Jim Carroll

iTunes at 10

• Music business Technology
• April 29, 2013, 09:27

Apple’s retail store enters its second decade with many questioning where the company goes next

Time for music tech innovations not iterations

• Music business Technology
• April 19, 2013, 10:04

Why the music business needs some fresh thinking when it comes to leveraging technology

For streaming, one service will soon tower above all others

• Music business Technology
• March 1, 2013, 09:55

How the imminent Google Music music service is going to change the goalposts on the streaming pitch

• Music business Technology
• January 11, 2013, 10:00

The original idea here was to take a leaf out of Chief Keef’s book. You may already know the bolshie Chicago teen rapper with a propensity for trouble, a fondness for weed and a great naggingly infectious tune to his …

• Music business Technology
• January 4, 2013, 10:00

2013, the year the music industry geeks earn their corn. In the last few years, as we’ve noted here time and time again, forward-thinking bands should thinking about adding a tech-savvy dude or dude-ess to their team. But while a …

• Music business Technology
• November 30, 2012, 09:30

It seems we’re destined to write about Spotify every other week. But the Swedish music streaming service, particularly the details of how much it pays artists, is the story which has dominated the music business beat in 2012. The latest …

• Band tips Society Technology
• November 29, 2012, 09:10

It’s not just Chris Brown who has had a trying week on Twitter. The contretemps between Garbage singer Shirley Manson and a bunch of fans, including blogger Vanessa Monaghan and singer-songwrter Conor Furlong, has been well documented online already. Monaghan …

• Irish Times Technology U2
• November 26, 2012, 09:34

A couple of weeks ago, something very strange happened on this blog and a couple of readers have been on since to ask what the hell happened. An 18 month-old post found itself at the top of the most read …