In this piece Cherie Hu looks at how Spotify’s major investments in third party licensing deals and original podcast development are validating investor predictions and causing it to become the Netflix of audio while potentially putting its brand at risk. ____________________________________ Guest post by Cherie Hu on Medium On October…
Category archives: Digital Music
How To Label MP3’s With Song Information (Meta-Tags)
For the DJs and bloggers who have to deal with your MP3s professionally, few things are more frustrating than having an artist provide music which is unlabeled and contains no meta-tag. Correctly labeling your music is, as luck would have it, actually not that hard, and here we walk through…
Indie Labels On The State Of The Music Union: If Content Is King, How Does It Feel To Be A Prince?
Over the past couple of decades, changes to the music ecosystem in relation to the fall and rise of major labels is frequently rehashed at music industry events, but the fate of the indies is often neglected. Here Neil Turkewitz his experience at a recent panel discussing precisely this issue….
Shazam’s Hidden Tool
Most people are familiar with Shazam as the go-to music identification app, but in addition to it’s powers of clarification, Shazam also has the ability to show the user top tracks being Shazam’d the world over. _____________________________ Guest post by Jake Udell of Art of Manager You’re already familiar with…
Identity Theft New Trend In Music Piracy
Music piracy has existed as long the music industry itself, but like every thing else in the biz, it’s constantly changing and adapting. The most recent trend appears be impersonation, and has digital buccaneers pinging labels and publicists, claiming to be an artist or manager in order to access their…
How To Use Affordable Ads On Spotify To Promote Music
With such a large number of Spotify subscribers still operating on the free tier, this streaming platform presents a huge opportunity for artists to advertise their music. Here we look at the basics of getting an ad on Spotify, and how to target it at a specific audience. ___________________________ Guest…
Music Streaming Rates 2018: Per Stream Rates Drop and YouTube’s Value Gap Is Very Real
[UPDATED] 2018 saw music streaming come into its own as the dominant source of recording music revenue. But as streaming volumes swelled, the YouTube value gap and its pitifully small payout percentage became even more apparent. _________________________________ Guest post by David Lowery of The Trichordist Here we go again. To…
Foreign Stream-Ripping Site Beats Labels, For Now
In the long-running industry-led crusade against stream ripping and torrent sites, the labels have typically come out on top in most battles, with the offending sites usually getting shuttered as a result. Not this time, however, with a foreign stream-ripping site chalking up a win against labels on jurisdictional grounds….
SoundCloud Appears To Be Getting Healthier
For awhile things looked pretty dark for SoundCloud, and as the audio distribution platform continued to suffer growing losses, both creators and consumers of the sites content began to worry about what sort of changes the company might have to make to stay afloat. Thankfully, a new report from the…
How To Develop A Context For Your Music
The rise of the online marketplace has, in many ways, made it easier for musicians to get discovered online, but playlist culture often means that even if listeners discover a single song, they may miss the bigger picture – and broader context – of your music and image as an…