On Saturday, we pointed out the possibility that a team has won the Netflix Prize, and why this is good news for musicians.
To recap: recommendation systems will increasingly become a way for music fans to discover emerging and niche musicians.
Also last week, we took a look at what the Big 4 record labels are doing to take advantage of the fundamental shifts in the music business. They focused a lot on “music discovery.” So, getting listeners to discover new music is one of the keys to success in the music commerce frontier, no matter what level you are at.
It may be helpful, then, to think of the basic business model like this:
1) Discovery
2) CwF + RtB = $$$
The second step is a concept coined by Michael Masnick, though I noted that even the Big 4 are following a plan very similar in spirit. For musicians and labels to be successful, they need to Connect with Fans and give them a Reason to Buy. But before they can do that, the fans have to find out about them.
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By now, you may have heard the news that Timbaland has been sued for unauthorized sampling. The highly successful and influential producer allegedly incorporated large portions of a chiptune-styled track called “Acidjazzed Evening,” produced by Finnish musician Janne Suni and later remixed by Norwegian musician Glenn Rune Gallefoss into SID format. It is Gallefoss who has filed the complaint on June 12, 2009 in the US District Court, Southern District of Florida. No answer has been filed yet.
The complaint pulls no punches. It alleges that Timbaland used large chunks of Gallefoss’s recording without permission in the Nelly Furtado track “Do it.” It further alleges that he admitted to copying the recording, and even includes some choice quotes from Timbaland regarding the situation, including this one from a 2007 MTV interview:
“It makes me laugh. The part I don’t understand, the dude is trying to act like I went to his house and took it from his computer. I don’t know him from a can of paint. I’m 15 years deep. That’s how you attack a king? You attack moi? Come on, man. You got to come correct. You the laughing stock. People are like, ‘You can’t be serious.’”
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