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Canada Launches The National Music Centre
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Canada's National Music Centre debuted on July 1st, AKA Canada Day, and organizers hope it will help to propel Calgary's vibrant music scene to international recognition. Calgary's new National Music Centre features artifacts and historical memorabilia drawn from Canada's rich musical history, such as one of Neil Peart's drum kits, costumes worn by Canadian music icons and a mobile recording unit used by The Stones. But it's not just a stuffy museum. Many of the Centre's exhibits are interactive, such as ...
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Dweezil Zappa Renames His Tour Again After Cease And Desist Order From His Own Family
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In the latest from the Zappa family's ongoing legal squabbles of the trademark/copyright ownership of the late great Frank, it seems Dweezil has escalated things somewhat, renaming his tour '50 Years of Frank: Dweezil Zappa Plays Whatever the F@%k He Wants – The Cease and Desist Tour' Guest post by Mike Masnick of Techdirt Oh boy. A few weeks back, we wrote about the absolutely ridiculous story in which the four children of Frank Zappa appear to be fighting over the ...
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Why Music Streaming Services Need To Attract An Older Audience
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With few exceptions, the majority of streaming platform users tend to be largely in the under 35 set, but these services might do well to start courting an older demographic, with their deep pockets and streaming compatible tastes in music. Guest Post by Heather Willensky With Troy Carter heading up Spotify’s Creator Services, the next land-grab for subscriber loyalty looks set to take place over album exclusives. This is great news for Millennials and Gen Z, who can expect a string ...
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6 Seismic Societal Shifts Changing The Music Industry
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In this piece, Dmitri Vietze examines six different societal shifts that have been stewing beneath the music industry, which are beginning to bubble up in different and sometimes unexpected ways, bringing destruction but also the potential for new opportunities. Guest post by Dmitri Vietze of RockPaperScissors Tech-fueled earthquakes have shaken the music industry and it’s easy to point fingers about who’s at fault, from streaming services to record labels, from user-generated content platforms to hardware manufacturers looking for a loss leader ...
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63% Stream Music But Just 10% Are Willing To Pay For it [CHART]
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63% globally are streaming music monthly, but only 1 in 10 say they are paying. Can the music industry survive on revenue from just 10% of music's fans? 63% globally are listening to music streaming at least once per month, but only 1 in 10 of those digital consumers say they are paying for the privilege, according to a new study. Users in North America and North America are most likely pay to listen. But, even in those regions, the ...
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Facebook Tweaked It's Feed Formula Again, And It's Not Good News For Musicians, Music Marketers
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Facebook is constantly tweaking the formula that it uses to chose which posts appear where in a users News Feed. Lately, they've been more transparent about those changes, and that means that marketers get the news- bad and good- of these shifts before they happen. A new round of changes appear to be mostly bad news for musicians and music marketers. Facebook is, yet again, changing how it ranks the content that appears in users news feeds. Upgraded are personal ...
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Music-Based Social Networks Are Doomed: Here's Why [Cortney Harding]
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In this piece, Cortney Harding looks at the struggles faced by music-based social networks like Crowdmix and Myspace, and why problems with scalability so often doom these networks to failure. By Cortney Harding A few months ago, when “The Music Startup Meltdown” first ran, I singled out Crowdmix and its multi-million dollar raise as a sign that things might not be so bad after all. Well, we’re none of us perfect, are we? In the short period since March, Crowdmix appears ...
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The Musicians’ View
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KCJazzLark By Larry Kopitnik
In assembling the latest Jam – celebrating 30 years of the magazine with the question, what is the future of jazz in Kansas City – capturing the views of musicians was critical. I chose to include one who has been part of the KC scene for over a quarter century and one who is relatively new. The June/July Jam can be picked up (free!) all over town or can be downloaded as a PDF here. Or you can read the ...
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