The family of Swedish songwriter and producer Avicii is moving forward with the posthumous album. The album is simply titled Tim and will feature music from the last three months of Avicii’s life. Avicii’s family broke its yearlong silence with two ann…
Category archives: Music industry
Streamer Boomplay Music Raises $20 million
African based music streamer Boomplay Music has raised $20 million in Series A funding to expand across Africa. The company reports more than 44 million app downloads and is adding an average of 2 million new subscribers monthly. Boomplay is a joint venture of Chinese phone maker Transsion and Chinese…
Price War Breaks Out In India as Apple Music Undercuts Spotify’s Bottom-Scraping Prices
Apple Music launched in India four years ago, but the company is just now starting to compete. Just this morning, Apple slashed its music subscription fees to better compete with fresh entrants Spotify and YouTube Music. Previous rates for Apple Music …
450,000 Deleted MySpace Tracks Saved, Including Early Katy Perry, Danny Glover
After learning last month that MySpace had "lost" millions of tracks and photos uploaded before 2016 in a data transfer, collectors went into action. Now an archive of 450,000 form MySpace have found a new home within the Internet Archives. Called the MySpace Music Dragon Hoard, the 450,000 songs include…
Why You Should Put It In Writing
While music industry partnerships may feature a lot casual agreements and handshake deals publishers and artists alike stand to benefit from taking the extra step of documenting these agreements, both to avoid complications down the road and to give yourself a sense of agency. ______________________________ Guest post by Jake Udell…
How To Make Smart Music Marketing Happen
In this final of a five part series on how to effectively allocate money in the correct places in order to benefit your music career, we hear from multiple industry experts on which creative marketing techniques can help artists can do to stay competitive in an increasingly challenging industry. ___________________________…
Daytrotter Moves Iowa Studio To Atlanta To Strengthen Paste Magazine Connection
Daytrotter has closed its Davenport Iowa venue space and recording studio and will relocate to Atlanta.The move will put Daytrotter closer to Paste Magazine, the online publication that hosts Daytrotter’s catalog of more than 7,000 live music sessions. The Atlanta studio will be open by July 1. The lease on…
Midem Names Artist Accelerator Finalists 2019 From Record Number of Entries
Midem has announced the finalists for its 2019 Artist Accelerator competition after a record number of submissions, including from 24 new countries. The event, which is this year presented by label and distribution company Amuse, will see artists receiving access to professional mentoring and networking, including free legal consulting by…
Impala, AIM Express Concerns As Brexit, UMG Sale Loom
As Brexit uncertainty grows and suitors circle Universal Music Group, EU independent music trade groups IMPALA and AIM are calling on both the EU and the UK to ensure that the needs of the cultural and creative sectors are prioritized in negotiations. The IMPALA board held their board meeting in…
Drowned In Sound Goes Under
Online music publication Drowned In Sound, has stopped publishing after almost 20 years. Some writers are waiting for payment, according to multiple sources, though UK-based founder and editor Sean Adams says that previously commissioned pieces will still be honored and published on the site’s Medium blog. The site’s archives and…