This 20-something is getting old....

I realized today that when I graduated from college, the music industry was so very different. The crazy thing is, it hasn't really been that long. Looking at Berklee's Music Biz Newsletter I can see new courses being offered in the fall on how to run a technology based music business (thank you imeem, myspace, facebook, etc) which was never even thought of while I was attending.

The cool classes I took while in college were Concert and Tour Management and Website Design. The fact that students are now being taught how to not only incorporate social networking, but design, own and operate a social network is insane.

Next thing I'm going to hear is that a turntable is a real instrument with actual notation...

Tuesday Run Down- MySpace sleeping with Majors, Winsonic Music Group, Apple bundles music on iPod, and new release tactics

• MySpace is finally jumping in bed with the majors, MySpace.com is rolling toward closing deals with two of the four top music labels, according to a report published Monday. (Check it)
• Winsonic digital media group announces Winsonic Music Group. (Read Press Release)
• Last week the Financial Times reported that Apple had talked with Universal about bundling music with iPods. Other publications mentioned various figures which still other publications promptly dismissed. The news was also said to be at least six months old. (Check it)
• Music industry charts murky waters in unfamiliar release tactics. (Say that 10 times fast)
  

Tuesday Run Down-D12 Manager in Trouble, Boston Buyout, Edgar Bronfman is staying, and NYU study on MySpace VS. Music Blogs

• D12's manager charged with sexual assault...(These chicks don't even know the name of my band)
• Gotta love Beantown, Boston based Livewire buys out Groove Mobile (Booya Grandma)
• The NY Times says Starbucks is...WRONG...(Does this mean Dunkin Donuts is right?)
• Edgar Bronfman...see how he's going to make $5 Million by 2013...(Future for Me?)
• Big NYU study shows that music blogs have a higher effect on selling music than your friends on Myspace...I could have told you that! (Read Story)
  

Facebook Launches Music Platform

Check out the low down on Bruce Houghton's Hypebot Blog.


Time will tell if Facebook can be as cool or as popular amung bands as MySpace, ReverbNation, PureVolume, and GarageBand.com. Most bands already have their own Facebook groups or Apps of their own created soley for the band. Way to miss the train Facebook.