Comments on: Our New Service Is Called 'Total Music,' but We Like to Refer to It Internally as 'Total Panic' http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20071012/umg-total-music/ by John Paczkowski Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: AT&T: iPhone changes how we’ll do business « counternotions http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20071012/umg-total-music/comment-page-1/#comment-727 AT&T: iPhone changes how we’ll do business « counternotions Fri, 26 Oct 2007 07:47:07 +0000 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20071012/umg-total-music/#comment-727 [...] just half a decade ago: the iTunes/iPod revolution in the music industry. The recent tantrums by Universal and NBC in their quest to dethrone Apple shows just how much success Apple has had in that [...] [...] just half a decade ago: the iTunes/iPod revolution in the music industry. The recent tantrums by Universal and NBC in their quest to dethrone Apple shows just how much success Apple has had in that [...]

]]> By: Jim Williamson http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20071012/umg-total-music/comment-page-1/#comment-654 Jim Williamson Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:25:47 +0000 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20071012/umg-total-music/#comment-654 Hey, great ideas, Universal! As a musician, I was thinking of adopting a similar business model: Anyone who has ever heard music at any time, live or recorded, owes me a guitar! Bypassing all the middle-men, this "instrument surcharge" will help defray expenses I incure in my continuing efforts to create music no one wants or cares about. It's win-win! Hey, great ideas, Universal!

As a musician, I was thinking of adopting a similar business model: Anyone who has ever heard music at any time, live or recorded, owes me a guitar!

Bypassing all the middle-men, this “instrument surcharge” will help defray expenses I incure in my continuing efforts to create music no one wants or cares about. It’s win-win!

]]> By: rod sandcones http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20071012/umg-total-music/comment-page-1/#comment-647 rod sandcones Sat, 13 Oct 2007 22:40:40 +0000 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20071012/umg-total-music/#comment-647 I think a better solution would be for the record labels to make their own media players, so they could decide who, what, where, when, and how. They could make them "official" players, and create their own formats, and encryptionation. That's the best solution. The sooner they start on this, the better. No reason why they can't. I think a better solution would be for the record labels to make their own media players, so they could decide who, what, where, when, and how. They could make them “official” players, and create their own formats, and encryptionation. That’s the best solution. The sooner they start on this, the better. No reason why they can’t.

]]> By: Marc Cohen http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20071012/umg-total-music/comment-page-1/#comment-646 Marc Cohen Fri, 12 Oct 2007 23:21:23 +0000 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20071012/umg-total-music/#comment-646 Here is how I see the digital music world: 1. Most music is obtained for nothing on P2P networks. 2. The price of digital music that is purchased is falling (see Wal-Mart and Amazon). 3. In order to move mp3 players, manufacturers are slashing prices. So in the digital music world where the price of everything is falling, Morris really believes that adding $90 to get in the game will entice consumers? I like the approach of bundling unlimited music with hardware but make the music truly free. In fact, make the hardware free. How do you do this? Advertising support. Check out the Ad-Supported Music Central blog: http://ad-supported-music.blogspot.com/ Here is how I see the digital music world: 1. Most music is obtained for nothing on P2P networks. 2. The price of digital music that is purchased is falling (see Wal-Mart and Amazon). 3. In order to move mp3 players, manufacturers are slashing prices.

So in the digital music world where the price of everything is falling, Morris really believes that adding $90 to get in the game will entice consumers?

I like the approach of bundling unlimited music with hardware but make the music truly free. In fact, make the hardware free.

How do you do this? Advertising support.

Check out the Ad-Supported Music Central blog:
http://ad-supported-music.blogspot.com/

]]> By: Dave Barnes http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20071012/umg-total-music/comment-page-1/#comment-645 Dave Barnes Fri, 12 Oct 2007 23:12:35 +0000 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20071012/umg-total-music/#comment-645 Doug Morris is intelligent. He graduated from Columbia. In my opinion, the top execs at the music companies are a bunch of 60+ year olds (e.g., Doug Morris) who are trying to hang on to their very fancy corner offices and immense salaries for "just a few more years". I don't believe they really care about creating a long-term strategy for success in the music biz. Doug Morris is intelligent. He graduated from Columbia.
In my opinion, the top execs at the music companies are a bunch of 60+ year olds (e.g., Doug Morris) who are trying to hang on to their very fancy corner offices and immense salaries for “just a few more years”.
I don’t believe they really care about creating a long-term strategy for success in the music biz.

]]> By: Jim Hillhouse http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20071012/umg-total-music/comment-page-1/#comment-643 Jim Hillhouse Fri, 12 Oct 2007 22:00:54 +0000 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20071012/umg-total-music/#comment-643 I'm sure upon hearing Doug Morris scheme, and Mike McGuire's amen to it, Steve Jobs must have thought, paraphrasing John Kennedy, Doug Morris may an idiot, but he is our idiot. Seriously, I like this guy Morris. If the music industry follows his advice, this is good for Apple. Why? If Universal, Sony BMG, and Warner try this stunt and fail (and they will definitely fail), they will have not only wasted tens, maybe hundreds, of millions of dollars, but the leaders, and I use that term very loosely, of these companies will have also lost most of what little credibility they have left. In short, by taking on Apple, they will weaken themselves much faster than is occurring naturally right now and will make Apple's job of maintaining its dominance in music much easier. I swear, I have to wonder what in the world passes for intelligence in the music business? I’m sure upon hearing Doug Morris scheme, and Mike McGuire’s amen to it, Steve Jobs must have thought, paraphrasing John Kennedy, Doug Morris may an idiot, but he is our idiot. Seriously, I like this guy Morris. If the music industry follows his advice, this is good for Apple. Why?

If Universal, Sony BMG, and Warner try this stunt and fail (and they will definitely fail), they will have not only wasted tens, maybe hundreds, of millions of dollars, but the leaders, and I use that term very loosely, of these companies will have also lost most of what little credibility they have left. In short, by taking on Apple, they will weaken themselves much faster than is occurring naturally right now and will make Apple’s job of maintaining its dominance in music much easier.

I swear, I have to wonder what in the world passes for intelligence in the music business?

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