INDIE MUSIC

Scholars’ Prediction of the Indie Music Industry. The “annihilation hypothesis” has been evaluated looking at a number of demand factors, aside from piracy, which could contribute to the decline in sales. Before turning to time series aggregate data from 1973-2002, researchers observed some of the underlying trends in the industry that may provide alternate explanations […]

The Current Landscape of the Indie Music Industry. Like the record sales of indie music, the live entertainment industry has also gone through several interesting changes in the new millennium. I have written about this in detail in my blog Cloud Computing and Indie Music. An article in the ABC News noted in the early

Indie Music Publishing. With fierce competition, ever-growing number of music available online and online sales at an all-time low, it is becoming increasingly difficult for indie artists to depend only on money from online sales to sustain in the industry. You can read about this in detail in my blog Alternative Income for Indie Artists.

Record Labels and Indie Music. As discussed in my blog Indie Music and the Internet, in my recent blogs I am trying to understand and evaluate the live and recorded music business with regard to the more encompassing implications of the Internet. I hope to provide some insight on the future of music industry through

Promoting Indie Music on Social Media. Promoting indie music on social media has taken an interesting turn today, with social media and promotion being deeply and intricately intertwined. I have discussed about this in detail in my blog Digital Sales of Indie Music. Most indie artists are releasing some or all of their music online,

Momentous Changes in the Indie Music Industry. With the beginning of the web, the ideas experienced momentous changes. Web permits artists to acquaint their music with a conceivably large group of audience easily without essentially affiliating with any record label. Customized sites help artists associate all the more to their fans. Social media groups have

Royalties and Indie Music. While understanding music copyright, publishing and licensing is quite difficult and totally out of league from what an artist has entered the industry for, it is important to understand in order to establish alternative means to generate revenue. I have written more about copyright laws in my blog Alternative Income for

Digital Sales of Indie Music. The free and open communication of the internet has led not only to reduction in the power of record labels, but also to reduction in costs associated with distribution and promotion, with the rise of social media. As i have discussed in my blog The Post-Internet Indie Music Industry, today,

The Post-Internet Indie Music Industry. In a confirmatory study, market research done by the NDP Group and published by CE Pro, an online consumer electronics publication, in 2012, Apple was found to own a whopping 64% market share for digital purchases of music, and 29% of market share for music retailers as a whole. As