UPDATE 2: Spotify, SoundCloud, Twitter and other major sites were down or loading slowly all day on Friday thanks to a massive Distributed Denial Of Services (DD0S) attack. By Friday evening the problem had been resolved according to the subject of the attack, managed DNS provider DYN. Other sites affected…
Category archives: Streaming & Cloud
Kanye West Blames Apple Music, Tidal Feud For Missing Jay Z, Drake Collaboration
Kanye West used a break between songs during his Seattle concert on Wednesday night to explain why his recent collaboration with Drake and Jay Z had gone missing and reignite his running criticism of the Apple music industrial complex. _______________________ ye talking about Watch The Throne 2 & Apple/Tidal problems…
Amazon Loses $2 A Month On Every Subscriber To Its New Music Service
After departing from an industry trend and offering their unlimited streaming service for the low price of $7.99 per month, it looks as the payouts Amazon will need to subsidize its new service, at least for a while. ________________________ Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 The major record…
SoundCloud Go Launches In Canada
SoundCloud has launched its paid on demand music streaming service in Canada. Alongside the paid launch, the music streamer is adding ads to its free service with a portion of the revenue being returned to creators. SoundCloud Go is now available on web, iOS App Store and Google Play, and…
Garth Brooks Grants First-Ever Streaming Rights To… Amazon Music Unlimited
Amazon launched its paid on demand streaming service Amazon Music Unlimited just last week; and today signaled that it too would play the exclusive music game with the acquisition of first-ever streaming rights to country superstar Garth Brooks. _________________________________________ Amazon today announced that the music of Garth Brooks, the best-selling…
Device Restricted Music Subscriptions Are Coming…
Apple’s decision to ditch the headphone jack highlighted the idea that future music services might soon be device specific, and it looks as though Amazon is taking the plunge by offering a subscription service with a strict one device limit. _______________________ By Leigh Beadon on Techdirt In the last episode…
Have Donations Become A Viable Part Of Musicians’ Business Model?
As live streaming and other newer media models becoming increasingly commonplace in the new music economy, it may be time to revisit donations and see if they are perhaps a more legitimate component of artists’ business model than previously thought. _______________________________ Guest post by Bas Grasmayer of Musc X Tech…
Can You Name All The Musicians And Celebrities In This New Apple Beats Headphones Ad?
Apple debuted a new celebrity-filled video ad for Beats wireless headphones via Twitter on Monday. Set to Disney ‘s Pinocchio song "I’ve Got No Strings" it features a plethora of musicians and other celebrities. Can you name them all? WATCH: The new ad features BeatsX, Solo3 Wireless and Powerbeats3 Wireless…
Google, Amazon Leverage Copyright Loophole To Use Songs, Not Pay Songwriters [Chris Castle]
To avoid properly compensating songwriters, big data purveyors Amazon and Google are claiming they are unable to find contact information for the deserving songwriters, instead opting to file copyright notices in what appears to be a music land grab, says Chris Castle. _____________________________ Guest post by Chris Castle of Music…
Spotify, Pandora And Apple Each Tackle Music Discovery And Personalization Differently
Delivering the best personalized music experience is the subject of much effort and hand wringing in the conference rooms of every music streamer. And how each service uses artificial intelligence, machine learning, and human curation may determine their fate, as well as, what music consumers are exposed to. ____________________________________ By…