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Paul Rowe

Sat, 22 Mar 2014 12:26:45 +1300

I’ve licensed it to Raw Power (Simon Kay) who always does these things well.

Having done a bit of digging, I have to agree.

I picked up the Suburban Reptile 7" ep that came out in 2004 and the Move to Riot compilation from the Rough Trade shop off Portobello…

Simon Grigg

Fri, 21 Mar 2014 17:36:57 +1300

mate, where will these be available? and remastered you say? best news I’ve heard all day.

Remastered by Stebbings from the original master tape (which I have happily). Real Groovy will have it, as will other New Zealand and international outlets. I’ve licensed it to Raw Power (Simon Kay) who…

Paul Rowe

Fri, 21 Mar 2014 17:20:38 +1300

RSD: also expect 500 copies of a remastered 7" of The Suburban Reptiles 'Saturday Night Stay At Home', with essays from or interviews with most of the band and Phil Judd. It's a good 'un.

Ooh, classy release Simon. I'm gonna order one through my local (nearly) record shop now:…

Peter Darlington

Fri, 21 Mar 2014 17:12:37 +1300

Spotify has been a massive bonus for us at AudioCulture as it allows us to embed whole albums on pages for visitors to dig into. Added to that is Recorded Music NZ's drive to get all (as in everything ever released, at least by the bigger labels) New Zealand albums…

bob daktari

Fri, 21 Mar 2014 16:55:07 +1300

Have you gone for Premium as those pop up ads are pretty annoying on the Free package my kids use?

Started on a premium and eventually dropped it cause I wasn't using the service enough – initial honeymoon period wore off... so used the free ad version for a while…

Alan Perrott

Fri, 21 Mar 2014 16:32:16 +1300

mate, where will these be available? and remastered you say? best news I've heard all day.

JacksonP

Fri, 21 Mar 2014 16:21:34 +1300

I may have hit the wall.

Same. I signed up, but never use it. The radio, this blog and twitter point me towards new music usually.

On that note Broods just released the official video for Bridges.

I like it. It seems to reflect something that we lost by growing…

Simon Grigg

Fri, 21 Mar 2014 16:19:48 +1300

I guess I'm asking – do you know what the artist return is for physical vs digital vs streaming (for, say, a thousand people purchasing/listening)..

That's totally dependent on the contract the artist has with the label, or the business model the artist might otherwise use to distribute their music.…

Peter Darlington

Fri, 21 Mar 2014 15:51:15 +1300

why is that? – its another wonderful tool for the music nerd and casual listener

Probably a "not enough hours in the day" issue as much as anything. Competing against vinyl, my local, owned digital repository, radio streaming, soundcloud, bandcamp, mixcloud etc... I may have hit the wall.

Have you…

Gareth Ward

Fri, 21 Mar 2014 15:44:34 +1300

Although digital sales revenue fell 2.1%, it still accounts for two thirds of overall digital revenue. And digital in turn is trumped by physical sales, which fell 11.7% but still comprise more than half of record industry revenue worldwide.
Are these revenue figures BEFORE distribution costs? i.e. are physical sales…

bob daktari

Fri, 21 Mar 2014 15:06:19 +1300

I’ve still never run up a session of Spotify. I suspect I’d like the social aspects but the rest of it just plain leaves me cold.

why is that? – its another wonderful tool for the music nerd and casual listener

For me its a fantastic means to listen to…

Simon Grigg

Fri, 21 Mar 2014 15:03:02 +1300

It should be noted the biggest selling list bears no real resemblance to the biggest earning list from Billboard about 10 days ago

That list. to be fair, is heavily skewed by touring income. I doubt the sales of Fleetwood Mac, for example, added heavily to their 19m.

Danielle

Fri, 21 Mar 2014 14:39:32 +1300

Great choice Robyn, love this too.

Yeah, that's a fun song! I actually like the beginning and ending more than the climactic middle though.

Peter Darlington

Fri, 21 Mar 2014 14:38:26 +1300

I've still never run up a session of Spotify. I suspect I'd like the social aspects but the rest of it just plain leaves me cold.

Also, big ups to Daft Punk. To get on that biggest selling artists list is a hell of an achievement for a couple of…

paul mckessar

Fri, 21 Mar 2014 14:29:04 +1300

A technical point on your statement that a slice of songwriting is necessary to benefit from performance rights, as this is not exactly the case. Performance rights for compositions and recordings are separated at source. The increased revenue to labels you note is a reflection of label and performers' recently-acquired…

Danielle

Fri, 21 Mar 2014 14:19:49 +1300

Oh wow, I missed that entire Husband's Stupid Record Collection thing. That is very interesting and I'm still processing what I think about it. (As I read some entries from the blog I kept involuntarily wanting to burst in to her train of thought and wave around some recommendations. I'm…

Geoff Lealand

Fri, 21 Mar 2014 12:59:39 +1300

Regarding another medium; just putting together a lecture on the state of the global film industry and it is remarkable how much American film depends on non-domestic income, with around about 70% of the box office for your average US coming from foreign territories eg Frozen has earned $US1.032billion, with…

Geoff Lealand

Fri, 21 Mar 2014 12:52:06 +1300

I weeded out my CDs last year but substituted even older technology--a wind-up gramophone, to play the wonderful collection of 78s I found at a Save The Children fund-raiser. Working my way through a meticulously-catalogued collection of 1930/1940s jazz; obviously the life-work of some old bloke. As David Hepworth recently…

David Hood

Fri, 21 Mar 2014 12:19:28 +1300

It should be noted the biggest selling list bears no real resemblance to the biggest earning list from Billboard about 10 days ago (except that Justin Timberlake is at 3 on both lists).
http://www.billboard.com/articles/list/5930326/music-s-top-40-money-makers-2014-the-rich-list

Robyn Gallagher

Fri, 21 Mar 2014 12:10:10 +1300

Some people feel that it perpetuates gender stereotypes about the way men and women relate to music.

I'll tell you what – a few months ago I got rid of all my CDs. By that stage I'd already ditched the jewel cases and had them in CD folders. One afternoon…

Public Address

Fri, 21 Mar 2014 12:10:09 +1300

Discussion from blog post.