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Introducing: Radar Music Videos

We have a special feature for you in this mail out: let us introduce you to Radar Music Videos, one of the most useful resources for new musicians and aspiring film makers in the UK.

In a world where YouTube is regularly said to be one of the best new music resources on the web, having a gripping video is paramount to grabbing attention, and Radar’s aim is to make this as easy as possibly. For budgets as low as £500 and up to £5,000 you can send out your track on their site and recieve pitches from new directoral talent world wide. Not only that, but videos produced via the service will then get sent out to some of the top music industry indiviuals and 14,000 other subscribers. So far their projects combined have hit 16 million views, with bands ranging from The Holloways to Drumsound & Bassline Smith.

Make a FREE ACCOUNT now, and later join up as an ARIST/LABEL subscriber to advertise your briefs. Check out the full selection of videos here on YouTube.

SPECIAL MONITORS PROMOTION:
The first 3 artists or labels to email caroline@radarmusicvideos.com win a free advert worth £50. The advert displays across the Radar website for one week, the weekly newsletter (distribution 14k) and the Tipsheet, which goes to these influential reviewers.

Angry Birds has fans, not buyers

The Angry Birds creators have described seeing their app users as ‘fans’, and not ‘consumers’ – also stating that they’ve learn how not to battle piracy by looking at the music industries techniques.

musicweek.com

UMG Backs Up Physical Product

At the Midem discussion panel, head of global digital business at Universal Music Group Rob Wells said that streaming services don’t cannibalize actual sales… but does make physical product more rare and collectible (presumably because less people are buying it). Hmm.

digitalmusicnews.com

New Talent Show

Universal is backing a new TV singing based competition show, where performers can battle it out on the mics for a cash prize. Why. Why.

musicweek.com

How The Internet Effects You

John Brockman’s latest offering of essays asks “How is the internet changing the way you think?” It’s one of the most celebrated inventions in history, but how does it actually effect us?

telegraph.co.uk

Black March, Blank Mind

Black March has come out of nowhere, not really fronted by anyone and claims that all people should ‘boycott’ entertainment products. They’re really missing the point of what the entertainment companies are angry about.

digitalmusicnews.com

UMG Backs Spotify

The head of digital at Universal Music Group, Rob Wells, has come out against recent claims by bands such as The Black Keys that Spotify cannibalizes sales as ‘totally bogus’. Maybe we should ask The Black Keys, who are currently seeing their recent albums being their fastest selling ever.

digitalmusicnews.com

Piracy: the cost

Some statistics have been put into a handy infographic. One example: iTunes has now sold 15+ billion tracks, while Limewire gave away 30 billion between 2004-09.

hypebot.com

What the SOPA Battle Demonstrates

Here the key ingredients of the win against the SOPA and PIPA US legislation are discussed. It concludes “the many against the few”, to save you time.

adage.com

Apple’s Profits

For further proof that Apple (or any other digital retailer for that matter) probably doesn’t care too much about their music revenue, their revenue this first quarter of 2012 is already $41bn more than the whole of the digital music retail market put together.

musicweek.com