Independent Music Stores

Drew Guarini

Still Spinning: How 'Record Store Day' Is Saving Independent Music Stores

HuffingtonPost.com | Drew Guarini | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Small Business, Record Store Day, Music Stores, Music Business, Record Sales, Record Store Day Deals, Small Business News and Trends, Independent Music Stores, Record Store Day 2012, Music, Vinyl Sales, Small Business News

Last year, the music industry finally had something to celebrate: a rise in record sales. But the celebration was probably timid. The increase was onl...

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Indie Music Memo To FCC: We Need A Level Playing Field Too

Rich Bengloff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Independent Label, Digital Music, Thomas Friedman, Fcc, A2IM, Julius Genachowski, FCC Chairman, Digital Downloads, Music Industry, Digital, American Association of Independent Music, Independent Music Stores, Independent Music, Indie Music, Technology, Entertainment News
Rich Bengloff

Just like the free exchange of ideas, freedom in the arts requires equal access for players of all sizes. When it's up to fans, demand for independent music increases dramatically.

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The Top Five Boneheaded Music Industry Moves Of 2008

Tony Sachs | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Compact Discs, Lps, Wal-Mart, Led Zeppelin, Independent Music Stores, Radiohead, Bob Dylan, Music Retail, Best Buy, The Beatles, Record Industry, Music Business, Sony Music, Emi, Guns N' Roses, Bruce Springsteen, Music Industry, Entertainment News
Tony Sachs

In a business where, for the last decade or so, every move made by a major record label or established artist is almost guaranteed to be a dumb one, it's hard to pick a mere five as the créme de la créme of stupidity.

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ITunes, Wal-Mart, Springsteen Killing Off the Independents

Al Norman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wal-Mart Exclusive, Independent Music Stores, Springsteen, AC/DC, Itunes, Independent Retailers, Bruce Springsteen, Business News
Al Norman

If small business owner Roy Lowdermilk wants to understand where many of his loyal customers went, he can walk next door to Wal-Mart and pick up an AC/DC or Springsteen album.

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