Success Stories From The Music Commerce Frontier
from the things-are-working dept
To hear some in the industry tell it, the music industry is falling apart. Except, we're not seeing that at all. What we have seen is that sales of one particular element of the industry have come under much needed competitive pressure, and that's caused a few companies who relied too heavily on that area of business to finally start to recognize the inefficiencies in their business model -- which they're falsely blaming on "piracy." However, the rest of the industry is thriving. A couple weeks ago, I presented at the National Association of Recording Merchandisers (NARM) event, held in San Diego, about "success stories from the music commerce frontier," highlighting both artists and companies that were finding success, despite the "woe is me" complaints from both the big record labels and certain music retailers. Parts of the presentation come from older presentations, but about 2/3 of it is entirely new material, including the opening bit, built off of Clay Shirky's wonderful analysis of what comes next for the newspaper industry -- but applied to the music industry. The presentation itself runs about half an hour and you can watch it below (if you're in an RSS reader, click through to the page to see it):NARM 2009 State Of The Industry: Michael Masnick from NARM on Vimeo.
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T-Shirts, idiots !!!
it's a sure way to make up for your losses
Mikey said so
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If you watched it, you would have seen that Mike brought up your idea.
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it's a sure way to make up for your losses
Mikey said so"
Your witty sarcasm and insightful addition to this interactive conversation have convinced me to see things your way.
/sarcasm
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"I trolled with Angry Dude"
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http://www.metacafe.com/watch/281402/a_peek_into_the_future/
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Saved!
Voila. You've just saved a Flash video off the Internet without using any fancy plugins/tools.
I am in class right now, so I had to use this method to watch it later. This way, at least, I don't have to rebuffer it later. ^_^
(In fact, halfway through typing this message, I lost my Internet connection.)
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Yes, Yes, Yes!
This was 1000x better, keep up the great work! I liked the intro, inside joke, perhaps?
(Standing ovation)
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brilliant
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Everyone downloading music is stealing, getting something they shouldn't have unless they pay for it.
Giving in to thieves is a really, really bad business move. If they are going to steal your music today, they will steal anything else they can get their hands on tomorrow.
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But what do you know? Just blame the MTV Generation. Seems easier, right?
Seems fair.
I will also call you an asshole. Why?
Seems fair.
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"the presentation style is for the MTV generation"
I didn't say it was invented by the MTV generation, I just say it's for people of that generation - people who think that a music video with less than 1 camera angle change per second is boring.
It's all flash, flash, flash, and very little actual content. Heck, there are something like 50 or 75 slides just to discuss drunk people from last night. Is that really needed?
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You are really out to lunch
How long do you think topspin will be in business?
I predict imeem, topspin, etc. will all be under within 2 years.
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Very informative presentation
Thanks, Mike!
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