New Music Strategies

• Frome and away
  Ian, Saskia and I went to Frome in Somerset for the Being Human Weekend. Lovely town, and we met some fantastic people and listened to some great electronic and experimental music. And for the record, you actually say “Froom”, so the pun in the title of this post doesn’t really work. But you can be [...]
• Unconvention Factory: all kinds of awesome
  Ian, Saskia and Andrea at the Unconvention venue as the bands set up The New Music Strategies team was delighted to be invited to Unconvention Factory in Macclesfield this past weekend. For a start, it looked like it was going to mean an opportunity for us all to be in the same city in the world [...]
• Un-Convention Factory
  Calling the UKs best creative talent. Get involved in a music first… As part of a larger event called Unknown Pleasures, celebrating the life of Ian Curtis on the 30th anniversary of his death, Un-Convention has been commissioned to develop a very special version of the event. Un-Convention have teamed up with the creators of iconic indie-rock [...]
• Mind the furniture
  Photo by theothegrey We’re doing a bit of remodelling around here at New Music Strategies. In fact, remodelling is the wrong word. This is the online equivalent of moving into new premises, getting new desks and phones, ordering new stationery, and setting up for business. It’s all a bit new: we’ve just expanded from a sole trader [...]
• Brian Eno on records and blubber
  This coincides nicely with a lecture I gave this evening at Westminster University to a group of MA Music Business Management students. In an interview with Paul Morley, Brian Eno says: “I think records were just a little bubble through time and those who made a living from them for a while were lucky. There is no [...]

Billboard

• Spears' Ex Disputes Abuse Claims
  An attorney for Britney Spears' ex-husband called child abuse claims leveled at the singer by a former bodyguard baseless and motivated by money.
• John Lennon's Killer Is Again Denied Parole
  A parole board decided not to release Mark David Chapman after interviewing him by teleconference at Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New York.
• Terra Firma, Citigroup Clash Ahead Of Court Case
  The dispute centers on the potential for a rival bid for EMI in 2007.

Guardian Music

Industry News

• Moving To Billboard March 25, 2009
• Gone Fishin' March 17, 2009
• The Downsides of Streaming Services March 13, 2009
• Friday Business Links: Sony/ATV To Develop TV Series March 13, 2009
• Jack White's New Business Model March 12, 2009