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17 hours ago ago from Gadgetsteria
You know, sometimes I wish I could reach through my monitor and punch the select few media moguls who run the record companies in the throat. Why the graphic outrage? It isn't so much outrage as it is see, I told you so . During Warner Music Group's earnings call today, the company sited slowed sales growth since variable raised prices hit iTunes. I crossed out the as it's damn near impossible to find a $0.69 song, with most either staying at ...
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17 hours ago ago from Loyalty Beyond Reason
From the offices of Tim Holland, aka Sole : Today, with a heavy heart I end 11+ years of working with anticon. In the early days of the label, anticon was a pet project of mine, a life-long dream. We fulfilled the dream of a collectively run record label and put out many great records and stood as an image of defiance against the music industry. Those memories, I will always have and be proud of. Sadly, those times are gone, and I need ...
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21 hours ago ago from Plug One
This morning, Sole announced in a post on his website, Soleone.org that he is leaving Anticon , the company he co-founded in 1998. It wasn't unexpected. Rumors had spread that Sole was leaving Anticon, especially after his last album with the Skyrider Band, Plastique , became his first release to not appear on the label. (It was issued by Fake Four Inc.) In the post, titled Sole leaves Anticon Records, he writes, From now on now all my ...
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Duck Down Records has to be doing something right. They have remained the pre-eminent music label for underground rap for nearly two decades(15yrs as Duck Down, more if you include DruHa and Buckshot working together at Nervous Records). Just think for a moment about all the trends in rap that have taken place over the last twenty years Shout rap Afrocentric rap Lady rap Shiny suit rap Wu-Tang Coke rap Glitter mouth rap Ho ...
Related contentIsn’t it record labels’ fault for allowing people to copy music?
21 hours ago ago from Music
The RIAA and alike are suing people for sharing music, but isn't it really the record labels' fault for writing their music to an easily copied format such as an .mp3? I don't see how juries can find people guilty of file sharing when: A. Without knowledge of it being illegal, file-sharing doesn't seem wrong in any way, shape, or form and, B. It is so easy to copy and share the files they have the music written to. I think people need ...
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