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47 Million U.S. Adults Have A Smart Speaker At Home
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I'm one of many who believe that smart speakers will accelerate the adoption of music streaming, bringing it full into the mainstream. Getting an Alexa-enabled Sonos One doubled the amount of music played in my house simply by making playing whatever tracks or albums I'm in the mood for absurdly easy. So, in my view,, news that smart speaker use is exploding is also good news for musicians and the music industry. Here are some key stats and infographics from ...
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50% Of UK Music Consumption 2017 Was Streaming, 4M Vinyl Records Sold
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Stats released by UK label association BPI, based on Official Charts Company data, showed a strong year for recorded music, with consumption across all formats in 2017, growing at its fastest rate in decades. A total of 135.1 million albums or their equivalent were either streamed, purchased on physical format, and/or downloaded over the past 12 months. This represents a 9.5 per cent rise on 2016 and marks a third year of consecutive volume growth. More UK Music 2017 Highlights: ...
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Vinyl Prices Hit Unbelievable Highs
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The price of vinyl is continuing to soar, with many new records costing upwards of $40. Used vinyl prices are also hitting unbelievable highs. Here we look at some of the most expensive releases sold in 2017. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 The price of new vinyl albums is going through the roof these days and some industry execs think that we’re fast approaching buyer fatigue as a result. While you might find a few at $16, ...
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How Are Listeners Finding New Independent Music?
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While methods of music discovery vary drastically from person to person, we here look at few avenues which avid music consumers commonly turn to in their search for fresh tunes, depending on the demographic in question. Guest post by Rich Nardo of the TuneCore Blog [Editors Note: This article was written by Rich Nardo.] New music discovery is a highly personalized process. Fans of different genres tend to find music in different ways and, obviously, people of varying age and geographical ...
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Playlist Culture And Our Shrinking Attention Spans
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Besides getting the industry back on its feet as a whole, playlist have been a huge asset in bringing unknown groups and artists out of obscurity. While this all seems like a good thing, playlist culture has it's own potential downsides. Guest post by Patrick McGuire on the ReverbNation Blog In addition to delivering big profits to labels and publishers, playlists are helping new and unknown artists succeed in some profound ways. From popular independent playlists curated in dorm rooms ...
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Streaming Platforms Are Changing Music Promotion, Discovery: Here's How
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While streaming has revitalized the music industry in lots of ways, many artists continue to struggle to make ends meet, something which the launch of numerous new analytic and discovery features by streaming services could help to change. Guest post by Patrick McGuire of the TuneCore Blog [Editors Note: This article was written by Patrick McGuire.] As music streaming giants like Spotify and Apple Music continue to transform and revitalize the music industry, artists are just beginning to fully comprehend the seemingly ...
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Discs To Digital: The Strange History Of Music Formats
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While streaming has become the dominant form of music consumption, the road to get here was a complex and varied one. Here we look at the history of the physical music formats, dating back as far as the 1870s, and how it led us to where we are now. Guest post by Jaclyn Kendall of Soundfly's Flypaper (This article originally appeared on the Landr Blog)
Physical formats have only been around since the 1870s — but in that relatively short ...
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