Vinyl Record Revenues Have Surpassed Free Streaming Services Like Spotify | Money.com Vinyl was supposed to have died sometime around 1991, after steadily losing sales to the cassette tape, and then being nearly completely superseded by the CD.

I think I might have to release a Vinyl.

Labels: indie labels

Review: Apple's new Music Memos app makes songwriting simple Apple’s new app, Music Memos, is hands-down the best free music-creation app I’ve ever used on my iPhone. The amount of tech packed into this tiny little iOS app is nothing short of amazing, and it shows Apple’s continuing commitment to the creative community.

Note to self: write top ten hit and upload to iTunes.

Labels: engineering, indie labels, producing, recording

Tidal artist Prince disses Apple for taking money from musicians Apple Music may be gaining an edge over rival companies like Spotify thanks to its remuneration of artists — but in a new interview, the artist currently known as Prince inexplicably blames Cupertino for musicians making no money on the Internet.

Prince is sassy enough to articulate his opinion. We like Prince.

Labels: free download, future music, indie labels, itunes, itunes radio

12-inch MacBook gets video unboxing in Vietnam ahead of April 10th release [Gallery] | 9to5Mac: "Apple first announced the redesigned MacBook last month, but not before 9to5Mac was able to uncover the details of the unreleased device’s design and features. "

Hard candy!

Labels: apple, garage band, indie labels, native instruments, producing, recording

Grammy-nominated DJ Zane Lowe leaving flagship BBC Radio show, joining Apple: "Zane Lowe, who has helmed BBC Radio 1's widely-praised evening show since 2003, will sign off on March 5, according to the BBC. Lowe is known as a musical tastemaker and is credited with jumpstarting the careers of artists like Adele and Gnarls Barkley by featuring them on his show."

More signs that Apple is reorienting around changes in music listening behavior. Personally, I have no interest in streaming services. In theory, I like Neil Young's hi fidelity sample player concept. Apple could use ALAC at 192kHz and 24-bit. 16 bit aac is fine for a radio experience, but I don't agree that you can't hear the artifacts.

Labels: distribution, indie labels

Music-tech heavyweights pile into $8.5M round for Bandpage | VentureBeat | Deals | by Tom Cheredar - Bandpage’s platform allows bands (or even solo artists) easily create websites that keep their fans informed with things like tour dates, news about the band, and connect with other social services.

Ever since the demise of myspace and the elimination of streaming audio on Facebook (simply disappeared), we need something between Soundcloud and a full website.

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Paris Based Artist Benoit Jammes Has Some Nostalgic Love For Cassette Tapes | Magnetic Magazine: "Just discovered the work of Paris based artist Benoit Jammes and love his series of cassette tape art. "

This gives new meaning to the phrase "mix tapes" and I kid you not!

Labels: audio, cassette tapes, indie labels, mixed tapes

Apple's iTunes Store sells 25 billionth song: "n a press release issued Wednesday, Apple confirmed that iTunes users had purchased and downloaded more than 25 billion songs since the iTunes Store's introduction in April of 2003."

It's a whole new world.

Labels: indie labels

Spotify Stops Selling Downloads - Peter Kafka - Media - AllThingsD: "Spotify, which makes its money selling streaming music subscriptions, has shut down a feature that let European users purchase individual tracks."

I've never tried Spotify, but I use iTunes and Pandora extensively.

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