Category Archive: Buying Music

Sep
27

‘The Whole Love’ from Wilco

The Whole Love – Wilco - heard some of it on NPR yesterday – they reviewed it VERY well – have to say – what I heard I liked. Leave the main threads to Mr. BobbyG – who doubtless will follow through.  

Sep
21

Levin Torn White – Review

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Update :: 27th September – before you read our review (it’s positive) … just know what others are saying. Aden Dreams of Pavement Classic Rock Revisited [www.classicrockrevisited.com] The Cleveland Sound [www.theclevelandsound.com] Examiner (Seattle, WA) [www.examiner.com] Examiner (St. Petersburg, FL) [www.examiner.com] Gear Diary [www.geardiary.com] Jambase [www.jambase.com] Sid Smith’s Postcards From The Yellow Room YTSEJAM Guitar PLayer …

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Sep
20

Steven Wilson – Grace For Drowning

Well – first review I have seen – and glowing is the word. This is not an album that will appeal to everyone. It is hard work at times and it takes a good few listens to fully appreciate, but the reward of perseverance is astonishing. Don’t expect Wilson to break into the mainstream with …

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Sep
12

Artist Revenue Streams | Future of Music Coalition

If you are a musician – this survey is for you – be interesting to see the results when all is said and done. Prediction – the money won’t be coming from ‘CD Sales’ … Artist Revenue Streams | Future of Music Coalition.

Aug
15

Springsteen and Others Soon Eligible to Recover Song Rights

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My thanks to JP (the other one) for flagging this one to me – Springsteen and Others Soon Eligible to Recover Song Rights – NYTimes.com Of course – unlikely to be without a fight – but tis another nail in that very big coffin that has been a building over the years …. “We believe …

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Apr
29

Making Music Make Money

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Saw this article earlier today and got annoyed. To extract just one point : This post is about the recorded music part of the business, not publishing, not touring, not movie or video game soundtracks. Caveat – I ain’t in the music business – not even a musician – but I LOVE music – listen …

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Oct
08

RIAA + AARP = profit?

CD sales is NOT the same thing as the music industry revenue.

Jun
18

Steven Wilson – Rip Off Merchant ?

  There – I said it.   Check out : http://www.burningshed.com/store/stevenwilson/collection/65/1391/ To save you the click through, when you get there – it will read Buy all six CD singles together, get the full collection and pay less postage! Cover Version 6 is the last in a series of CD singles featuring a cover version and …

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Mar
12

Burning Shed on EBay

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So – how cool is this ….. Burning Shed have opened up an EBay store for rare and collectable music from their stable … Burning Shed Limited 2010

Feb
28

Digital Music Management and Music Discovery for iTunes

Not sure if I have posted this one for before – and on the run – so no time to look it up – however – been playing with this in the background on itunes for a few weeks now – and it is rather neat. Definitely worth a ‘looksee’ – the functionality is great …

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