Music Today 2014

Today the successful artists generate money via - 60% Tickets, 20% tour merchandise; 10% Publishing; 4% misc; 2 to 4% Record sales. 

Adele is an exception and her 21 album of 2011 sold 30m. Her managers handle books and publishing - they are the quarterbacks and the artist is the CEO.

Over saturation is also a problem according to Adele's manager, 'The Internet content is everywhere; we're at saturation point which cheapens it. Sometimes you have to say no!  Being a gatekeeper to these opportunities is key.'

Not doing nothing but also not standing still either. Once an artist becomes a product of value, that's where the sales are.

  

The next step for music now is the transition from sales to streaming.   

Black and White Photos Edinburgh Book Festival 2014

Barroux

Bonnie Greer

Michael Pitre

Barroux

Isabel Greenburg

Max Egremont

Julia Franck

Michèle Forbes

Jim Sillars

Kate Mosse 

Nick Hayes

Nathan Coley

Some of my photos Edinburgh International book festival 2014. If you wish to use any of my photos, please respect my copyright

The festival offers an informed blend of the old and new where the retro and the modern sit side by side here - imaginative fantasy with factual history, romantic poetry and detailed economy, the surreal novel, the researched biography alongside hard hitting political thought. The festival allows all voices a platform to be heard and to exchange ideas and aspirations and celebrates diversity of thought.

In Edinburgh the windy weather can be often dramatic - one moment brilliant sunshine the next torrential downpour for an hour. It keeps us alert for sure! I watch the sun on the elegant Georgian new town with the dark skies beyond.

New Writers Edinburgh

Leigh Bardugo

Jeff VanderMeer

Holly Baxter

Emma Healey

Nick Hayes

Lucy Saxon

Kirsty Logan

Isabel Greenburg

Anna Whitwham

Victoria Hendry

Some of the New Writers at Edinburgh International Book festival 2014.Please respect my copyright.