Business, Services And Guides For Music Labels
Millennials are driving on-demand music streaming. According to market research company – Loop, 15-19 year olds in the US prefer to listen to music through on-demand streaming services, as opposed to any other format. The research was published with the Music Business Association and claims that for this age group, on-demand streaming accounts for 51% of […]
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Oh, f&^k… Sounds like Canadian duo DVBBS is having a pretty outrageous tour, though let’s hope that nobody dies. According to reports bubbling out of Hungary, a cleaning crew discovery not 5, but 6, attractive members of the opposite sex backstage at the Balaton Sound festival. Three were completely passed out, while three others apparently regained consciousness […]
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”If we value music, we need to value those who create it.” Below is a statement from Michael Eames, President of AIMP, Richard James Burgess, Ph.D., CEO of A2IM and Jodie Ferneyhough, President of CMPA regarding the DoJ position on 100% licensing. ”We, the undersigned, represent the independent music publishing and record label community in North […]
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Troy Ave walks out of jail… The New York rapper, Troy Ave (aka Roland Collins) has now been released on bail, after his mother paid his $500,000 bail fee. This means Collins can walk the streets of New York, providing he sticks to his 11pm curfew, and doesn’t attend any live concerts, music shows or events. […]
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YouTube and Vevo streams increased 132%, but revenue only inclined 15%. Ok, so the argument over YouTube paying labels and artists fairly has been ongoing for some time. But, that argument is about to heat up, as Midia Research has concluded based on solid information that the revenue paid to music labels and artists halved last year […]
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Crowdmix fails to pay vendors and files for administration… Crowdmix, the social music startup which boasts offices in London and Los Angeles, has informed its current 130 employees that it has gone into administration. For those employees, wages for June have reportedly been delayed. Certainly questions were raised when the app hadn’t launched yet, despite […]
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Blink 182 ends Drake’s 9 week reign atop US charts. Blink-182 have knocked Drake’s Views album from the top of the US charts, where it claimed the number one spot on the Billboard 200 chart for nine weeks – that’s the third-most time at No. 1 on the Billboard albums chart for all hip-hop albums. Drake has spent […]
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A performing clown at Glastonbury has suffered a brutal, burning death. A Glastonbury clown has suffered a garish, freakishly horrific death, with an inferno of flames set off by a dousing of gasoline. Glastonbury officials confirmed that Ashton Launcherley, a talented performer who focused on juggling, was consumed by flames that ultimately torched more than 95% […]
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First Prince, now Chaka Khan… Chaka Khan is addicted to prescription drugs and says Prince’s death helped her with the decision of entering rehab. The 63-year-old ten-time Grammy Award-winning recording artist confessed that she is now taking treatment for the same drug that Prince died from taking an overdose on. A recent autopsy confirmed that`t it was […]
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Warner says why should they have to foot the bill… Warner/Chappell, the publisher of Led Zeppelin’s iconic ‘Stairway to Heaven’ song, is seeking $800K in fees after they won the copyright infringement case against Michael Skidmore – the trustee of Spirit band member Rande Wolfe. The fees are made up on $613,471 in attorney’s fees, and the rest […]
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