Things we feel like writing
In between days
A few days ago, this piece appeared as The Price of Success: Indie Artists and the Dream of Making a Living with Music on the Mobile Backstage Blog.
Before the summer I wrote an article trying to detail how many sales (of records, or singles) would allow a not-so-famous solo artist to live of his/her music in an era where digital download is king.
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The first part of this article ended with two open questions. Let’s start from the second one: how are artists doing, taken between streaming services, torrent leaks and the need to release records for free?
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All started in October 2007 with Radiohead and their “In Rainbow”, a record fans could pay just “the price they felt right for it”.
For many artists spending years bathing in the illusion that digital files were an enemy to fight rather then a reality to confront and prosper with, it was like being punched straight in the face by a boxer.
This year’s GDC in San Francisco was literally packed with Finnish game developers. Among the most important games of 2010, at least two spots belonged to Helsinki-based companies: Alan Wake and Angry Birds.
Time to post some updates on the recent work I’ve done. First of all, I’m happy to annonce that I’ve changed my position as a Communications Specialist from Lots Oy to Microtask Ltd. If you were wondering why I care so much about crowdsourcing, now you know why.
WritingBold proudly presents the Mobile Backstage War Room video, Steam Republic’s take on viral propaganda…
Now now, with my new project Players out of the door (but issue 01 is already underway) I can finally find some little time to showcase some recent work.
SEO (Search Engine Optimization) copywriting is often referred to as the panacea for everything. Get it right and your website will succeed, you’ll become rich and save the world. Is that completely true? Well, if you take out the last two, almost. Practices are changing, excessive hype is out of place, but something good can come from a good SEO strategy.
Ok, I’m done complaining about being busy writing stuff. Time to display some work! This is (part of) what kept me so occupied lately. There is still some material left, which I hope to be able to showcase sooner or later, but I’ll have to wait for somebody to say the magic word first. We do, of course, copywriting also for clients’ eyes only…
Now for something completely different. I’m very busy with some top secret projects, but at the same time I don’t want to leave the blog without updates for too long. The other day I found a speech I wrote in 2008 for a very special occasion, and since it’s an entertaining reading, I’ll give it a second chance here even if it’s not even slightly related with technology.
