The life and times of an internet music startup

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77392714980167974522011-11-27T16:15:59.406-08:00The life and times of an internet music startupThe ramblings of my day to day issues as a CEO running an ambitious internet music startup called thebizmoDavid Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10663720794563392117noreply@blogger.comBlogger91100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7739271498016797452.post-33392873778425263432010-01-19T17:02:00.000-08:002010-01-19T17:25:05.627-08:00Join and conquer (how the power of many could make a real difference)

Today we launched our new effort to promote independent music, Hit or Not. Hit or Not is a Facebook game designed to be promoted by our artists and thus create a monster sized window into the slightly narcissistic world of "look at me" on Facebook. It remains to be seen if we can make it fly and achieve our goal, but at the very least we have demonstrated an important principle in building the

David Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10663720794563392117noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7739271498016797452.post-2412051954560679402009-08-18T01:53:00.000-07:002009-08-18T02:53:34.671-07:00Why Spotify and Thepiratebay both come from Sweden

I just had a thought. All of us copyright owners and protectors have just been through some painful months watching a couple of thieving Swedes laugh at their own justice system. Thepiratebay stood accused of profiting from advertising without paying the copyright holders anything. Then they where accused for profiting again by selling their company on to someone else with out paying the

David Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10663720794563392117noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7739271498016797452.post-14381104731694059462009-06-03T15:44:00.000-07:002009-06-03T15:46:37.563-07:00Are you in the business of sugar rushes or goose bumps?

Does music have a monetary value and if so, what is it? People disagree wildly on the subject. That in itself is a sign that there is value in music I guess.On the one hand you have the Freetards, spineless thieves who are on some kind of conspiratorial and neurotic mission to protect themselves from having to pay for their favourite consumer product besides beer and Red Bull.On the other extreme

David Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10663720794563392117noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7739271498016797452.post-58086055776852617982009-03-30T12:22:00.000-07:002009-05-03T22:22:07.543-07:00

In ancient times (or actually until quite recently) musicians had only one option if they wanted to succeed. Success meant limos and private aeroplanes and all the glitz and fun of being famous. And everyone wants to be admired right?Here is how that option workedGet a record deal Get a huge advanceGet a famous producerGet your video on mtv and cough up payola to a bunch of gangsters to get it

David Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10663720794563392117noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7739271498016797452.post-1055083393596909952009-03-28T00:14:00.001-07:002009-03-28T00:22:47.951-07:00Pirate Bay's neo-Nazi sugar daddy (Entire article from theregister.co.uk)

The trial of the Pirate Bay operators in Sweden has generated huge amounts of media coverage. But one of the most interesting things about Pirate Bay hasn't got a mention.In his daily dispatches for WiReD, court correspondent Oscar Schwartz swoons over the boyish charm of "likeable" and "winning" Pirate Bay PR guy Peter Sunde. But there seems to be something about Pirate Bay that no one wants you

David Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10663720794563392117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7739271498016797452.post-91029916349249607542009-03-05T04:59:00.000-08:002009-03-05T05:05:11.192-08:00Fab Portugese designer Marcelo created this skin for Enslaved

David Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10663720794563392117noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7739271498016797452.post-70733854218611930092009-02-26T08:49:00.000-08:002009-06-13T03:49:18.775-07:00Dumb-captcha

Yesterday my esteemed colleague Mr Kilevold emailed me a link to an Internet debate about a music subscription service.The debate was interesting to us from a professional point of view, but after having read the first few lines we both quickly concluded that this was not for us. This was not a polite exchange of views among civilized human beings. Instead it was a barrage of appalling language,

David Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10663720794563392117noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7739271498016797452.post-68408423790031316472009-01-28T16:49:00.000-08:002009-01-28T17:10:55.304-08:00MIDEM. Crisis, what crisis ?

Imagine a really cool semitropical French city. Now imagine it full of all the best and brightest in the music business. Brings to mind Ray Bans and limos doesn't it ? Thats MIDEM. The music biz annual get up in the south of France.Well lets change the image slightly.Turn off the heat so its cold and windy. Now remove all the rock and pop royalty. Not so cool anymore eeeh? Then get rid of all the

David Ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10663720794563392117noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7739271498016797452.post-58042672055185809162009-01-27T04:12:00.000-08:002009-01-27T10:30:21.221-08:00The DLD a whole bunch of new users and a really bad back

I have just sat through an incredible interesting three day conference in Munich called DLD or digital life design. It featured over 800 really smart guys and gals from art to tech discussing various aspects of the internet. Chad Hurley from Youtube, Marissa Mayer from google, Mark Zuckerberg from the dreaded facebook, and a German neuro scientist all taking very direct questions from this

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