The future is a very scary place. Everything will be connected to the cloud, be it your phone or tooth brush, and this connectivity will produce a constant stream of data every minute of everyday, effectively bringing in a revolution of information. All this information is a valuable commodity as it will help businesses get … More Music and the internet of things
In this new world of automation, information and meals that ‘set in’, an artist has more options available then ever before. One such option is the great popularity contest that is crowd funding. Sites such as PledgeMusic and Kickstarter allow your fans to fund your latest album, tour or any project you dare to ask money … More Crowdfunding and you; the artists guide
It is coming up to Spotify’s 10 year anniversary this April and so seems an appropriate time to evaluate the platform as a whole. To achieve this I will be using the SWOT (Strength Weaknesses Opportunities Threats) framework. This method can then be applied to any other area of your own music career and so is an … More A SWOT analysis of Spotify
The current climate of music podcasts is mostly made up of journalists or industry experts, such as Steve Lamacq, who interview guests and generally discuss the goings on of the music business. However there is a noticeable deficit in artist led content. A rare example is Turned Out a Punk which is by the … More Podcasts are more important than you think
So let us address a topic that we all wish would just disappear quickly and quietly… piracy. See, I could have made a great joke there about Simon Cowell or some other unpopular celebrity, but so serious is the topic at hand that I do not feel it would have been appropriate at all. … More How to deal with piracy
Are digital aggregators such as EmuBands a waste of money compared to tradtional distributers such as Cargo Records? It seems we must talk about music distribution now. 10-15 years ago this would have been a very dry entry about the pros and cons of this distributer versus that, how one is good because it cheaper whilst … More Digital aggregators and you
We’re all just trying to do our best. Even if we’re making it up as we go along we’re still putting it out there. We at Morbid Industries concern ourselves with some of these attempts. You may very well sing like an angel or play like a demon, but unless anyone hears about it you are … More Statement of intent
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