Posts by Russell Brown
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And the new chief of the Defence Force is implicitly threatening to sue.
Guys, have we not been through this already? And it cost us a lot of money last time.
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Speaker: The road to Songbroker, in reply to
It strikes me that the ability of artists to leave at will is a feature that would cause any accountant to have kittens; but it might just work if the sense of community is strong enough.
It's interesting: music publishing has held on to the long-contract (and if you're lucky, big advance) model much more than the actual record business has.
Virtually no one signs a five-album deal these days, and P&D (production and distribution) deals have been commonplace in NZ for more than a decade. There have been independent distributors (and more recently, digital distributors and aggregators) for ages. It's increasingly bespoke and flexible.
But publishing is still dominated by big companies. It was interesting that Lorde, on a major label, signed with an indie publisher though.
And yes, I think the community thing is quite central to Songbroker. It's an interesting model and I hope it prospers.
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Hard News: Friday Music: French Kiwi…, in reply to
Sugar Pie Desanto sings “Rock Me Baby” h/t boingboing
"I want you to rock me / Like my back ain't got no bone"
Phwoar.
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Hard News: Fear of Cycling, in reply to
So I searched the Cochrane reviews for a complete unbiased meta-analysis, and found two that seem relevant.
Thanks for doing that. It does seem odd that no one else had hit the Cochrane button :-)
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