360 Music deals give labels their standard cut of CD and digital download sales, but also give them a percentage of event ticket profits, merchandise sales, endorsement deals and anything else that uses the artist’s brand or music.
A year ago they were still seen as controversial and experimental. Labels defended them as justification for investing [...]

According to Nickelback, “We all just want to be big rock stars.” But in today’s music industry, it’s not sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll that launch an artist to stardom.
For a musician to become a star, they must be able to navigate the ever-changing terrain of music consumption. This includes using traditional techniques such [...]

Last.fm, the CBS Corporation-owned social networking music Web site, released figures today that showed it to be the fastest growing online music network in the U.S., as their free-on-demand music service saw a unique listener increase of 92% since it was launched four weeks ago.
In addition, since the launch of free-on-demand, unique visitors continued to [...]

Take a good look at the model for the music industry today - a major label discovers a new talent, produces a record for that talent, then sells the album at a major retailer.
In five years, that business model might be a dinosaur.
There are some remarkable changes going on in the music industry, almost all [...]

By Mark Cuban
There once was a time when the release date of an album was exciting. For our favorite artists we knew when the last album came out and when the next album was due. If you loved the artist you bought it. If you didn’t you either bought the single or you listened to [...]