It's the third time I've tried to buy something off the site in the past three weeks with this result and I've almost given up. Way to sell a an album....

Everything else online today is…

going by the fact that the number of unsigned artists selling direct to public FAR FAR FAR outweighs the number of artists on major labels – then that info i feel is very relevant -

I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that number of albums in…

It's incredible how few acts reach any sales momentum at all, and how many self released acts sell almost nothing.

haha, i'd agree with you there, but thats not what the graph is about. Its not about the amounts artists are selling, but how much they would have to sell…

and i am SURE that there are many artists selling 100 odd mp3 downloads of an album through their own sites/bandcamp per month.

I think the data that came out after the Long Tail showed quite the opposite. It's incredible how few acts reach any sales momentum at all, and…

Who gets the contra advertising stuff? How?

With C42 starting it means C4 have carte blanche to take anything they deem slightly alternative and relegate it to…

OOh that made me mad!

http://www.coachella.com/broadcast/webcast

Hoping to catch Sly Stone (!?) and Gorillaz tomorrow, and whatever I can see today. Looks like webcast starts at 7pm EST, which is noon NZ…

Someone wants to be careful – enough high-tech tools that don't need thumbs, we humans might not be all that useful any more.

My cat would certainly enjoy a device upon which she could play Planet Earth on demand. So many edible-looking birds, so little control over her viewing of…

I wonder what it will mean for non IMNZ artists (um like me I guess).

By a share of advertising, does that mean a cut of the advertising revenue or like contra…

No money changes hands — the quid pro quo is a share of C42 advertising inventory on the channel, which can be used by members of IMNZ and PPNZ.

The arrangement was Mediaworks' initiative — they brought…

I know first hand how little on line artists get paid and how hard it is to get actual figures and payment from agents in other countries. For us it was never about making money on line, so were prepared to write it off,…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIR3XFuY4Qs

if correct accepting no royalty payments is just stupid

http://dubdotdash.blogspot.com/2010/04/new-music-channel-on-freeview.html

also see The Corner blog, which wuotes official email on c42 that confirms "there will be no direct public performance royalties payable to content owners as attributable to play on C42."

http://thecorner.co.nz/2010/04/16/so-about-that-new-c42-digital-channel-thats-being-launched-in-a-couple-of-weeks/

From NZH's Drinnan column today... "Chris…

Ondemand is pretty cool, but freeview is what I want, and what Sony promised years ago.

Not sure. There is an agreement, but I can't work out exactly what it is..

Yeah i cant see Mediaworks or IMNZ would want the details in public before the tribunal findings are released.

It could compromise collection of IMNZ artist royalties in territories outside NZ. Sure the PPNZ affiliated…

So is IMNZ going to collect and distribute royalties on behalf of its members instead of PPNZ ?

Not sure. There is an agreement, but I can't work out exactly what it is..

Meanwhile, LCD Soundsystem are streaming their new album, This Is Happening, in advance of its May 17 release. Sweet.

Soooo good. That really made my Friday.