Category archives: Music Tech

Pandora CEO Roger Lynch, Other Execs Exit As Shareholders Approve Sale To SiriusXM

Pandora (NYSE: P) stockholders voted on Tuesday to approve the audio streamer’s acquisition by SiriusXM. At the special meeting stockholders with 75% of the outstanding voting power voted, with 97% of the votes cast in favor of the transaction. The transaction is expected to close shortly and shares of Pandora…

Toolkit Essentials: DISCO – Catalog Management Made Easier

Following a fruitful year syncing music, Jake Udell expounds on some of his teams favorite elements of the catalog maintenance tool DISCO, a service which has streamlined many of the day to day sync operations. _________________________ Guest post by music manager Jake Udell from his Art of Manager We were…

SoundCloud Revenues Up 80%, Tops $100 Million

SoundCloud, the Berlin-based music streaming platform, made good on its promise to bring in more than $100 million for the 2017 calendar year, according a filing with UK Companies House this week. According to the filing, SoundCloud’s global revenues hit $102M in 2017. That’s an increase of 80% over the…

TUE. BRIEF: SoundCloud Revenue +80% • Grammys Deny Leaked Winners • Spotify Pulls Fakes • Songbook • More

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Apple Is Issuing New In-App Purchasing Rules to Make Charges More Obvious

Apple has updated its guidelines for in-app subscriptions and how they should be displayed. The guidelines lay out how in-app purchases should appear and when they should be shown to the user. Apple is aiming to make in-app purchases clearer and less p…

Grammys + IBM + Muzooka = New AI Powered GRAMMYconnect

The Grammys have created a new site that traces the connections – both obvious and wonderfully obscure – between the 19,000 artists and individuals that have been nominated for or won a Grammy over the years. Created by Havas, GRAMMYconnect leverages IBM Watson’s artificial intelligence to comb the web, along…

Mystery Artists, Tracks Hacked Into Spotify Accounts To Generate Fake Streams

Mysterious artists and tracks are showing up again on Spotify and being hacked into user accounts and playlists, apparently to generate fake streams and undeserved income, according to a new BBC report. Unknown artists with names including Bergenulo Five, Bratte Night, DJ Bruej and Doublin Night are showing up in…

5 Common Denominators of Successful Songwriters, Composers, Producers and Engineers

Veteran music producer and educator Gary Gray shares some common denominators of successful songwriters, composers and producer and engineers. Our favorite: “I’m Either Networking or Notworking!" ________________________________________ By producer Gary Gray of the New Artist Model’s Lucrative Home Studio In music, success can seem very elusive. Some songwriters, composers, and…

4 Ways The Business Of Music Videos Will Dramatically Shift In 2019 [Cheri Hu]

In this piece, Cherie Hu speculates on four important way in which the music business, or more specifically the music video business, will radically transform in 2019 for both creators and consumers alike. ________________________ By Cheri Hu. This first appeared on Forbes. Speaking at the Cardozo School of Law on…