In a recent article on Tunecore’s blog, founder Jeff Price made the point that you could not trust Neilsen Soundscan reports on the number of independent releases and how successful they were. The major and most obvious reason for this is because a huge percentage of independent releases are not registered with Soundscan, making them impossible to track. The article was a direct response to Tommy Boy Records CEO, Tommy Silverman’s, recent statement that breaking music from do-it-yourself artists required luck and/or the kind of money a label could provide to be successful. I had the pleasure of interviewing Tom Read the rest of this entry »

I met Trip through Twitter. And once I found out what he was doing in regards to helping independent hip hop artists, I wanted to introduce him to my readers. Tripp has an online radio show that plays and spotlights indie artists and he’s got some big things developing that you may want to know about. We chopped it up for a good while about music and business. Check it out and get at him.

 

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