A very nice graph shows a comparison of four different albums and the prices both at iTunes and Amazon. The strategy of Amazon is very clear, they want to boost into the market with a very aggressiv price model and hugh discounts. This also effects the market share:
40 Percent of Worldwide Music Sales to be OnlineA new In-Stat has been presented which basically says that 40 percent of music sales are generated online by digital media. Well that is not too surprising is it? Some more facts: |
 Music Business – Tables have turnedBack in the old days of the pre-internet music biz, getting your album “out there” still was a big deal. Every independent artist that actually managed to squeeze their album in on the ever-short rack space of the traditional bricks and mortar-retailers had due reason to be proud, as this by all means was sort [...] |
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 There’s a new chart in town…The Ultimate Chart is a completely new system how to calculate the top hits. It is not sales only, but it gathers data online, as well as, from retail and broadcast sources. Online means they collect data from YouTube, iTunes, Amazon, MySpace, Facebook and more. So they did a complete rethinking how charts should work. [...] |
 Get the Rebeat Music Distribution Basic SoftwareYou are almost selling your songs to a wordwide audience. So what is to do? 1) Register at sellmusic.org and you will get a code for the Rebeat Basic-Version (distribute 3 songs with no costs at all!!) 2) Register at Rebeatdigital.com with the bonus code and download the software (PC/Mac available) And then? |
