Independent artists and labels had a banner year at the 2009 Grammy Awards winning 56 of the 110 awards given or just over 50% of the total prizes.

"Independent artists and labels had a banner year at the 2009 Grammy Awards winning 56 of the 110 awards given or just over 50% of the total prizes."

Good news for Venice -- the Copenhagen-based indie act -- we're giving a helping hand with their online positioning work. At the core of our and their work is the upcoming album Sober, which should be out very soon. Free tracks are available from their Myspace profile (Venice / Myspace).

“The continued growth of independent music is underscored by the success of independent artists and labels at this year’s Grammy’s. Music released by artists on independent labels scored 56 Grammys Sunday night out of a total of 110 awarded including Album of the Year and Record of the Year (Robert Plant & Alison Krauss), Best Alternative Music Album (Radiohead), Best Reggae Album (Burning Spear), Best Comedy Album (George Carlin) and Best Jazz Instrumental Album (Chick Corea & Gary Burton). Last year, independents won 36 awards,” stated Jim Mahoney, VP of the American Association of Independent Music (A2IM).

Full story here -- Indie labels win 50% of this year's Grammy awards...

If you're interested in social media marketing / social media promotion in relation to the music industry, you might want to check out an early draft by Jannick Blaksmark on how artists and labels can benefit from unleashing the inherent power of social media in relation to promoting and selling music online. The article is in Danish and can be found here -- Hvornår har du sidst talt med dine fans? (When did you last talk to your fans?)