Saturday, January 03, 2009

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DANIEL FURLONG
B.A. in Communications
aka

[DJ] DANIEL JOHN ASHER
furlongdaniel@hotmail.com

plays

HOUSE
+
PROGRESSIVE
+
TRANCE

and

Supports

the

GLOBAL MUSIC SCENE !!!

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New and Upcoming Releases

01.20.2009
Mariah Carey Legacy / Columbia

01.27.2009 Franz Ferdinand Epic
Pat Green Nashville / BNA
Bruce Springsteen Columbia
Wow Gospel 2009 Zomba / Verity

02.03.2009 The Fray Epic
Jim Jones Columbia
Kidz Bop Kids Razor & Tie
Leona Lewis RMG / J Records
Spectacular! OST Columbia / Nick

02.10.2009 Annie Lennox RMG / Arista

2.17.2009 Donnie McClurkin Zomba / Verity
Charlie Wilson Zomba / Jive

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[MEDIA] VARIETY HEADLINE NEWS

Album sales continue to slide in '08

Music industry down 14% from last year

By PHIL GALLO

A depressed holiday season pushed the recorded music industry deeper into its continued slump as sales of albums -- CDs and downloads combined -- hit only 428.4 million, a 14% drop from 2007.

It’s even more staggering when compared with 2005 numbers, when 618.9 million units were sold.

The music business did find consumers were interested in three things during 2008:

digital downloads,
concert tickets and
vinyl LPs.

The holiday season -- Nov. 17 through Dec. 28 -- is counted upon to deliver nearly a quarter of the year’s business and it was down 19% from 2007 (80.1 million album sales vs. 98.7 million a year ago).

Data released Wednesday by Nielsen Soundscan further drove home the notion that the marketplace has shifted to digital tracks, sales of which were up 27%, hitting 1.07 billion. Downloads now account for 32% of all music purchases.

The concert industry, meanwhile, saw a 7.8% bump from 2007 to $4.2 billion in box office revenue, according to Pollstar, the trade publication that tracks live entertainment data.

Source:Variety

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Attention Concert Fans!

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Source: Live Nation