Business, Services And Guides For Music Labels
With more venues signing up to the ‘Charter of Best Practice’, the number of deaf and disabled music fans attending live music shows, concerts and festivals is increasing… According to London-based music charity – Attitude is Everything, the number of deaf and disabled fans attending live music events in the UK is inclining. Between 2014 […]
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Is Google’s ‘fight piracy’ Report just a load of greenwash? The BPI and IFPI have long been at war with the tech giant over their lack of concern over inflating DMCA takedown requests and the ineffectiveness of the content ID system. So, when they released a report highlighting just how successful they have been at paying content creators and reducing […]
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Three million-selling albums by three different artists… According to Nielsen Music’s mid-year report, three albums have sold over 1 million units so far this year – Adele: 25; Drake: Views; and Beyonce: Lemonade. At this time last year, the music industry only had one album reach this milestone – Taylor Swift’s 1989. In fact, in the whole of 2015 only two […]
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Three million-selling albums by three different artists… According to Nielsen Music’s mid-year report, three albums have sold over 1 million units so far this year – Adele: 25; Drake: Views; and Beyonce: Lemonade. At this time last year, the music industry only had one album reach this milestone – Taylor Swift’s 1989. In fact, in the whole of 2015 only two […]
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Millennials are driving on-demand music streaming. According to market research company – Loop, 15-19 year olds in the US prefer to listen to music through on-demand streaming services, as opposed to any other format. The research was published with the Music Business Association and claims that for this age group, on-demand streaming accounts for 51% of […]
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Oh, f&^k… Sounds like Canadian duo DVBBS is having a pretty outrageous tour, though let’s hope that nobody dies. According to reports bubbling out of Hungary, a cleaning crew discovery not 5, but 6, attractive members of the opposite sex backstage at the Balaton Sound festival. Three were completely passed out, while three others apparently regained consciousness […]
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”If we value music, we need to value those who create it.” Below is a statement from Michael Eames, President of AIMP, Richard James Burgess, Ph.D., CEO of A2IM and Jodie Ferneyhough, President of CMPA regarding the DoJ position on 100% licensing. ”We, the undersigned, represent the independent music publishing and record label community in North […]
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Troy Ave walks out of jail… The New York rapper, Troy Ave (aka Roland Collins) has now been released on bail, after his mother paid his $500,000 bail fee. This means Collins can walk the streets of New York, providing he sticks to his 11pm curfew, and doesn’t attend any live concerts, music shows or events. […]
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YouTube and Vevo streams increased 132%, but revenue only inclined 15%. Ok, so the argument over YouTube paying labels and artists fairly has been ongoing for some time. But, that argument is about to heat up, as Midia Research has concluded based on solid information that the revenue paid to music labels and artists halved last year […]
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Crowdmix fails to pay vendors and files for administration… Crowdmix, the social music startup which boasts offices in London and Los Angeles, has informed its current 130 employees that it has gone into administration. For those employees, wages for June have reportedly been delayed. Certainly questions were raised when the app hadn’t launched yet, despite […]
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