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Context Awareness: The Music Industry's Next Frontier

Source: HypeBot
December 6, 2016

In this article, music-tech writier Cherie Hu delves into the ability of context awareness to reshape creativity as well as create new revenue streams and new business models for the music industry in general. Guest Post by Cherie Hu on Synchblog In his book Who Owns the Future?, computer scientist Jaron Lanier highlights the importance of “decision reduction" in technology. In an advanced, noisy information economy, he explains, the most desirable services will anticipate and execute on the myriad of ...

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Outhere Music acquires HatHut Records

Source: All About Jazz
December 2, 2016

Outhere Music is proud to announce the acquisition of the catalogue of the legendary Swiss jazz and contemporary music label HatHut Records. HatHut Records boasts an impressive number of more than 500 CD’s and LP’s, produced by its visionary founder, Werner X. Uehlinger over 40 years. Major composers such as John Cage, Morton Feldman, Giacinto Scelsi, Galina Ustvolskaya and interpreters like Paul Bley, Anthony Braxton, Ellery Eskelin, Steve Lacy, Joe McPhee, Cecil Taylor or the Sun Ra Arkestra have put ...

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How We Listen To Music In Our Cars

Source: HypeBot
December 2, 2016

While listening to music in the car has long been a tradition, the way in which we do it has changed significantly over the years, as technology has developed to allow greater choice in what we choose to play. Here we look at some numbers relating to listeners on the go. Guest Post by Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 Once upon a time the only way to hear music while driving was through the radio. Of course you were at ...

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New Trade Mission Visits South American Music Conferences, Fests in 6 Cities: Doing Business in Chile, Argentina, Brazil

Source: HypeBot
November 30, 2016

Starting today, a new trade mission is meeting with musicians and the music industry at conferences and festivals in 6 cities in 3 South American countries. The three—Chile, Argentina and Brazil—collectively represent 2/3rds of the Latin American music market. The phenomenon of music conferences and festivals scheduling together so that international delegates and speakers can participate in two or more regional events consecutively, saving travel costs and time, as well as networking for a longer time, has reached new lengths ...

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Record Labels Shift From Promoters To Storytellers As Power Fades

Source: HypeBot
November 29, 2016

In this piece, David Emery remarks on record labels' directional shift towards promoting and selling artists “stories" as their power and influence in the music industry begins to fade. Guest post by David Emery, VP Global Marketing Strategy for Kobalt Label Services I was talking recently with someone I know who works at a music media company. I say “media company” both to be purposefully vague but also because I struggle to think of a better term that encompasses the merging worlds ...

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Music Industry Seeks To Ban Concert Ticket Buying Bots

Source: HypeBot
November 22, 2016

Having choice seats snatched out from under them by the ticket bots of a third party ticket broker is an all-to-common occurrence for a lot of ticket buyers, and while it's been an annoyance for some time, it looks as though something may finally get done about it, at least in Britain. Guest Post by Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 Has this happened to you? You’re one of the first in line to buy a ticket to a concert by your ...

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Music Publisher's Send President-Elect Trump Their Wish List

Source: HypeBot
November 22, 2016

Many in the music community have argued that the Obama administration has a too cozy relationship with tech, particularly Google. Could a Trump team be better for the music industry and the creative community? David Israelite who helms the National Music Publisher's Association hopes so, and laid out a wish list in a letter to the president-elect. Dear President-Elect Trump, As the association representing America’s songwriters and music publishers, we congratulate you on becoming the 45th President of the United States. ...

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8 Ways To Get Back To Work Post Election [Kosha Dillz]

Source: HypeBot
November 19, 2016

In this set of tips, rapper Kosha Dillz suggests eight different ways in which artists and creatives can get back to work and on track once again in the wake of what has been a decidedly disruptive election season. Guest Post by Kosha Dillz I think the time is the time. Now is the time to be more focused then ever. I have done a stark analysis and it seems that my entire Facebook friend list is unfriending each other, as well as ...

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