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Sometimes I think that the music business today could'nt shock or surprise me anymore - then I realise that while we go through this defining phase where you have to think differently and Generation Y has a very different outlook on how they consume their media - then out of the blue a statement from another has-been!Step up Mr Sean Feargal ...

Anyone who partakes in file sharing music files on P2P services be aware of what's recently been happening out in the world of illegal music sharing. If you have been following the story on Friday and some additional information on Sunday via Torrent Freak you maybe interested to know and be aware that in the UK a number (6) of ex-OiNK users have ...

I read with some dismay and anger that MSN Music UK - is to stop supporting the WMDRM from 31st August 2008. Which means that after this time users will not be able to relicence THEIR music that they purchased!!! No wonder it's so hard for people like me to evangelise to others about the world of digital media when short sightedness companies ...

A little while ago along with my usual ranting and ramblings I actually was strapped down and forced to write in a cohesive and structured manner. This of course goes against the grain of what I do - as I like to ramble on and on and go off in various tangents (I'm like that when speaking as well :) - but when asked by Miss D & Miss B to ...

** Warning ** Just to point out and to mention - that the site(s) and topic that is being discussed below - if anyone does decide to review any of the content mentioned in my post below - be aware that the sites do show scenes, images and videos of very graphic and explicit adult nature ** You have been warned NO! However when 6 grown men start ...

In my quest and mission to inform and of course to put my tuppence worth in in regard to the state of the music industry - I think you have got to look at the state of the business and how the consumer ultimately sees and feels about their music, bands, artists - and dare I say it ''heroes'' Does that term even exist in today's MP3 Generation - ...

  March 2008 will see an unbelievable 45 years pass since the analogue mono release of their debut album on vinyl ''Please Please Me'' So it seems only fitting that the Fab Four's catalogue has the digital treatment and released to the world ''officially'' When this happens what will be the main driver ? (besides the £250+million) Will it be ...

So I started by Blog a few months ago by announcing that we are undertaking a Digital Revolution (Part VIII) – some say that I may have sounded rather cynical, nae, flippant about this topic. I guess that it’s just my age and legacy experience of this space that may have oozed out of my pores...  That was back in May ’07 ...

CD Giveaways on the cover of magazines have been around for decades – I remember having my Adam and the Ants 7” flexi-disc in the 80’s (A.N.T.S. to the tune of YMCA) all the way through to Q Magazine introducing new up and coming acts of the new decade (1990s) a new band called Pearl Jam , back then each disc was created to ...

...so back to my rantings around digital media and the impact that it is having...starting with Music Subscription So what is Music Subscription? – over the years when asked this by both clients and customers alike I have always used my “Library” analogy: Let’s take music as an example, but you could use ...