Dave Haynes

This is hilarious… now that Terra Firma have their hands on EMI one of the first things they’ve done is to put the company’s ‘corporate flat’ up for sale. Maybe they should have waited until they get their first DJ Download royalty statement at the beginning of next year, now that they’ve struck a deal with DJDownload to be another EMI DRM-free outlet.

Welcome to the Digital Music Insider blog. This is my first post ever and hopefully just one of many to come. This blog will cover many topics but focuses primarily on the ever change digital music market place and will provide inside tips for labels, artists, stores and marketers on how to make the most of this exciting new environment to sell, discover and feature music… from the smallest artist and indie labels up to the majors.

I will be trying to cover stories and provide insights which will be of interest to everybody, not just ranting on about the latest micro-changes to the iPod range or the most recent mega-star to give away their music in an online auction that you can only connect to from your local coffee chain whilst poking your mates and reading a copy of an awful newspaper in a virtual web 3.0 world…

Hopefully i can provide some information that is both useful at a practical level and a pleasure to read on a regular basis.

Along the way there will be tips for labels and artists on how to maximise their digital revenues, music store profiles, a few marketing ideas, some suggested listening and maybe even a handful of random thoughts on other bits of technology that affect my daily life.

Feel free to get in touch with any questions, feedback and new submissions.

At last.. i always threatened to do it, but today i have finally joined the blogosphere. Now all i’ve got to do is think of a decent name for it.

Hello world!