Science and Art are Friends.
Joeseph Priestley was a mad scientist in the most stereotypically recognizable form. He performed innumerable experiments locked away in his laboratory surrounded by beakers and one-of-a-kind tools making crude observations that were documented in the same way a young girl documents her feelings towards boys – chronologically, in great detail and with passion. He is [...]
Radiohead Says In Rainbows Experiment is a Success. Will it Work for All? (Part 2 of 2)
In Part 1 I described how I determined the average download price for Radiohead’s In Rainbows. I think it is safe to say that Radiohead’s success is good news for artists and the simple fact that a band had higher album sales without the premium services of a major label is bad news for the [...]
Solving the Mystery of In Rainbow’s Average Download Price (Part 1 of 2)
Over the past 14 months, Radiohead has been harboring financial performance data like proprietary research, especially the Average Price paid per download which many in the industry are looking to for a benchmark. Back in October Radiohead revealed the first bit of meaningful information about the success of their pay-what-you-want experiment with their album In Rainbows. [...]
A Crowd of Creeps Surrounds Weezer
Everyone’s either getting the crowd, or planning to get the crowd involved in their acts. First Dan Deacon, plans to distribute sheet music for local players to learn and perform live with him. Now Weezer is getting in on the act with their crowd friendly version of Radiohead’s Creep.
The more the merrier I say. Crowd [...]
Fear Of Music Conquer Fear, Make Music
After a couple years, a couple EPs, and a couple drummers Fear Of Music is set to release their first full length album, Actor/Actress. Let the British hype machine (no, not that hype machine) complete with non stop comparisons to the Arctic Monkeys begin.
Their name is reportedly derived from the 1979 Talking Heads LP [...]
Joseph Arthur Loves EPs, Hates Continuity
Joseph Arthur is putting out an EP every month, for four months. Last week signified month two and thus the Crazy Rain EP, was released. A month earlier he released Could We Survive with Rages of Babylon as the single.
Joseph Arthur – Rages of Babylon
For Crazy Rain’s single, Nothin 2 Hide, Joseph Arthur decided he [...]
