Our Digital Music

• The Rise Of The Musical Middle Class – Part I & II outlines how the fragmentation of media and rising power of the internet is creating a new middle class of music who may never drink champagne and ride in limos but who make a decent living.  That’s good news for fans like us. You can add your comments to those of more than a dozen industry insiders.
• Want some more bling for your blog or MySpace page? Its coming as social networking sites like MySpace, Facebook and Friendster moved to open their services up to the outside developers and marketers of cool little widgets that update automatically with things like a band’s tour dates or play a song. In related news:
  • Google launched OpenSocial which creates a single standard for widgets and applications across web sites. Many major social networking sites including Friendster and MySpace signed on. Facebook has not so far.
  • But Facebook appears ready to announce major moves into music this week. Stay tuned.
• EMI joined WMG, Sony and many indie labels in making their product available on imeem’s viral song and video streaming service. EMI also signed a deal with Music Choice.
• Paste Magazine is following the Radiohead model and offering subscriptions for  “pay what you want” during a 2 week experiment.
• Need a career change? There are music industry job openings in the Warner Brother’s Records Tech Dept. and at the Future Of Music Coalition.

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