Many labels have begun tapping in to streaming playlist data, but much of said data requires some interpretation before it can be useful. Here Sammy Andrews debunks several streaming data myths, and works to explain what you can hope to learn from such information. ______________________________ Guest post by Sammy Andrews,…
Category archives: Music Tech
Beats Music Co-creator Exits Spotify For Apple Music
Music industry insiders like Dr. Dre and Trent Reznor call him simply "The Swede." Now the ultimate music tech veteran, Fredric Vinna, has left Spotify to join the team remaking Apple Music, and Apple is the place that most music tech observers believe he should have been all along. ____________________________________…
The Album Release Re-Imagined In A Time Of Atomic Consumption
Music-tech writer Cherie Hu examines how the music industry can alter its current ways and restructure its marketing strategy by tapping in the atomic consumption habits of today’s media users. ________________________ Guest Post by Cherie Hu on Synchblog We are consuming media more atomically than ever. More of us prefer…
Get 3 Months Of SoundCloud GO For 99 Cents – This Week Only!
Forget for a minute what this is doing to your royalty payments… This week only you can get 3 months of full access to SoundCloud GO’s 135 million tracks for just 99 cents. The streamers is running similar "99" sales in other currencies as well: 99p in the UK and…
MON. BRIEF: Beats Creator Exits Spotify For Apple • Twitter, Deezer Team • Amazon, Pandora Near $5 Launch • More
Monday 9.12.16 Music Business News From Around The Web You just have to look at today’s Briefing headline to see how competitive and volatile streaming music is. Updated continuously under our More News tab
This Week In Music Commentary
Music commentators this week weighed in on why indie musicians should focus on podcasts and playlists, the importance of tour safety, and what will come next after streaming exclusives. Indie Musicians Should Focus On Podcasts And Playlists Not Pitchfork And Paste [Kosha Dillz] Linkin Park’s Jim Digby Talks Concert Tour…
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
In this week’s leisurely saunter back through the week’s music industry news we revisit the launch of the iPhone 7, Last.Fm’s massive email hemorrhage, several music biz stories you might have missed over the long holiday weekend, and more. iTunes 69¢ Songs Section Offers Latest Opportunity For Labels To Game…
Liv Buli’s Weekend Reading List: Apple’s Subscriber Count, Pandora + Ticketfly = Win-Win-Win, Ehhh Deezer? This Week in Music and More
Another work week is over and its time for a bit ‘o buli, as in Liv Buli, who as Data Journalist for Pandora’s Next Big Sound has the best job title ever. As she does most Fridays, she’s stepped away from the stats to share her what she found interesting…
Streaming Music Exclusives: Is This Just The Beginning?
Yesterday, Cortney Harding declared that streaming music exclusives were over. But former Apple Music staffer, Sean Glass wonders if their just getting started, and takes a hard look at streaming in general. Guest Post by Sean Glass on Medium After hearing about Universal allegedly banning exclusives, I felt this crucial…
Indie Musicians Should Focus On Podcasts And Playlists Not Pitchfork And Paste [Kosha Dillz]
In this piece independent rapper Kosha Dillz shares explains the value and importance of focusing one’s self-promotion in the direction of smaller more personal podcasts and playlists, rather than fruitlessly seeking the attention of larger media outlets. _________________________________ Guest Post by Kosha Dillz I thought to myself what a beautiful…