Before moving on to another full week of music industry happenings, we revisit some notable articles from the past seven days, including a look at how Gen. Z is consuming music, why Spotify users are angry over the platform’s latest updates, how one major MP3 ripping site has been shuttered,…
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Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y & Indie Music
This week, we have a whole host of tips and advice for the indie artists out there trying to make it big, including a walkthrough of what it takes to hit the billboard charts, what makes for the perfect set (if you’re an opener) how to create original content on…
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…
MUSIC GEEK ALERT! Winamp is Making A Comeback As All-In-One Player
Music player Winamp has been around almost since the turn of the century. As the app that helped bring mp3’s into the mainstream, Winamp fans – still 1 million strong – are a nostalgic and loyal bunch. After almost being killed under AOL ownership, Winamp was last updated in 2013,…
Fair Warning: Amazon Music Will Delete All of Your MP3s on April 30th
A friendly reminder: unless you download and save all of your Amazon-stored MP3s, you can bid them farewell – for good. Underscoring the death of MP3 downloads, Amazon Music quietly scrapped MP3 imports several months ago. The e-commerce gi…
Underscoring Death of the Medium, Amazon Music Pulls Support for MP3s
MP3, how we shall miss thee. This year, revenue from streaming music platforms has pushed all three major labels’ financial reports to record highs. Sony Music has generated $1 billion from streaming. Over the past four quarters, Warner Music Group co…
A Moment of Silence For Our Recently Departed Friend: The MP3
Dear MP3: Beloved friend. Thanks to you, consumers enjoyed their favorite tracks without weighing down their devices. Truly, you will be missed. Did you know? According to Swedish professor Rasmus Fleischer, when Spotify first started out in beta, it used MP3 files. Bck then, the world’s top streamer originally tested out their service using employee-uploaded […]
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