Category archives: Music Tech

Could Europe Be Set To Recalibrate The Digital Music Market?

Respect for copyrights and music’s "value gap" continue to be core issues for creators and the music industry. But Europe’s competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager is taking steps to recalibrate the entire digital marketplace, and the indie sector can lead the charge, says Helen Smith, executive chair of European independent music…

WED. BRIEF: Spotify Launches Equalizer Project • PWR BTTM Pushes Back • VenuesNow Conference • More

Wednesday 6.14.17 Music Business News From Around The Web "Behind the scenes, the music industry is far from equal" Updated continuously under our More News tab

DistroKid Adds Vault: Free, Unlimited Audio File Backups For Musicians

Upstart digital music distributor DistroKid has launched Vault, offering unlimited free audio file backups to its users. The Vault provides backups and downloads of all uploads, including the 1.5 million tracks already uploaded to DistroKid. DistroKid already redundantly stores all tracks across multiple data centers using the highest grade of…

Techstars Music Graduate Hurdl Raises $2.5 Million For Concert, Live Event Data Collection

Live event data startup Hurdl has raised $2.5 million in seed funding. The experiential marketing company has built an analytics platform for collecting and analyzing data from concert and other live event attendees. _____________________________________ Event analytics startup Hurdl’s new $2.5 million seed funding round came from current and previous athletes…

AM BRIEF: Bonnaroo Attendance Up 43% • LCD Soundsystem vs Rhino • Latest Spotify Payment Controversy • More

Tuesday 6.13.17 Music Business News From Around The Web Have we past peaked festival? At a time when many fests are struggling, Bonnaroo attendance was up 43%. Updated under our More News tab

How to Fire Your Sync Agent & Make Some Serious Licensing Money

Music sync is like a secret billion-dollar market.  Except you need all the right handshakes to get access to it.  But a sync agent can only shake so many hands.  Which is why artists, songwriters, DJs, and other content owners are starting to make the deals themselves. Before we jump in, DMN would like to […]

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Pandora Stock Tanked Monday Despite $680 Million Cash Infusion, Cleaner Balance Sheet

[UPDATE 2] A $480 million investment in Pandora by SiriusXM along with a $200 million sale of Ticketfly were not enough for Wall Street to regain confidence in the music streamer. Pandora stock closed down 7.63% Monday at a one year low of $7.87, and analysts were predicting more trouble…

3 Big Takeaways From Midem 2017

Midem 2017 is a wrap. And although attendance at the global music industry gathering did not see the uptick that the overall music industry is having there were deals done an important topics debated during the four day convention in Cannes. ________________________________ By Zach Fuller of MIDiA Research MIDiA Research…

Former Etsy Exec Chad Dickerson Joins Bandcamp Advisory Board

Former Etsy CTO Chad Dickerson has joined Bandcamp’s Advisory Board. His addition is a rare shift for closely held and often secretive indie music services provider and fan destination. "His passion for music and appreciation of our artist-friendly model make him uniquely suited to help us grow Bandcamp in a…