Reports of Prince suing fans and internet companies continue to arrive daily. Many suggest that Prince is trying to hold onto an analogue music world controlled by copyright. I wonder if that’s so. The physical world is more controlled than ever with CCTV, DNA,
Britney Spears had hit rock bottom, so she told her fans in an open letter in May 2007. Whilst possibly true from her perspective worse was to come. As PopScores shows, her actual PopScore fell from 13 in September 06 through 10 in May 07 to 3 this month.
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Back catalogue has always been a banker for the music industry. The big artists, the ones with a life span of ten or even twenty albums, have to date been able to generate substantial income for labels with their repertoire. Just think how many Top 10 selling Greates
There’s little difference between a radio commercial and an unknown song on the air. Both interrupt listeners and interruptions are generally disliked and avoided which is one of the reasons why unfamiliar songs generally test poorly.
For a decent ad or song