Posted Tuesday, October 17, 2006 10:01 AM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)

Filed under: Neil Young, Interview, Clap your hands say yeah, Bob Dylan, Music Industry, Feature, Beck, Ghetto Ruff, Arcade Fire, Liars

Local, lekker and booming

While the global music industry is haemorrhaging and shrinking at alarming rates, South Africa’s music industry is booming -- thanks in no small part to the phenomenal performance of locally produced music. On the whole South Africa’s recorded music market Read More...

Posted Monday, October 02, 2006 1:29 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)

Filed under: SA Bands, Interview, Music Industry, Feature, Simphiwe Dana

Web-made superstars

The digital age has brought the music listener and musician closer together, giving both power in a world traditionally controlled by fat cat music industry executives. No longer is it “we produce, you consume”; now listeners are networking via the Internet Read More...

Posted Monday, June 26, 2006 3:49 PM by Lloyd | (Comments Off)

Filed under: SA Bands, Interview, Clap your hands say yeah, Music Industry, The Hellphones, Myspace, Diesel Whores, Feature