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Ian Dalziel

Fri, 21 Jul 2017 15:45:50 +1200

some Progressive Studio ads, by Chris Knox, from Rip It Up…

Hugh Wilson

Tue, 18 Jul 2017 11:26:04 +1200

Thanks for that Russell – I wasn't familiar with the different approach within NZ. Thats a nifty map too.

Russell Brown

Tue, 18 Jul 2017 08:06:14 +1200

There is a good discussion of how the Spotify royalty model works, and some added context around their push for paying customers. It’s also pointed out that commercial radio is still more prevalent than streaming services (for now) and artists receive no compensation from radio play (that goes to writers…

Hugh Wilson

Mon, 17 Jul 2017 15:48:35 +1200

I came across this rather extensive look at the music business recently, and thought it did a good job of putting things (as in less money, more music) a touch more in context, possibly dispelling some misconceptions along the way.

https://redef.com/original/less-money-mo-music-lots-of-problems-the-past-present-and-future-of-the-music-biz?curator=MediaREDEF

Its long, but the essence is that the financial…

Russell Brown

Mon, 17 Jul 2017 09:56:30 +1200

So, what is a decent streaming service that isn't Spotify or Apple?

I know people who swear by Tidal, which offers lossless streaming (for twice the price of the normal service).

Rob Stowell

Sun, 16 Jul 2017 21:27:38 +1200

It's not where you find the top 40 – or even top 4000, necessarily (in fact not really a streaming service :)) but bandcamp offers steaming of anything you buy, as well as everything else good they do.

TracyMac

Sun, 16 Jul 2017 14:28:16 +1200

So, what is a decent streaming service that isn't Spotify or Apple? (If the latter pays decently, great, but I'm not putting their awful software on any computer of mine.)

On a broader note, I'd love it if there were some class action lawsuit on the secrecy around payment rates…

Ian Dalziel

Fri, 14 Jul 2017 20:02:41 +1200

Up against the wall…
Speaking of Chchch phenomena, I’ll be fascinated to watch Jim Wilson channelled through some unsuspecting thespian in Sunday’s Dance Exponents movie on TV One – biopic immortality beckons.

I have been ephemerally clothed by Mr Wilson for decades now, from Army surplus to exotic bookstore caps,…

Rob Stowell

Fri, 14 Jul 2017 17:08:40 +1200

A badly recorded moment from up the back: https://youtu.be/ZTvneJfYGhc

Russell Brown

Fri, 14 Jul 2017 16:45:32 +1200

Every Direen gig I’ve ever been to starts off with me thinking “Oh God this is a shambles” and ends with me wanting to give him an OBE.

Ken, that is gold.

Ken Double

Fri, 14 Jul 2017 16:35:11 +1200

Gotta say my impression of "Sheen of Gold" was that it wasn't a normal music doco at all. Mostly because it was about, y'know, music. No soap opera, no sin/redemption bullshit, no manufactured happy reunion gig ending. Just the musical progression of some misfits from Palmy who slowly became a…

Russell Brown

Fri, 14 Jul 2017 16:30:56 +1200

Hope hope hope there’s some sort of release of more Direen material from the tour.

Me too! The clip with Stephen Cogle from the Christchurch show is great and I thought the two-drummer lineup was great in Auckland.

That lineup’s playing at Golden Dawn the same week as the festival…

Rob Stowell

Fri, 14 Jul 2017 16:17:57 +1200

Hope hope hope there’s some sort of release of more Direen material from the tour. The chch show was special – I’m sure they all were. Each combo had its own flavour (and there were at least 3 sets of musicians.) Just the extended version of ‘dirty and disgusting’ was…

Russell Brown

Fri, 14 Jul 2017 13:38:12 +1200

Chris Keall of NBR has a story on Pandora's exit from the New Zealand marker which expands into a survey of the developing carnage in the streaming music business.

Public Address

Fri, 14 Jul 2017 13:38:12 +1200

Discussion from blog post.