Tag Archives: Music

Kristin Hersh saves the music industry from itself

Congrats to Kristin Hersh, one of my long-time favorite musicians, for pioneering a new independent artist coalition, CASH Music. Who knew that in addition to being an incredibly talented singer and songwriter, she is full of smart things to say on copyright, “read-write” culture, and new business models for musicians.
CASH is an acronym — [...]

Bollywood blockbuster

We finally saw the Bollywood mega-hit that came out during Diwali: Om Shanti Om. I have to say - the big Bollywood blockbusters go over with me much better than the Hollywood ones.
Here’s the first track from the Om Shanti Om soundtrack:

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DRM disappears, my money quickly follows

I’ve been on a digital music buying spree this week — purchasing and downloading three new albums online. Despite being a voracious consumer of new music, mostly from mp3 blogs that highlight and share new tracks, I have never purchased music from the iTunes store. And I still haven’t — I purchased two albums from [...]

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