The beta is coming September 19th

Posted by drron on September 11th, 2008

Hold your horses and wait for Friday, September 19, 2008. We’re launching the public beta of Loud Feed and a social networking site for our customers to share their experiences using our product, general tips about the music industry, adding other tools like Wordpress, etc. We’ll be on the support forums and also looking to build a community of folks to help each other. Our social media digital music and show promotion widgets can be copied and pasted on the top social networking sites and blogging platforms.

If a very large number of people respond to our request for beta testing, we may have to close registration temporarily, so get your request in now and be on the list when registration opens.

Winter Music Conference Online Retailing Panel

Posted by drron on March 28th, 2008

Loud Feed’s Ron Suarez talks about the power shift in the music industry and the new generation of music industry workers, who will report to the artist manager and fulfill some of the needs traditionally handled by the music label.

 
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Ted Cohen Kicks Off Digital Music Forum

Posted by drron on February 26th, 2008

For 8 years Digital Music Forum has organized this conference. Summarizing points from the recent Midem conference in France, Ted Cohen of Tag Strategic, highlights the changes we are seeing between Music 1.0 and the new emerging Music 2.0. Please excuse the shakey cam as I put my Sanyo Xacti on the stage to stop the podium from blocking the view of Ted Cohen.

 
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Audience Question” “As a client what digital services should I be looking for from an aggregator? Dick Huey, CEO of Toolshed responds.

 
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Midem - Balance of Power Shifting in the Music Industry

Posted by drron on January 27th, 2008

Meet Konny Zsigo, president of the Wireless Developer Agency. WDA brokers deals in the wireless and mobile world. Among other things Konny does major delas with getting ringtones into the major carriers.

 
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Future of Music Author Gerd Leonhard at Midem

Posted by drron on January 26th, 2008

 
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My first day at MidemNet I got to speak with Gerd Leonhard, author of the now classic The Future of Music. Read the rest of this entry »

Reporting from Midem, Cannes, 2008

Posted by drron on January 26th, 2008

I recently joined A2IM (American Association for Independent Music). They have a booth for members here at Midem and (yeah!) free wi-fi! Internet access has been spotty for the Midemnet conference. The signal fades as you leave the lobby and enter the auditorium where the main talks are happening. I’ll be reporting on the great sessions and videotaping others, so you don’t just get me saying hello here. Stay tuned, the most important people in the music industry are here.

 
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Creating a Musician’s Middle Class

Posted by drron on January 24th, 2008

Introducing Loud Feed (small video 10 MB or see large video):

 
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Welcome

Posted by drron on November 27th, 2007

We’re getting ready to launch our “Tools for Independence.” We’ve been doing a lot of consulting for digital music delivery this year for Tunecore and working on our own products.