http://basilrecords.com/blog Aromatic and savory Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:39:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After almost 2 years of concentrated effort, the recording of From the Fields' debut album, Wait for You, at Tunesmith Studio is almost complete. Check back soon for the launch of their new website, and additional information. lorazepam maximal doze lisinopril fosamax interactions purchase of indian fda levitra nasonex retin-a propecia valtrex ... http://basilrecords.com/blog/2008/04/03/change-is-in-the-winds/ Digital distribution has finally eclipsed brick and mortar stores.    According to this article Apple's iTunes store is now the number 1 music retailer. http://basilrecords.com/blog/2008/04/03/weve-reached-the-inflection-point/ Once again, I will be badged and attending the SxSW Music Conference. Feel free to stop me and say hello. I'm always up for chatting about the state and/or future of the music business. http://basilrecords.com/blog/2008/03/01/sxsw-music-2008/ The Major Labels are desperate. With their business model withering on the vine, the RIAA is getting greedy. The situation would be laughable, if it wasn't so sad. With their real motivation revealed, I guess we can take solace in the fact that this is the beginning ... http://basilrecords.com/blog/2008/02/08/like-we-couldnt-see-this-coming/ The always insightful Andrew Dubber, has written a very interesting post on his blog.  I find it interesting to speculate on where this all will lead . http://basilrecords.com/blog/2008/01/28/meet-the-ocean-at-the-rivers-end/ I found this blog post starting with the Lefsetz letter, then on to Seth Godin, and finally arriving to Marc Andreessen. The actual source is an article in the Financial Times (a site requiring registration). It's apparent that the only thing that makes sense is digital distribution. ... http://basilrecords.com/blog/2008/01/21/emi-spends-50m-a-year-shredding-unsold-cds/ There have been several reports that vinyl is making a come back. It will be interesting to see what sort of legs this trend has. One can only hope, that this will reverse the Louder is Better sickness that has take over in the last 2 decades.  ... http://basilrecords.com/blog/2008/01/14/zombies-rising-from-the-grave/ The NY Times has an article on the 2007 record sales. Nothing surprising here. http://basilrecords.com/blog/2008/01/04/music-sales-reports-coming-in/ According to this article, the concert business is in a slump. I wonder who or what will be blamed for this? http://basilrecords.com/blog/2007/12/31/reunion-tours-are-getting-it-done/ Wired magazine ran 2 articles this week worth a read: An article by David Byrne, about possible new business models in the music industry. I heard him deliver this information in a talk, at this year's SxSW, in Austin. I was glad to finally have this in written ... http://basilrecords.com/blog/2007/12/20/byrne-and-yorke-in-wired/