Trace Adkins Switches Labels. Goes to Show Dog-Universal Music.
January 14th, 2010
In a surprise announcement attached to a scheduled press conference about a label merger, we learn that Trace Adkins is moving from Capital Records to Show Dog-Universal Music, the merger of which was the original subject of the gathering!
Trace explained it this way, according to website, All About Country: “While touring together this past summer, Toby Keith and I had some time to get to know each other. Just watching him on stage every night acting like a 12-year-old on Christmas morning, really fired me up, and I said to myself, ‘I want some of that!’ I knew it wasn’t an act, ‘cause Toby ain’t much of an actor.” The room exploded into laughter.
Trace has been with Capitol Records Nashville since the time he got his first record deal. He was signed by then Label President Scott Hendricks.
Apple Acquiring Streaming Music Site Lala
December 8th, 2009
Apple’s acquisition of Internet music startup Lala will add depth to its iTunes site, already the most popular music-sales site on the Net. With Lala, Apple can introduce its own cloud-based streaming music service, suggests Brad Stone, of The New York Times.
Lala has been unprofitable, but attractive to several of the big companies. For example, Google’s popular new music search feature that lets you preview a song is partly powered by Lala.
Lala also has experience comparing several types of music offerings to consumers.
With Lala, you can download an mp3 for 89 cents. Or you can pay just 10 cents for a stream-only version of a new song you’re not sure you want to buy. You can also stream an entire album in the same way for a buck.