The Wilco Leak: Good Or Bad For Sales?
As most people who follow new album releases probably know by now, the new Wilco album, “Sky Blue Sky,” has leaked to the internet. The album, which will officially be released on May 15th, was leaked in early March.
The band seems mostly ambivalent about the leak, saying essentially that it may hurt album sales […]
“The Music Industry Is In Trouble”
In the interest of full disclosure, let me first say that I have been a Counting Crows fan from the very beginning.
Charlie Gillingham, the keyboard player and multi-instrumentalist from Counting Crows recently answered some questions about the state of the music industry on the Crows website.
The post is titled “The Music Industry Is In Trouble.”
Charlie […]
Modest Mouse at Number #1 (with 27% Digital)
I mentioned yesterday that Modest Mouse’s We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank has done very well so far. Now, it has officially landed at number #1 on the Billboard charts.
And apparently, 27% of sales of the album have been digital. In 2006, only 10% of all music sales were digital.
Whether this is the […]
Artist Profiles
In the future, I hope to do a series of Artist Profiles where I take a closer look at how artists–indie and major–are using new technologies, the web, and new media to advance their music and careers.
Check back soon!
