NEWSFLASH //
Ok, it's end of term...which means that i've managed to get all of the terms lecture slides online =) , hope you guys find it useful, i've also updated the links + faq sections, thanks jim for the slides
and for those who are myspace inclined, check out jim's myspace right here
There's a new section which is Jim's! jim's corner // it has a sesame street type name but it contains the key information he wants us to have weekly// .word documents available there .
!! There's now a forum section, accesible here
Linkage for this week:
Industry Interview with Roger le Haye
Music Giants bid for BMG (video)
New British talent enjoys its best run in the charts since 1996
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A New York-based company called Platinum Blue has come up with a mathematical formula which they claim can predict the hit potential of an album or a song The strength of McCready’s analysis is its precision. This past spring, for instance, he analyzed “Crazy,” by Gnarls Barkley. The computer calculated, first of all, the song’s Hit Grade—that is, how close it was to the center of any of those sixty hit clusters. Its Hit Grade was 755, on a scale where anything above 700 is exceptional. ----read more
MySpace.com is launching a new music download service that emphasizes music from independent artists, the latest in a string of services announced in recent weeks that hope to topple iTunes from its crown. Some of the services, such as one backed by Universal Music Group, are even offering music for free, backed by advertising services. But analysts say they’ll have trouble toppling Apple’ls iTunes, which has staked out a solid position in what’s becoming a crowded music download market ----read more
Global music sales down despite digital growth Piracy and competition for consumer spending drove global music sales down four per cent in the first half of 2006 despite the continued popularity of digital music, an industry trade group said. ----read more |