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TIDAL Adds Detailed Album, Track Credits
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TIDAL has become the first streaming music service to give creators something they've been clamouring for- credit where credit is due. TIDAL subscribers now have access to extensive artist credits for many tracks and albums that are reminiscent of liner notes. TIDAL has added access to extensive artist credits for tracks and albums, reminiscent of album liner notes. The data includes in- depth descriptions and credits for composers, lyricists, engineers, musicians, vocalists, instrumentalists, mastering, production, mixing, album cover photographer and more. ...
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NYC Finally Repeals 100 Year Old Law Prohibiting Dancing In Bars
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New York City has repealed a century-old restriction barring dancing in bars if they do not have a cabaret license. According to the New York Times, the City Council on Tuesday voted 41-1 to repeal the Cabaret Law and the bill is expected to be signed by Mayor Bill de Blasio, who has indicated his support for the proposal. After DeBlasio signs, the repeal will go into effect within 30 days. “The mayor strongly supports repealing the law,” a spokesman ...
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Pandora Total Listener Hours Fall 7% As Subscriptions, Revenue Grow
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Pandora reported improved revenue and paid subscriber growth for Q3 2017, but total listeners hours fell 7% over the same quarter last year. Paid subscriptions grew 29% year-over-year to 5.19 million, including 1 million subscribers to Pandora's Premium on-demand streaming service, which launched in May of this year. Some highlights: Key User Base Metrics: Total monthly active users = 73.7M Pandora Premium paid subscribers cross the 1 million milestone in October 2017 Total paid subscribers (across Pandora Plus & Premium) ...
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Southwest Airlines Hopes To Become A Music Tastemaker
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A company with a history of trying to inject fun into travel, Southwest airlines has recently been attempting to build on its brand through the power of music. This has taken the form of pop-up concerts which, while certainly fun in theory, have not been met with universal appreciation Guest post by David Deal of Superhypeblog Southwest Airlines is known for trying to inject fun into air travel, such as employees at an airport gate creating a spontaneous karaoke moment or a ...
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Meta-Metadata: Turning Three Text Fields Into Millions of Dollars
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As the number of data records music companies continues to grow, the value of efficiency has continued to increase, particularly given that each record contains only a few points of data. To a keen observer, there are deep, financially beneficial possibilities in this track-related information. Guest post by Jesse Buddington, Director of Licensing Operations at Loudr Leaping from a few hundred thousand to trillions of lines in a few short years, the number of data records music companies must process has grown exponentially. ...
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How Do Advances In Technology Change The "Live Experience"
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With advances in the development of technology, what it means to see something “live" has changed. With the stage being brought into people's homes YouTube and Facebook Live, concerts have become something anyone with smartphone can participate in. Guest post by Sabrina Bucknole on the TuneCore Blog [Editors Note: This blog was written by Sabrina Bucknole. Sabrina has been singing in musical theater for over eight years, and wrote this as a deep dive into how the meaning of “live” performance has changed over ...
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FCC Planning Thanksgiving Reveal Of Net Neutrality Kill Plan
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Gobble gobble! It seems turkey isn't the only thing on the chopping block this season, with recent info suggesting the FCC is aiming to announce its plan to gut net neutrality the day before Thanksgiving, although whether or not this holiday reveal will help soften the consumer blowback remains to be seen. Guest post by Karl Bode from Techdirt Consumer groups believe that the FCC is planning to formally unveil its unpopular plan to gut net neutrality the day before Thanksgiving, apparently in ...
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Amazon Is Now 3rd Largest Subscription Music Service In The World [Mark Mulligan, MIDiA]
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Amazon is now the 3rd largest paid music subscription service in the world, according to a new MIDiA analysis. Their just published report looks at Amazon’s streaming music strategy and how this fits within the wider competitive landscape. Some highlights from MIDiA analyst Mark Mulligan: Back in the days when online music meant online CD sales, Amazon was the king. Then, along came Apple with iTunes music store and Amazon saw the throne snatched from its hands. No sooner had ...
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