CDBaby.com is back online after an outage that lasted much of the last 5 days. The indie music and musician’s services company blamed a corrupt database caused during routine maintenance. _________________________________ CDBaby.com, which was unavailable to users for most of the last 5 days, is back online. Service was restored…
Category archives: Streaming & Cloud
5 Countries Showing Big Streaming Gains In 2016
Although it’s had a rough past decade or so, things seem to be improving for the global recorded music market, with at least five different countries showing massive gains in streaming in the year 2016, according to a recent handful of data. ______________________________ Guest Post by Glenn Peoples, Music Insights…
The Grammys Boost: Who Saw The Biggest Uptick On Pandora?
Regardless of who went home with an award on the night of the 2017 Grammys (Adele) it’s important to consider for whom it had the best effect streaming-wise. Here we break down which artists saw the biggest post-Grammys bump. __________________________________ Guest post by Emily Blake of Pandora’s Next Big Sound…
Weekly Music Publishing Update 2.17.17: Chance The Rapper, Amazon, Anghami, Streaming Partnership & More
It’s clear that streaming is the present and future of music consumption. Chance The Rapper’s ‘Coloring Book’ was the first streaming-only album to win a Grammy this past weekend, Prince’s Warner Bros. catalog was streamed almost 5 million times in two days (up 6,323% from the previous two days) after…
Spotify Joint Venture ‘Soundtrack Your Brand’ Raises $22 million For B2B Music Service
[UPDATED] Spotify joint venture Soundtrack Your Brand has raised $22 million to expand its music for business service. The round was led by Balderton Capital and Industrifonden and will be used to expand globally and evolve its service which allows business to select and play licensed music in stores and…
Pandora Makes The Case For Building A Full Stack Streaming Music Company
Songkick’s Ian Hogworth apparently coined the term, but I first heard about "full stack" music companies during a webinar that PledgeMusic and DotBlockchain co-founder Benji Rogers gave for BerkleeOnline. He was referring to the rollup of PledgeMusic, Noisetrade and Set.fm into a multi-faceted artist services company. Now, Pandora’s Glenn People’s…
Four Companies Could Buy Spotify And None Are U.S. Based, Says Mark Mulligan
According to multiple reports, Spotify will delay its IPO until at least 2018. That’s an expensive choice, thanks to a $1 billion loan with an escalating interest rate. But there may be another reason that Spotify is taking its time. A buyer could swoop into save the rapidly growing but…
Exec Charged With Supporting New Musicians For BBC Just Took A Job At Amazon
By many measures, Amazon has the biggest U.S. reach of any music streamer. Populated by more casual listeners, who get it bundled with Amazon Prime, the service now appears to turning to discovery – a move that could mean millions of new fans for emerging artists. ________________________________________ Jason Carter, longtime…
Spotify Adds 1000 Jobs In NYC, Will Move To World Trade Center Thanks To $11M In State Incentives
To think that Spotify has inadvertently (we hope) helped President Trump "make america great again"… The Stockholm based music streamer announced today that it would be adding 1000 jobs in the U.S. over the next two years. Of course, there were also those $11 million in New York rent incentives…
How To Build A Spotify Playlist That Appears In A Search
If you’re hoping to get your song on a major Spotify playlist, it’s important to first cut your teeth on lower-level playlists, until eventually Spotify’s algorithm picks up on what’s going on down below and elevates your song to the top. One good way of doing this is to build…