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Originally published somewhere back in 2007 or 2008 – can’t really remember – but I’m sure it was for a major magazine. Blog was published again on 9/28/2010 http://musicsquareone.blogspot.com/2010/09/who-owns-airwaves-for-radio-older-blog.html —- Ever wonder why all you hear the same stuff over and over on terrestrial radio? It’s always the same old thing and if you like [...]

Article originally published with FNO Magazine (2008) Original Blog Post 9/28/2010 http://musicsquareone.blogspot.com/2010/09/steve-moore-article-for-fno-magazine.html —————— THE MAJOR LABELS HAVE A CANCER AND THE PROGNOSIS IS NOT GOOD… by Steve Moore The problem is systemic and there is no known cure – as of now. The day of the Indy label or independent artist is upon us and [...]

Originally Published 8/24/2010 http://musicsquareone.blogspot.com/2010/08/internet-radio-and-cloud-computing.html ———————— It’s certainly not the death of radio but it’s putting a serious dent in the market share, but what’s worse is that is putting a HUGE dent in the labels, publishers and more importantly the songwriters and artist’s pocketbooks. With more and more “free radio” that’s ad driven for the [...]

Originally published on Blogger or Blogspot 8/18/2010 http://musicsquareone.blogspot.com/2010/08/radio-wars-ii.html ————- Radio Wars (v 2.0 beta) So if you’ve read the last blog, I’ll pick up where I left off… We now understand that you can’t just get your songs on the radio EVEN if you’re a local artist UNLESS you have an independent promoter! And of [...]

Originally Published 8/14/2010 via Blogger http://musicsquareone.blogspot.com/2010/08/radio-wars.html ———— For decades “local radio” had a stronghold on what you heard over the local FM or even AM dial. At one point, one could get their songs on a 500KW station and literally break a band wide open as in the case of “Double Shot of my Baby’s [...]

Originally Published via Blogger 8/13/2010 http://musicsquareone.blogspot.com/2010/08/radio-wars.html ——– Not sure if this would have validity today or not – but…it was a great idea at the time. Back in 1995-96 we were starting an internet based company called Music Row Online. I would allow you to post a bio, pictures and three of your songs. And [...]