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  • Follow Friday: blogs that keep me up to date on the new music industry

    I’m borrowing one of my favourite Twitter memes called Follow Friday, though I hardly ever participate. On Fridays, many Twitter users recommend their followers to follow interesting people that they themselves are following. It’s kind of like networking. Actually, it’s more than just ‘kind of’ like networking!

    I always find it really tough who to recommend, but I love the principle. That’s why I have decided to recommend some of the blogs I subscribe to so I stay in the know about developments in the (new) music business. Maybe you can recommend some to me too?


    Billboard.biz
    A rather traditional source of information – not too forward thinking, but has some interesting case studies every now and then.

    Digipendent
    Looks at trends in music & the digital world.

    Digital Audio Insider
    Describes itself as a blog about the economics of digital music and I think that’s quite an accurate description.

    Digital Music News
    Definitely one of the best blogs out there on this topic! So I gave it some sweet italic loving!

    Digital Noise
    A CNET blog about music and technology. Hightlights lots of interesting innovative initiatives in the digital music business.

    FileShareFreak
    A blog about filesharing, piracy, torrent sites, lawsuits and other fun stuff.

    Future of Music Coalition
    A non-profit organisation looking at the future of the music business and how artists can cope with the rapid changes.

    Hypebot
    A blog about the new music business. Hardly misses a thing. Very impressive!

    Make It In Music
    Artists have to take more and more control of the tasks record labels previously used to take care of. This blog educates them on how to do that. Also interesting for people who are simply interested in the music business, but not as an artist.

    me*dia*or
    Kind of a monitor of the music business blogs. Everything in one place here, but I prefer visiting the individual blogs / reading their RSS feeds.

    Media Futurist – Gerd Leonhard
    The blog of Gerd Leonhard, who’s a media futurist. He appears to be touring constantly, speaking at conferences about technologies and how our society could adopt them. He shares many of his presentations, slideshows and ideas on his blog. Great material! Also check out the interview I had with him about the future of music distribution.

    MIDEM(Net) Blog
    MIDEM is one of the world’s biggest music business conferences. MidemNet is its simultaneous digital music business conference. The blog is filled with interesting analyses by industry experts.

    Music Ally
    The corporate blog of this digital music business information and strategy company.

    Music Business and Trend Mongering
    A blog about the great ideas and trends in the new music business.

    Music Think Tank
    Awesome blog about what works and doesn’t work (and why!) in the music industry. Highly recommended.

    MusicBizGuy Speaks
    A music business veteran’s view on the new music business. Very impressive track record and highly insightful articles.

    Net, Blogs and Rock’n’Roll
    A blog about the digital discovery of music and entertainment.

    New Music Strategies
    The name more or less speaks for itself. Sporadic posts, but high quality guaranteed.

    P2P Blog
    Lots of news about innovation in peer to peer technology.

    p2pnet
    About filesharing, peer-to-peer technology, RIAA madness, and innovation in the sharing of digital information.

    Remix Theory
    A blog about remix culture.

    Rocketsurgeon’s Music 2.0 Directory
    A listing of all the tools and services participating in the ‘new media revolution’. Very cool.

    RouteNote’s Blog
    RouteNote’s a company specializing in the distribution of artists’ music to (digital) music stores. Their blog offers a great look into the world of digital music distribution.

    Techdirt
    About innovations in technology and how this affects government policy and the economy around us. Probably my favourite blog of this whole list.

    The Daily Swarm
    A bit like me*dia*or, in the sense that it aggregates content from other places and links back to the full articles. Sometimes they catch something I had missed, so I try to keep up with them as much as I can.

    The Forrester Blog for Consumer Strategy Professionals
    Not necessarily about the music business, but definitely gives great insight into marketplaces that are changing because of technology. These guys are really on top of the trends and give valuable insights into them.

    TorrentFreak
    Another favourite blog. They ask some very tough questions to the music business about how they deal with filesharing. Also has a lot of news about torrent trackers, politics, what’s hot in the filesharing networks, and much much more.

    TuneCorner
    TuneCore also specializes in distributing signed artists’ music to digital music stores. On their blog, great tips about music and technology, insights into the new music business, and how to use the web to your advantage.

    Wired | Music
    Wired is a technology news website and has a music section too. Great read! They have a very talented staff.

    ZeroPaid
    Another (good) blog about filesharing.

    Whenever I spot a great article worth reading in one of these (and other) sources, I share them via Google Reader, so have a look at my shared items and subscribe to them!

    What are blogs you would recommend? Did I miss any good ones?

  • 5 Reasons to Use Twitter and 5 Tips on How to Use It Right

    This is a blog about countries, travel, life abroad, culture shock. Yet this post is about technology. About Twitter, to be exact. Why?

    I’ve been “using” Twitter off and on for over a year now, but it was only up until very recently that I really got it. I love it. They only thing I don’t love about it is that many of my friends, readers, family, acquaintances are not using it and I’d LOVE to interact with you via Twitter.

    Briefly, Twitter is a service where you can share your thoughts in micro-blogs of max. 140 characters. These messages are shared with your followers who get your updates. They can then choose to interact with you. You can also follow other people for their updates.

    Here are 5 reasons WHY you should sign up for a Twitter account and start using it.

    • Friendsourcing. Got a question? A problem? Let’s say you want to know what the cheapest airline to travel to a particular location in Europe is. Before doing a lot of research, post it on Twitter. Let your friends help you out.
    • Network inside your niche. Are you a travel blogger? A PR expert in France? A Norwegian expat? An amateur photographer wanting to go pro? You can follow other people in the same position, but also experts in your niche and stay up to date with them. Through Twitter I’ve communicated with Guy Kawasaki, DoshDosh, had some email exchanges with Michael Arrington, got linked by John Chow, (yes, I’m namedropping) and became acquainted with Andy from CommentLuv – he even commissioned me to produce a DJ mix for him. I also met many fellow expats from around the world through Twitter!
    • Learn about the every day lives of others. You might be a medical student, about to graduate soon, maybe you’d be glad to follow doctors and see what their everyday lives are like as a preparation of your professional life.
    • It’s the easiest way to stay up to date with friends’ daily lives. Yes, you probably don’t feel like reading all about people’s daily lives. Don’t worry, some people leave maybe 1 tweet per day… and even if you get a lot, you’re not expected to read each and every tweet.
    • Stay up to date on current events. Twitter was my main source of updates during the recent Mumbai terrorist acts.

    Maybe I convinced you… Maybe you just need to try it out and see for yourself. Here’s what you need to do to get a good start on Twitter:

    • Install Twhirl. After signing up with Twitter, please do yourself a favour and use Twhirl. Nearly nobody uses just the web interface of Twitter… and those that do are the sporadic users (like me, in the past). If you’re doing it right, you’re going to be receiving a lot of Tweets from a lot of different people (Tweeple). Using Twhirl keeps it manageable and pleasurable!
    • Start following! First of all, find people you know. Have you seen that the authors of blogs you like reading use Twitter? Visit their blog and find out where to follow them on Twitter! Also, use Twitter Search and look for specific things you find interesting. Start following people that write about them. Don’t worry about them possibly not being interesting. It’s fine to unfollow them if they annoy you or you get bored of them. Just grab a lot of people now. Then start selecting later. Here’s a bunch of interesting people to get you started. Oh, and don’t forget to follow me!
    • Interact. This is where Twitter really gets fun and offers an awesome value. You can communicate with experts in almost any field through Twitter. You see someone posting an interesting Tweet? Reply to them (here’s how).
    • Tweet! Write about what could fascinate others. Found an interesting link? Share it. Pondering an interesting thought? Put it out there. Need some help? Tweet it! The world is listening.
    • Promote the fact that you’re Tweeting. Share it on your blog, put it in your email signature, your Facebook status, et cetera. Maybe more people you know are already using Twitter… if not, maybe you’re usage might motivate them to join up. The more, the merrier. After all, that’s why I wrote this post.

    First things first. Go to www.twitter.com. Sign up. Follow me.

    Are you already using Twitter? What’s your nickname? Why are you using Twitter? Do you have any other useful tips?

    Besides following me on Twitter… you can also follow this blog via RSS or email updates. 😉

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