There are awards for innovators and innovations in music. It’s through the Popkomm IMEA (Innovation in Music and Entertainment Awards). This year it will be held in Berlin, Germany. There will be conferences and opportunities to showcase all sorts of music and business ideas.
IMEA has a mission to showcase the best new business ideas, start-ups and also the entrepreneurs who will set the trend in music. This is especially because they have seen the need for new business models in the music industry. This is also concerned in the global trend in music business.
The categories this year are:
- Mobile Music & Entertainment Innovations
- Digital Music & Marketing Innovations, B2B Solutions
As such, we could expect new business models for music as well as services that provide media content, particularly music. Maybe there would be methods in making market studies that will emerge from this search. Aside from that, there could probably other means for people to download legally in order to make sure that both those in the music industry and consumers will have a win-win situation.
If you are interested in applying for Popkomm-IMEA, you must check if you qualify. Some of the requirements are as follows:
- innovations must be original and proprietary
- incorporated as a company
- it is a start-up company
There a number of other considerations which you must comply with.
Other details you must submit include the following:
- the impact of the innovation on the music industry
- point out what the innovation is exactly
- steps in the development of the business
Do you have what it takes? Or do you know anyone who fits the bill? If that is so, by all means, join it. This could be the starting point for you. And as it is, it doesn’t matter if you are not based in Europe because this is a world-wide search. No matter in which area you belong, you can make it happen globally.
Categories: Music
Are you constantly searching for materials to read? Are there classics you wish you could afford to buy and read but cannot? Worry no more because from July 4 to August 4, there is a World eBook Fair. According to the site, it is in celebration of the 35th birthday of Project Gutenberg.
This is interesting. There are around 1/3 of a million free eBooks available for downloading for that period. There are different kinds of books you could see here. Some are novels, some are technical guides and there are even children’s books. If you are curious as to what are the general categories of materials are, you could head over the Collections page. There are a lot of literary works being shared here right now. These literary works come from different countries and they come in different file formats. You can download them as PDFs, LITs (maybe for those with handheld devices), MP3s and you could also download them for your mobile phone.
Regarding the MP3 eBooks, it is interesting to note that they have some of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s “Sherlock Holmes” books. There are also some sonnets by Shakespeare. These books have been read by professionals and some have been read by computer voices.
Some of the things to note before you download anything is that the materials here are primarily for personal use. As such, you must not do anything to violate that policy.
Sponsors of the celebration include the following: Project Gutenberg, World eBook Library Consortia , DPP Store , Baen Books
Categories: Downloading Legally, Resources
Ipsos has done a study on MP3 player ownership. The study shows that in Americans ages 12 and above, one in five would own MP3 players. One in twenty would own more than one. Other important statistics are as follows:
Ownership and age
* 54% of American teens own a portable mp3 player
* 30% of 18-34 year olds own one
* 13% of 35-54 year olds are said to own one
Gender
* 24% of the males, 12 years old and older own them
* 16% in females
Usage
* 48% of those who download music own a portable MP3 player and they use it for an average of 12 hours a week
* 700 songs is the average number stored per MP3 player of each downloader
CD ripping
* 44% of the collections are mainly those ripped from CDs owned personally and 6% from others
* 25% come from fee-based downloads
* 19% come from file sharing services
Other media content wanted
The survey also looked at the other media content that these downloaders would like on their portable players. For those in the age bracket 12 to 24, these are the results:
* 39% for music videos
* 33% for tv shows
* 32% for full length movies
For those between 25 and 54, these are the results:
* 15% for music videos
* 18% for tv shows
* 17% for full length movies
The study was conducted in the first half of the year. There has been a sample of 1,112 respondents. In any case, with these numbers, it is seen that a lot of young people are into wanting more music and they are interested in downloading them and having them on their devices, not just on their computers. Aside from music, they want a variety of multimedia content in order to satisfy their audio and visual cravings. Currently though, most of the music still come from ripped CDs and not from downloads. Maybe what the downloaders are looking for are sources with good business models and a wide variety of songs.
(Statistics from: Portable MP3 Player Ownership Reaches New High One In Five Americans Aged 12 And Older Owns A Portable MP3 Player: Ipsos Research)
Categories: Downloading Legally
Thinking about the problems that the music industry has right now? Are you bothered by the kind of control the music industry has over digital music? You might as well check out the site of Downhill Battle. It is a group who are concerned with music activism. They will not keep on sitting down and just watching the industry remain the same.
If you check out their site you would see their goals:
Our plan is to explain how the majors really work, develop software to make filesharing stronger, rally public support for a legal p2p compensation system, and connect independent music scenes with the free culture movement.
This is interesting because they see the reality that p2p is prevalent and that it makes it easy for the public to access music this way. Think of all the young people on p2p. Think of all the possible downloads. As such, maybe it is time to change the business model indeed.
Developing software for the battle
It is not easy to do what these people are up to. After all, they are up against the big wigs of the music industry. They are also using technology in their battle by creating free software to organize and share files online. If you are a computer geek who is interested in contributing to it, check out their development lab.
Read up and think about it
It is important that you read about their views on copyright and how it could threaten culture. They give some essential readings like:
On the front page of the site, you see the news on their blog and other news sources.
Categories: Freeware, Music
