Way back in the day, which will be my temporary claim to music business fame for the time span of you reading this article, I randomly came in contact with Jack DeYoung, Grooveshark’s current VP of label relations through my music blog (currently defunct, but rebuilding and relaunching very soon!).  Back in ’08, Grooveshark was …

It’s pretty scary how close Zach got me to actually respecting Apple.  If you haven’t read his article on how Apple arrived at their $0.99 price point for downloads, you best get to reading it first.  He’s quickly becoming the music industry fact machine to my opinionated rant mobile.  Should be an entertaining mix of …

According to a recent report, iTunes costs $1.3 billion a year to run, which upon first glance seems way too high. I mean, what does iTunes really do? Sure they host a few songs, sell a few apps, and pop-out an update every time you turn on your computer (along with a complimentary update to …

Before I begin with my lengthy, random, and unnecessarily long analysis of a Lady Gaga interview by the Wall Street Journal Zach sent my way, I have to get a few things off my chest. he media monster that is Lady Gaga can easily be considered the current music industry’s only hope.  Name even two artists today …

pple’s launch of iCloud, its new streaming service, has been heralded by a series of backroom deals with the major labels. It has been reported that Apple paid the major labels between $100-150 million to include their artist’s music on the service. On the other hand, Apple offered nothing to independent labels, but it doesn’t …