Artist Management Court Silicon Valley’s Entrepreneurs

An interesting article about Artist management and how they're searching for new platforms to promote.

Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga’s managers are looking for the next best thing.

They’re not looking for the next Bieber or Gaga— well, they’re looking for that too, but that’s not what I’m referring to here— they’re aggressively searching for the next great web platform.

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Apple-Lala

Lala.com is an online source for cheap music, and the ability to check out new music. You could buy an mp3 for 10¢, have it stored in you account, or purchase a song for 80¢. I’ve purchased and downloaded couple of albums, on sale for $3.99. What a deal! I’ve preferred purchasing music on Lala, rather than iTunes. It’s a sleek interface, reasonable prices, and I just liked how it worked... I suppose I wasn’t the only one that enjoys Lala.com, since it looks like Apple will acquire them.

There have been a couple digital music sites that have shut down recently; i.e. Spiral Frog, & Ruckus. Also, iLike is, and soon Imeem, will be with MySpace Music. Also, LastFM is now with CBS.

Now this isn’t to say these digital music sites are all a failure. There are a number of factors, and I believe the economy is a big part of it, not the model itself.

Pandora, Spotify, Grooveshark are still out there, and it’s going to be interesting to see how the Lala acquisition will shake out.

~G

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Article courtesy CNET / Media Maverick Blog