Here Bas Grasmayer explains how his recent experience in listening to a Vietnamese singer covering Western pop songs reshaped the way he thinks of music’s future, and how we could collectively reshape how we think of music ownership by radically overhauling modern notions of intellectual property. ___________________________ Guest post by…
Category archives: Music Tech
WED. BRIEF: Apple Earnings Report • More Fyre Fest Fallout • YouTube Redesign • More
WEDNESDAY 5.3.17 Music Business News From Around The Web Apple is back to profitable, but no longer bulletproof. It’s worth watching how that affects Apple’s investments in music. Then again, music has often been used as a cheap and flashy smokescreen. Updated continuously under our More News tab
Run Your DIY Music Career Like A Tech Start-up
George Paolini and Sherry-Lynn Lee of indie duo 23rd Hour have a unique perspective that straddles music and tech – two different worlds that have a lot to teach each other. In addition to making music, Sherry co-founded a start-up and works in tech in Silicon Valley. George is a…
Mac DeMarco Encourages Concert Goers To Pirate His Music
Following in the footsteps of other low-key pro-piracy artists like Ed Sheeran, Mac DeMarco made a somewhat surprising on-stage announcement at his recent Coachella performance encouraging fans to download his recently leaked album illegally. ___________________ Guest post by Timothy Geigner of Techdirt We had just been talking about Ed Sheeran…
TUE BRIEF: Feds Fund Arts, PBS • Twitter, Live Nation To Stream Concerts • Indies Talk Music Tech • More
TUESDAY 5.2.17 Music Business News From Around The Web Twitter’s live streaming are an extension of it’s "now" brand, but is this how we want to watch concerts? Updated under our More News tab
Why Spotify Wants Blockchain & How All The Music Industry’s Blockchain Dreams Can Come True
[UPDATED] During the course of its recent acquisition spree, Spotify bought Blockchain company Mediachain Labs, hoping that the company would be able to solve some of its wayward copyright issues. But there is evidence that both Spotify and the music industry may not fully understand how blockchain tech actually works,…
5 Things Congress Can Do To Curb Mass Filings Of “Address Unknown” NOIs
Owing to a loophole in the Copyright Act, streaming services like Pandora, Spotify, and Google are able to avoid paying royalties to songwriters and publisher by filing "address unknown" notices of intent when obtaining compulsory licenses. Here we look at five things Congress could do in service of closing this…
AM BRIEF: Frye Fest Debacle Updates • $5M Primary Wave, Rough Trade Partnership • Grainge Honored • More
Monday 5.1.17 Music Business News From Around The Web Making fun of Frye Fest’s elite concert goers shouldn’t detract from the idiocy of the promoters. Updated continuously under our More News tab
AM BRIEF: Frye Fest Debacle Updates • $5M Primary Wave, Rough Trade Partnership • Grainge Honored • More
Monday 5.1.17 Music Business News From Around The Web Making fun of Frye Fest’s elite concert goers shouldn’t detract from the idiocy of the promoters. Updated continuously under our More News tab
This Week In Music Commentary
Important industry commentary from those in the music business this week: how an esoteric copyright law could be key to widespread adoption of blockchain tech, why it is that we can still buy music, and the problem with literal listening. Key To Widespread Artist Adoption Of Blockchain Could Be Via…