• Musician Finds a Following Online - WSJ.com
    In late 2006, Justin Vernon, a musician in Eau Claire, Wis., recorded nine songs while staying at his parents' hunting cabin in northern Wisconsin after a breakup with a girlfriend and his long-time band. He used just a desktop computer with recording software, a three-piece drum set and a guitar.
  • Music tech predictions for 2009 | Digital Noise: Music and Tech - CNET News
    As I said in my 2008 sum-up, people tend to overestimate the amount of change that will happen in one year–which means my best bet for 2009 would be to simply reiterate my almost-there predictions from 2008, like the death of DRM and the decline of the concert industry.
  • Who left it high and dry?: The future of music
    Charles Darwin might suggest that the credit crunch is just another unfavourable condition, among many others, for the biosphere of the music industry. It is all about survival of the fittest now.
  • Music Sales Fell in 2008 but Continued to Climb on the Web - NYTimes.com
    Sales of recorded music fell sharply in 2008, as consumers continued to migrate away from the CD format, large retailers reduced floor space for music and the recession dampened consumer spending during the critical year-end holiday shopping period.