Updates from the world's leading classical music label
When we talk about digital music, we use “metadata” to mean the artist, title, and other information that comes with (or is attached to) a recording. I’ve spent a big chunk of this week on several projects involving classical metadata. Since “the right way to tag classical music” has been an ongoing theme for my Read More …
A lot gets written about streaming music. It isn’t all true. Perhaps even more frustratingly when it is true, it isn’t always the whole truth. Here are ten misconceptions about music streaming, which I’ve attempted to explain. If you have questions, please use the comments section, and I’ll do my best to answer them or, Read More …
If you’re shopping on iTunes or ClassicsOnline, listening on Pandora or Spotify or Naxos Music Library, you mostly don’t care where else a record is available. You’re just happy you can listen to it however you choose. It wouldn’t affect your life if the album never came out on CD at all. I have, though, run into some strange Read More …
According to the Nielsen mid-year report, record sales in the US are up for the first time since 2004. That’s obviously great news for musicians and labels, but it’s also good for the record-buying public—more sales means more recordings to choose from. CD sales for the first half of 2011 are actually a bit lower Read More …
The classical music industry did reasonably well in 2010 but not as well as expected—we had hoped for a better year than 2009 but economic uncertainties in North America and Europe meant that business was not much better in 2010. CD sales remained stable—some independent labels did better than in 2009, others did worse but Read More …
