It’s official, the music revolution has really hit, the SF Chronicle is now covering it.  “Music is in such a transition period. It’s in a weird void of what it’s going to be and what it’s going to become,” Hayes said. “The way the business is heading, it’s only going to help the independent band.”

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A bit behind here but last week had some interesting developments, I’ve also included a few stories from earlier in March, enjoy.

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MySpace Music which has been expected for weeks, will be announced Thursday, according to a inside source. It will offer streaming music, downloads of unprotected MP3, concert tickets, ringtones, and other merchandise, the source told CNET News.com.

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Vote on Wired.com who is leading the music revolution. Silly perhaps, but these bands are the ones pushing the industry forward.  

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Amie Street has a very innovative, artist-friendly sales model. When musicians first submit a track, it can be downloaded for free. As it becomes popular, its purchase price rises. Both of Ashley Alexendre Dupré’s songs (she’s the former New York Governor Eliot Spitzer’s “special friend”) are now selling at the site’s maximum price — 98 cents each.

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What makes this particularly interesting is that the album is available for free and many torrent sites, and that the first 9 tracks of the 36 track album were available for free at the bands website. Perhaps there is a new model developing here…

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AOL acquires the social network site Bebo. For those that might not be familiar with them, Bebo is the largest social network site in the UK, Ireland, and New Zealand. And the third largest social networking site in the US behind only MySpace and Facebook.

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A great post on how the long tail may help aggregators like Amazon, Netflix as well as 6 Billion consumers, but it is a “mixed blessing” for artists. The solution is to find the midpoint of the long tail, somewhere around 1,000 true fans.

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Following Radiohead’s lead, Nine Inch Nails released their Album on the internet. You can download the first 9 tracks of the 36 track album for free, or purchase the full album online for $5.  By contrast, a CD is $10.  Seems reasonable…

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