ASCAP DAILY BRIEF (repost)

The ASCAP Daily Brief from Dean Kay has a ton of interesting and provocative information, but IT'S NOT POSTED ANYWHERE that I can find.  I'll occasionally share my copy with you in hopes they eventually understand how important it is to post this stuff...or they tell me to stop.  ;-)

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First, who's Dean Kay?


From the brief:


Dean Kay has been at the helm of some of the most highly respected and forward thinking music publishing companies in the world, first as COO of the Welk Music Group, then as President/ CEO of the US division of the PolyGram International Publishing Group, and now as President/CEO of his own precedent setting venture, Lichelle Music Company. Prior to his involvement in publishing, he was a successful songwriter, having had hundreds of his compositions recorded - including "That's Life" by Frank Sinatra. Mr. Kay has been a member of the Board of Directors of ASCAP since 1989 and is Chairman of its New Technologies Committee. He is also on the Board of the National Music Publishers Association (NMPA).


Now the material...this time from Friday, April 30, 2010:

"When consumers AND creators are happy everyone in the middle will have gotten digital distribution right."




Video Highlights of Quincy Jones's Interview with Ludacris at the ASCAP EXPO 


"You're a terminal for a higher power."... "I don't take it for granted."... "I never turn my curiosity off."



A Look On the Bright Side: What Actually Grew In 2009... 


Several developing formats showed growth in 2009. What are they? The IFPI offered a closer look at the data to Digital Music News


The 'In' Sounds from Way Out


By Matt Learoy -- When the early '00s brought Napster and the revelation of widespread file-sharing, the breadth of music it made available was unprecedented. As impressive as it was, though, that wealth of music only hinted at the leagues of worthwhile material that would soon be reachable by the long arms of the Internet.

 
Technology Pushing Music Ahead With Mood-Based Playlists


By Erica Clayton -- Music has forever been an outlet for us to express ourselves in an almost unexplainable way. We classify it by genre, by era and by band, but now we have a way to define our music a little differently: by mood. Stereomood is a free "emotional internet radio" that allows users to choose a playlist based on their mood.


Google Shuts Down The Playlist and Other Music Blogs


By Krystal Clark -- Does Google have a personal vendetta against smaller blogs that maintain a solid readership? Yesterday evening they shutdown a premiere film site called The Playlist for some unknown reason, making it the latest casualty in a long line of sites destroyed by the host.

 
Even Through a Recession, We Want Our Web


By Kevin C. Tofel -- Given recent economic challenges around the globe, one might conclude that demand for the web is down, but apparently not. According to a report from research firm TeleGeography, international bandwidth usage continued to grow in spite of the global recession of the past few years.

 
Glee Madonna Soundtrack Album Sales Reaches Number 1 in First Week


Digital News Report - The 'Glee' TV show recently had a Madonna themed episode, which was turned into a soundtrack album and then went on to makes is release as a number one album sold in the US with 98,000 copies sold in its first week.




What If You Had Bought Apple Stock Instead of That iPod?


By Mark Milian -- Sometimes, especially when we're down on our luck and looking at all the money we've wasted on frivolous gadgets, we might ask what would have happened if we had invested. Web developer Kyle Conroy provides an easy-to-read spreadsheet to illustrate how shortsighted we all were. It's called What If I Had Bought Apple Stock Instead?

 
The Enormous Promise of Location


By Colin Gibbs -- Location, one of the hottest segments in mobile, is a key component not just in navigation apps but also social offerings such as Foursquare, Google Buzz and even Twitter. There's plenty of opportunity in mobile location. And there will be for quite some time.

 
Encouraging the Text Generation to Rediscover Its Voice


By Susan Dominus -- Last week, researchers at the University of Maryland reported that college students who swore off social media showed signs of withdrawal similar to those of drug addicts going cold turkey. So how would scores of middle-schoolers fare under the same circumstances, what with their underdeveloped frontal lobes and raging need for affirmation?

 
MXP4 Raises a Further $4m for its Remixable Music Widgets


By Mike Butcher -- Launched in 2007, MXP4, which offers a digital format to music that rivals the MP3 format, lets users remix tracks, add images and video content, add music layers and more. In the past year, over 100 recording artists including David Guetta, Michael Jackson and Britney Spears, and brands including Air France Music and Coca-Cola, have used MXP4 on the web and iPhone.



5 Things iTunes Must Do to Stay Ahead of Spotify


By Gerald Lynch -- What must Apple do to keep iTunes king of the digital music libraries?


The Bricks With Which You Will Build Your Palace...


By Scott James - There are an awful lot of bands out there who spend their time thinking about the future. They imagine everything they've ever wanted, but fail to give themselves fully to what's already in front of them. It's like the minimum wage worker who says to himself that he'll start to care when he gets paid more. Meanwhile, the fact that he doesn't commit himself to his work will keep him stuck where he is.




The Top Ten Reasons Artists Don't Register with SoundExchange


And ten reasons why you should. Hint- there's no downside.


Stupid Stuff Your Smart Phone Can Do


By Alan Greenblatt -- When he first heard the iFart, Tim Yewchuck was inspired. Many people thought the "app" that produces indelicate noises on iPhones was juvenile or funny (or both), but Yewchuck sensed a business opportunity. The iFart phenomenon was part of what started the gold rush in the app world," he says. "We had dollar signs in our eyes. We thought there was money to be made." Plenty of people do.