Dendriet is a network of musicians in The Hague (.nl) that perform with networked electronic and acoustic instruments. The word dendriet, or dendrite, is also the name for the receptors of a nervecell. Dendrites are typically branching branches. You'll find these fractal shapes in ice, in metal chrystals in limestone, and likewise, in our performance setups. Please do check out our homepage by clicking the stone. You too are invited to join the discussions.

4.2.04

If you can't beat them, join them, and sell them coke. 

It took the music industry 7 years to figure this one out. Coca Cola started selling mp3 files in England last week. Earlier in this log, we stated that the RIAA made such agressive advertisements because is not so much the violations of copyrights that matters to them, it's the frustration of control over the market slipping out of their hands. Via initiatives like OD2 and iTunes, and now Coca Cola, it seems the music buisiness is grabbing a hold again. But Pepsi made a move that revealed the true face of "The Industry": The are giving mp3's away! So the goal is to sell coke, not music... Or in Apples case: selling iPods. In the end it comes down to "selling".
The price of an mp3 at the BUMA seems to be negociable, but no less then 20 euro cents. That is appearantly affordable in a pepsi marketing strategy. Musicians in the UK are complaining in the fora and newsgroups. "I never new that signing a record deal includes promoting coke".
Source in dutch: 3voor12

Meanwhile, Yeahronimo (who sells mp3's in .nl for 1 euro or over) has 4 albums in their electronic section: a clownsband, ELO, Kraftwerk and Johnny Cash. Need I comment?
Do like their styles menu? (hint: it has 3 entries for R'n'B: "Pop/R&B", "R&B" and Rnb. You can safely check out the menus without being zapped to other pages.)
Do you feel their mood-list is complete?
What do you think about their pricing?
Posted by: Dave / 13:42 ........................

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