I am fascinated with the fashion business model. In researching and thinking about the new ways that the music business, or independent music business can thrive. I’ve been trying to compare and contrast other business models. Ones where the products are generally the same, but differ enough to garner fierce brand loyalty and continued support. After a shopping trip with my girlfriend at Bloomingdale’s, looking at prices and designs of the dresses she wanted me to buy, I have become interested in the fashion business. Not to do it myself or anything but I appreciate it as an interesting business model as it is similar to the music business model (which is under repair currently).

Fashion is as a shortcut to self expression. In that way, fashion and music are alike, Continue Reading

I’ve been thinking a lot about the way that the craft of music has been done in the past and the way that it is going to be done in the future. With every technological push forward, independent artists and musicians seem to find it harder to make money creating their art. There is a lot of good that comes from the distribution of songs and music more accessible through the Internet, but there is something lost in the process. As the means of producing music becomes cheaper and cheaper, the ways in which audiences consume music is also changing, making it difficult to pursue the craft of music. Will new media kill and old art? Continue Reading