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Welcome to the FATdrop blog. We want to invite an open discussion of digital music related matters and to provide articles which help with releasing music in the digital age. Your input is very welcome so feel free to comment on any of the articles you read.

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Recent Articles

New FATdrop pricing structure & reduction in costs for existing users · 2 days ago

For the second year in succession there will be a reduction in costs for existing FATdrop users, with two new price plans also announced for high-volume accounts.

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A rant about second-hand digital music · 109 days ago

How can they know whether the MP3 has been obtained legally? How can they know if the seller will delete the file after they’ve sold it? What will it mean for the the music industry when second-hand MP3s (of identical quality to the originals) are for sale for cheaper than the originals? Could reselling MP3s actually be a good thing for the industry?

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The Making of Video Virals · 164 days ago

With over 2 billion videos streamed every day and the biggest category of video being music, YouTube is the heavyweight champion of music streaming services, so we decided to make the process of getting tasters of new releases on YouTube easier.

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How does A&R work in the internet era? · 256 days ago

The deal-breaking, talent-scouting Artists & Repertoire executive is one of the archetypes of the music industry, but is this role still relevant in the era of online music?

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Who reigns in the Cloud - and is it a storm in a teacup for labels? · 304 days ago

Amazon stole some thunder from their rivals’ clouds this week with their announcement of a new ‘Cloud Drive’ service: rumours of similar plans from Google and Apple had been circulating for a while, but few expected Amazon to jump ahead of them so suddenly. The internet is alight with analysis, conjecture and anticipation – but should these changes worry labels or encourage them?

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