MUSIC INDUSTRY: The Awkward Truth Behind Skip Rates ()
With the ubiquity of music access and a lack of any need for patience, the term "skip-rate" has crept into the modern music industry lexicon, and some new data behind why and when consumers are skipping songs (and thereby not generating revenue for the artist) has many in the industry concerned. Guest post by James Shotwell of Haulix...
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CAREER: How to Take Responsibility for Archiving Your Music, Data ()
Recent news that the down on its luck social network Myspace fried a dozen years of media due to a server error should have artists and professionals alike scrambling to make sure they have a multitude of backups for their precious data. Guest post by James Shotwell of Haulix Artists and professionals alike need to back up their data. They should also have backups of their backs, and maybe even backups of those backups. News broke this week that MySpace, the once-thriving social network, lost a dozen years worth of media due to an error that occurred during a server migration. Though specific numbers are not available, many believe over 50 million songs were lost due to this error, as well as countless photographs and videos...
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