Welcome to "The New Digital Music Biz". This blog focuses on the latest trends in the technology industry that are changing the music industry as we once knew it.
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Your Music is Not Free
The digital music revolution has hit the record industry hard. It has forced many labels to consider new methods to recoup their investment in the artists signed to their roster.
The mixtape game is used as a viable promotion outlet for both unsigned artist to land a recording deal and signed artist keeping the fans satisfied in between major labels.
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 WordofSouth.com: How are you Plies?
Plies: I’m good; how are you doing today Justin?
WordofSouth.com: I’m well, thanks for asking. Let’s get right into it. Tell us about the motivation behind the new album, “Da REAList.”
Plies: It’s a blessing to have the opportunity to be as relevant as I am currently; still being able to make great quality music and being able to do it at this time of the recession. For me being able to pull this situation off, I think from a personal level, it’s something that I’m really happy about.
Continue reading Plies: Da REAList…
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Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Marine General James E. Cartwright, is slated to bring a group of celebrity entertainers with him on an eight-day, five-country USO tour. 
Island Def Jam is moving up by a day the release date for Ludacris’ "Theater of the Mind," the long awaited follow-up to Ludacris’ platinum album “Release Therapy.” The label says is an attempt to capitalize on the Thanksgiving shopping weekend.