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Is Narcissism Ruining the Live Experience?
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Alicia Keys recently joined the likes of Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock, Guns N’ Roses and many more who want you off your phone at their events by turning to Silicon Valley startup Yondr – a company dedicated to creating “phone-free spaces" at concerts, events and other places. They're not alone, as more musicians and entertainers are speaking out at the interference phones are presenting at live shows. What's really going on here? Can it be argued that rampant narcissism at live events ...
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Time To Hit ‘Reset’ On The Streaming Business Model? [Cortney Harding]
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As music streaming services around the world continue to struggle, Cortney Harding looks at the possibility of hitting reset on the whole streaming business model and instead exploring a more direct artist-to-fan experience. By Cortney Harding To say last week wasn’t particularly good for Guvera might be an understatement. The Australian streaming service announced it would seek an $80 million (AUD) IPO, and the response from other Aussie tech bigwigs was swift. That response, unfortunately, came in the form of comments ...
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Court Rules: Remastering Resets Copyright
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The court's recent ruling that remastered recordings of pre-1972 works should be granted a new sound recording copyright will likely have far- reaching implications for the music business, particularly where radio is concerned. Here we look at what some of those implications might be. Guest Post by Harrison Speck, Policy Fellow, on the Future of Music Coalition Careful listeners can instantly recognize Al Green’s “Tired of Being Alone” iconic early 70s soul sound from the timbre of the first horn section hit, ...
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Music: The Ultimate Industry Disruptor [Op-Ed]
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This week's Make Music Day 2016 surpassed all milestones with people in more than 700 cities and across 120 countries re- imagining their cities as stages, using music to engage, unite and educate. Two industry leaders involved in this global reminder of the power of song reflect on just how essential music is. By Bryan Bradley, SVP and General Manager, Entertainment Division at HARMAN Professional Solutions, and Aaron Friedman, President of Make Music New York and Executive Director, Make Music Alliance ...
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Sustainability And The Future Of Music
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In this forward-looking piece, Vickie Nauman outlines the five elements of the music/tech industry which are need to bring about a sustainable future in music where artists are able to create and distribute music to be enjoyed by fans in an ongoing cycle. Guest post by Vickie Nauman, Founder & Owner of CrossBorderWorks, an entertainment/tech consultancy and advisory firm on Rethink Music Over the last 15 years, digital music has journeyed along an unpaved road, wending its way into our new connected world ...
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Led Zeppelin Wins "Stairway To Heaven" Lawsuit
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Led Zeppelin did not plagiarize the opening chords of the iconic hit “Stairway To Heaven," a Los Angeles jury ruled today. It's a case that could have cost $10's of millions in back and future royalties, but may still help reshape modern copyright law. It took a jury in Los Angeles less than a full day of deliberation to decided that Led Zeppelin did not steal the intro to the classic “Stairway to Heaven." The trust for the late songwriter ...
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The Changing Face Of Media [Bas Grasmayer]
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In this piece Bas Grasmayer reflects on how a changing media landscape is working to dramatically alter how we as media consumers absorb and retain information, and what it means to live in the networked age. Guest Post by Bas Grasmayer on Medium We’re living Marshall McLuhan’s reality — the media theorist best known for the phrases ‘the medium is the message’ and ‘global village’. McLuhan has often been called a technological determinist, believing that the tools we create end up reshaping our ...
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SoundCloud Ramps Up Music Discovery, Adds 'Suggest Tracks'
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SoundCloud is now competing directly against Spotify, Apple Music and others. So it's adding features to match them. With 125 million tracks on SoundCloud vs. about 35 million on Spotify and Apple, solving music discovery is a big issue. Today SoundCloud began rolling out a newest discovery feature, Suggested Tracks, across all platforms. It uses listening activity to automatically find new tracks and artists – ones that the user has never heard before, but are similar to songs they are ...
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