As the industry shifts further towards streaming and away from a retail and download based economy, not only is the way in which we consume music changing, but so is the music itself, particularly when it comes to pop music. _________________________ Guest post by Jason Moss on the TuneCore Blog…
Category archives: Streaming & Cloud
Trade Group Files Suit Against Azoff’s Global Music Rights On Behalf Of 10,000 Radio Stations
[UPDATED] When Irving Azoff launched Global Music Rights, he promised to battle what many see as too low payments from Pandora, YouTube and other free music streamers, and an impressive group of songwriter’s signed on. But a group representing 10,000 U.S. radio stations, say Azoff’s tactics are “anti-competitive." _____________________ By…
Stream Metallica’s New Album ‘Hardwired…To Self-Destruct’ Free On YouTube
After years of being a very vocal critics of free music, first on Napster and more recently on Spotify, Metallica has now reversed course and fully embraced the practice. On Friday, the release day for their new album "Hardwired… To Self-Destruct" the band made every song and an accompanying video…
A Look Inside Spotify’s Redesign Process
In the wake of a recent overhaul and update of their icon suite, Andrea Limjoco and Rob Bartlett discuss the four month process of building and implementing the six hundred individually crafted icons in order for them to function well on all of Spotify’s various products. _____________________________ Guest post by…
Streaming Music: Give It Away, Give It Away, Give It Away Now [Glenn Peoples Of Pandora]
Here Glenn Peoples of Pandora explores the differences in royalty payouts between services which offer highly interactive on-demand streaming versus those that provide a more basic digital radio option, and how these differences impact the modern music industry as a whole. ____________________________ By Glenn Peoples, Music Insights and Analytics at…
Do Playlists Make It Harder To Break An Artist?
While the rise of "playlist culture" has made song discovery that much easier, it has also made it much more challenging for labels to break new artists, stifling artist development and changing the business from artist driven to song driven. ______________________ Guest Post by Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 A…
ASCAP Veteran Jon Bahr Joins CD Baby As VP of Music Publishing and Rights Management
[UPDATED] . Indie distributor CD Baby has been consistently expanding its artist services offerings with publishing and rights management leading the way. Now, their taking those efforts to another level with the hiring of ASCAP veteran Jon Bahr. _______________________________ Jon Bahr CD Baby has hired Jon Bahr as Vice President…
SoundCloud Updates Creator Platform, Pledges To Pay More Artists
On the day of its online Creators Forum on Facebook Live, SoundCloud has launched some major updates to its creators platform and begun to adding more creators to its revenue sharing program. _____________________________ SoundCloud Creators have upload 135 million tracks; and to streamline the processm the music streamer has updated…
Join SoundCloud’s Free Artist Forum Live Online Today At 12:45PM ET
UPDATED: SoundCloud’s second SoundCloud Artist Forum starts at 12:45 PM ET today. All creators are encouraged to participate for free on Facebook Live. __________________________________ The SoundCloud Artist Forum will bring together creators from across the platform to meet, network, share and collaborate. This year’s event will also feature panel discussions…
Jay Z’s Tidal Battle With Prince Estate Heads To Court [Read Full Filing]
Did Prince intend to have his music streamed exclusively on Tidal forever, or just a short period of time? And did Tidal pay a $750,000 advance that the Prince Estate claims was due? These questions and more will now be answered in court. __________________________________ The battle between Jay Z’s Tidal…