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The Brexit's Impact On The Global Music Economy
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The surprise Brexit vote is guaranteed to have far-reaching economic effects in a variety of areas, and the music industry is by no means immune. Here we examine some of the ways those operating in the music business can expect to feel the Brexit's impact. Guest Post by Dre Dimura on Soundfly's Flypaper With the aftershocks of the United Kingdom’s vote to exit the European Union still being felt around the world, it is unclear how Britain’s historic “Leave” vote ...
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Can Tokens Usher In A New Era of Price Flexibility for Artists?
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Could bitcoin and tokens be way for artists to better control the sales of their work? In this piece, Adam Levine, Founder & CEO at Tokenly, explains that embracing new technology can help artists forge deeper connections with fans and make money based on what they think their work is worth. By Adam Levine, Founder & CEO of Tokenly Throughout the history of recorded music, the cost purchasing songs has remained remarkably inflexible. The cost of vinyl records, cassettes, and CDs ...
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YouTube Past And Present: 10 Things We Learned At VidCon
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At this year's VidCon, a rapidly growing annual conference for the online video community, we learned about the state of YouTube, and where we can expect the video sharing site and its content to go in the future. Guest Post by Chris Robley on CD Baby's DIY Musician Blog VidCon, the annual conference for lovers of online video, was already a huge deal (last year’s attendance was 16k), but it seems to be growing in size and impact every year. The 2016 ...
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Twice As Many People Listen To Music On Amazon Prime Than On Apple Music, Spotify Premium Combined
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Amazon has always been an underappreciated player. First it became the only alternative to the iTunes download store. More recently, its quietly become a powerful player in streaming. But few would have predicted the dominate position revealed by a new survey. 16% of respondents listened to music on Amazon Prime Music in May 2016, according to a new Cowan survey. That puts Prime Music, which comes as part of Amazon's Prime package, as the second most used paid music service, behind ...
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Crowdfunding Pioneer, ArtistShare, Launches New Website For Creative Community
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Brian Camelio
ArtistShare, the Internet’s premier “crowd-funding” platform, provides artists with the opportunity to have fans directly fund and support creative efforts in exchange for exclusive access to the creative process. After 29 Grammy nominations and 10 Grammy wins, ArtistShare is extending their expertise and innovative spirit to the global creative community with FanFunded.com. FanFunded is a new platform open to all types of creators, including but not limited to, art, music, film, technology, theater and much more. FanFunded offers a unique ...
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Is The Great Artist Revolt Imminent?
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Is an artist revolution imminent? As major labels renegotiate with YouTube, the likelihood of a deal which benefits artists being struck seems unlikely, raising the question of what will happen if said negotiations do indeed fail. Guest post by Chris Castle of Music Tech Solutions As I noted in a recent Huffington Post blog, major labels are in the middle of renegotiations with YouTube, Google’s subsidiary and the world’s dominant video search engine. These deals are relatively short term and are ...
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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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