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Fans Don’t Access Live Music Experiences, They Own Them
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Touring has now shifted to become the primary source of income for many artists, with preferring to amass live experiences over recordings. These new consumption habits raise the question of whether these types of experiences could be documented and commodified to the benefit of both fan and artist. Guest post by Jeffrey Warshauer, the founder of Live Music Loyalty based in Asbury Park, NJ. Historically, artists released a record and toured to promote their album, gaining income from both. Now, ...
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Are Tech Companies The New Record Labels?
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[PIAS] co-founder Michel Lambot looks at how the economic structure of media consumption has shifted over time to one of renting vs. owning; and how tech companies bypassing record labels to make direct deals with artists is the next logical step in this progression. Guest post by Michel Lambot. This article originally appeared on the [PIAS] blog The following blog is written by [PIAS] co-founder Michel Lambot (pictured, main). His comments come after Spotify was reported to be offering artists and ...
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Steve Lacy and Whitey Mitchell
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Mention the soprano saxophone, and most people think first of Sidney Bechet, Lucky Thompson, Pony Poindexter, John Coltrane and Dave Liebman. But in the 1950s and beyond, the artist who did more to demonstrate the instrument's versatility across multiple jazz styles was Steve Lacy. He began in the early 1950s as a New Orleans-style player, using the instrument as a clarinet. Then he shifted to progressive jazz in the mid-1950s before becoming an early pioneer of avant-garde jazz with Cecil ...
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Do Playlists Kill Album Sales Or Multiply Them?
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Michael Foster weighs in on how streaming and playlist culture is effecting album sales for niche genres including ambient, electronic, new age and electronica; and whether they could spell out the end of conventional albums or actually multiply sales. Guest post by Michael Foster of Ambient Visions I read an article about how playlists were going to be the downfall of albums and even though I just wrote about playlists in my last blog post I wanted to share my ...
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Pandora, Snapchat Partner For Song Sharing, Snap Kit Developer Launch
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Pandora has teamed with Snapchat as the music streaming launch partner for Snap Kit, Snap’s new platform for developers. Pandora users will soon be able to share songs using 'song cards' that include album art on top of an animated background. Song receivers can up swipe up to listen directly on Pandora after watching a 15 second ad. The integration expands Pandora’s social sharing to Snapchat's young user-base and in increases music discovery on both platforms. “This will be a ...
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Dixieland Goes Progressive
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JazzWax by Marc Myers
Ever sit down to a meal and find yourself loving food you never liked before? Your change of heart often is the result of an ingredient or a special preparation that makes the dish downright delicious. It could be fish with an amazing mustard sauce or broccoli with caraway and toasted almonds. I'm that way with Dixieland. Never cared much for it, probably because it has always sounded to me like New Orleans jazz scrubbed of its soul. But in ...
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What Does AT&T, Time Warner Deal Mean For Music? A Lot.
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A Federal Judge yesterday ruled that AT&T could complete its $85 billion takeover of Time Warner, including HBO, CNN, DC Entertainment and all of its popular media properties. With no major music companies in either company's portfolio, the impact of the mega-deal on the music industry would seem to be minimal. Think again. According to a chorus of Wall Street analysts, the takeover of Time Warner by AT&T will lead to higher values for all content companies, as well as ...
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Spotify Eyes Strategy Shift Music Industry Won't Like
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A recent report hints that Spotify may soon be pursuing a strategy which could potentially anger partners which it needs to stay in the business, with the streaming giant considering offering certain indie artists advances and direct licensing deals. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski from Forbes A new report suggests that Spotify is embarking on a new strategy that may ultimately alienate the very partners it needs to stay in business. A recent Billboard article outlined Spotify's currently unannounced program of offering advances ...
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