SMH: How the net saved live music

Giff Constable music

The Sydney Morning Herald has an interesting story on the strength (and growth) of live music and merchandise sales. “A lot of acts are putting out records to promote their tours,” says Michael Gudinski, the managing director of the Frontier Touring Company. “In the old days you used to tour to promote your record.” Article here

A new blog home

Giff Constable Uncategorized

At the start of Electric Sheep, I used to blog prolifically.  That stopped for a while, but I have the bug again — I just enjoy writing too much, and using blogging as a vehicle for thinking through ideas.  I’ve set this up as a new home for my thoughts, which will be a mix of long and short form …