Category archives: Music Tech

5 Trends That Make Gen Z The Streaming Generation

The Culture Next Trends report commissioned by Spotify and research agency Culture Co-Op looks into the empowered, multinational, cross-cultural, socially aware, and informed group of 15- to 24-year-olds dubbed Generation Z. “We’re bold, fearless, careless, creative, and intriguing,” says Addy, a study participant from North Carolina. Powering this sentiment is…

Siri To Control Spotify, Pandora, Other Streaming Apps

Apple has included Siri support for Spotify, Pandora and other third-party music and media apps in the upcoming iOS 13. A new developer tool, SiriKit for Audio, now makes it possible for iOS audio app developers to integrate Siri’s search and play feature. Apple currently puts severe limits on Siri’s…

Bandwear Offers Help To PledgeMusic Artists Including Questionable Staggered Payout System

Merchandiser Bandwear is expanding its music crowdfunding service with an offer to help artists affected by the demise of PledgeMusic. The merchandiser will rebuild their campaigns and online stores at no cost, along an offer of discounted manufacturing and fulfillment. Other artists can also launch a crowdfunding campaign on Bandwear…

Music Is Now YouTube’s Most Profitable Category

Music only represents 5% of the content uploaded to YouTube, but it represents 20% of the total views on the platform. Because music videos are shorter in length than the average YouTube video, music is the platform’s most profitable, according to a new study by Pex. Music and Entertainment are…

Revenue Per User To Fall 25% Even As Streaming Grows In Popularity says Goldman Sachs Study

The global recorded music business brought in $19.1 billion in revenue in 2018, according the IFPI. By 2030, that number will grow to $45 billion, with streaming expected to represent $27.5 billion of the total, according to a new Goldman Sachs analysis. The total number of paid music-streaming subscriptions worldwide…

Bandsintown & Hypebot: Updates From Bruce Houghton

Bruce Houghton sits down with Michael Brandvold and Jay Gilbert to discuss the Bandsintown purchase of Hypebot and MusicThinkTank. How did it happen? What does this mean for Bruce and Hypebot? What does Bandsintown have planned for the blogs and its e…

Chartmetric Offers Artist Cross-Platform Performance Ranking

In this in-depth article from Chartmetric, Josh Hayes provides a detailed breakdown of how to utilize the website’s data warehouse to instantaneously compare and analyze the general performance of artists across platforms. ____________________________ Guest post by Josh Hayes of Chartmetric The biggest challenge to understanding artist performance is contextualizing different…

Soundbetter Launches Tracks: Licence Music From Top Producers And Release As Your Own

Music production talent marketplace SoundBetter has launched ‘Sountbetter Tracks’ for musicians who want to write an original topline (vocal melody and lyrics) for a pre-existing track and release the final song as their own. SoundBetter Tracks are curated and features all genres with strong commercial potential, including Pop, EDM and…

UMG, AI Firm Super Hi-Fi Partner To ‘Explore The Space Between The Songs"

Universal Music Group has partnered with Super Hi-Fi, an artificial intelligence programming company that delivers song transition, voice-over and artist interview insertion solutions for music service providers. "Today the space between songs is a barren wasteland of dead air and jarring, abrupt transitions. Each time a song changes on services…