MySpace Gobbles Up Imeem…Anyone Care?
It looks like all of the ad sponsored music sites are going kaput.
MySpace has reportedly acquired Imeem for a measly $8 million. Imeem will now join iLike in the purgatory of MySpace hell.
For now, Imeem will still be run independently of MySpace, but, word on the street is that it will soon by assimilated into MySpace Music. Another rumor is that MySpace may soon be charging for music services, so, is all this gobbling up of sites like Imeem and iLike a move into that direction?
So how did it come down to this for Imeem, a site that had over 4 million users?
The Music Business in 2011: Licensing to Take Over?
I recently participated in a very interesting discussion about the future of the music industry on a LinkedIn.com forum (props to Ja War for kick-starting the discussion). Below I share with you some of my ideas about the future of the music business.
The record deal that rapper Drake landed with Cash Money/Young Money/Universal is a great example of the seismic shift happening in the music industry. In his deal Drake retains the publishing rights to his songs and only pays 25% of his music sales to his labels as a “distribution fee.”
Q&A with Rou Reynolds of Enter Shikari about DIY Success and the new album “Common Dreads”
My buddy Paul and his crew introduced me to Enter Shakari almost 2 years ago with the video for “You’re Not a Winner”. With a new album due to hit the ‘States in the spring, it was cool to snag this interview from their press peeps and share it with you.
Oh, and I also snagged a copy an album/poster pack for the first reader to leave a comment. Make sure to include your email so we can send you the swag!
A Recap of the Oh-So Controversial MTV VMA’s
The 2009 MTV Video Music Awards are all the buzz right now. In case you missed it (or want to briefly re-live it) here’s a recap of what happened at this year’s VMAs:
Lady GaGa shows up to the VMAs with her date for the evening: Kermit the frog. [Outrageous Lady GaGa ensemble #1]
Madonna opens up the festivities with a moving speech and tribute to the late great Michael Jackson.
A parade of fantastic dancers re-enact some of Michael Jackson’s most memorable video moments and execute MJ’s signature dance moves with pizzazz.
Elton John Collobarates With Alice in Chains on New Album; Track Listing & Artwork Released
Among the many highlights on Black Gives Way To Blue, the highly anticipated new album from ALICE IN CHAINS, is a special guest performance by Elton John. The two rock legends collaborated on the album’s stunning title track, “Black Gives Way To Blue,” a heart-stirring tribute to Alice In Chains’ late lead singer Layne Staley. The album arrives in stores September 29.
“We were thinking about adding piano to the track and a friend suggested we call Elton,” recalls guitarist/vocalist Jerry Cantrell. “I remember laughing and saying, ‘Yeah, I’ll get right on that.’ But I decided it was worth trying and wrote Elton an email explaining what that song means to us — that it’s a real, raw openhearted song for Layne.
Evolvor.com Back and Better Than Ever!
We here at evolvor apologize for the lack of news and notes over the past few weeks – we’ve been busy doing some major updates to the site!
One of the first things we wanted to tackle was moving to a badass hosting company – one that can handle the traffic we expect to receive soon as we start rolling out new projects and of course kick-ass content about the always developing digital music industry.
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