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Jonathan Coulton, repoproduction, and technological determinism

Tuesday, May 15th, 2007

A recent story in the New York Times about the Jonathan Coulton phenomenon (remember - he's the guy who posted a song a week on his blog for a year and so launched an infamous viral campaign interacting with fans who made videos for his songs, and who even recorded ...

More Ado About the Online Independent Music Industry

Sunday, March 11th, 2007

A few weeks back I looked at market share figures in the music industry. I've since thrown at the wall a few more numbers from IFPI publications during the period of interest (2002-present) to help substantiate my (perhaps presumptuous) claims about whether independent music is actually doing any better ...