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Songkick To Shutter In November
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Ticketing company Songkick revealed that they plan to cease operations at the end of the month, according to a client letter from the company. Songkick, which allowed artists to sell tickets directly to fans, said in the letter that they plan to continue their lawsuit against Live Nation and their ticketing subsidiary Ticketmaster, but would effectively shutter the company next month, In the lawsuit, Songkick alleges that after they acquired the ticketing company CrowdSurge in 2015, rival Ticketmaster hired one ...
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Warner Music Cuts Deal With Mixcloud
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Mixcloud, a British streaming service that allows listeners to share and consume radio shows, recently announced that it is signing on to a licensing agreement with Warner Music Group, and possibly other music giants including Sony and Universal. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 Mixcloud has announced that it has entered into a licensing agreement with Warner Music Group, and is said to also be pursuing similar deals with both Universal and Sony Music as well. The company is known as a platform for podcasts, DJ sets and ...
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Boston Based Record Co. Focuses On Access Not Profit
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The Boston music scene is a lively, ever-changing one, but whether you're an engineer or a musician it can be a difficult environment to thrive in. Here we look at how Boston-based non-profit The Record Co. is working to make access to studios and professional opportunities an affordable option for all. Guest post by Kevin Cornell of the TuneCore Blog Boston, Massachusetts is home to over 250,000 college students. With institutions like Harvard, M.I.T., Berklee College of Music, Emerson, Boston College ...
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New Report Says Spotify Used “Pirated” MP3 Files To Launch Service and Why It Matters [DAVID LOWERY]
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There has long been suspicion among some the music industry that piracy lies deep in the roots of Spotify since the streaming platform's inception. This theory which, has been lent new credence by new report, says that Spotify threatened researchers on the cusp of revealing its darker origins. David Lowery explains why it matters. Guest post by David Lowery of The Trichordist Spotify’s counsel Christopher Sprigman recently made the argument in Bluewater Music Services v. Spotify that the service isn’t required to pay ...
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Record Labels Are (Kind Of) Dead. Long Live Label Services!
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As the role and relevance of record labels has changed over time, new opportunities have also emerged in the music business, something which these two ex-major label guys are using to their advantage—and helping out their clients in any way they can along the way. Guest post by Glenn Peoples, Music Insights and Analytics at Pandora from Medium Two ex-major label guys, both music lifers, help their clients any way how. Think Winston Wolf in Pulp Fiction (minus the dead body). Early ...
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Blokur Raises $1.2M Seed Round For Music Blockchain, Machine Learning Startup
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Blokur, led several music industry veterans, has raided a $1.2 million seed round to bring blockchain technology to music and other creative arts. But Blokur faces steep competition, as well as, the age-old problem of getting the music industry on the same page... about anything. Blockchain is seen by some as the solution to many of the music industry's problems and ny others as just the latest buzzword driven tech fad. The truth is actually the former, if- and it's ...
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Tom Petty’s Music Genome And His Legacy-Defining Traits
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Following Tom Petty's passing on Monday, numerous obituaries and remembrances have been released, often similarly describing his music as a 'soundtrack for the road." Here we look at some of the traits most common to Petty's music and which helped to make it so compelling. Guest post by Glenn Peoples, Music Insights and Analytics at Pandora, from Medium In the wake of Tom Petty’s death on Monday, in hundreds of remembrances and obituaries, the rock legend’s songs have been called everything from succinct to great ...
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Live Streaming Sees Further Changes
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Although live streaming was predicted to be the next big industry disruptor, the anticipated major mainstream interest has, as of yet, failed to materialize as expected. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 Live streaming music and video was once hailed as the next big thing online, and perhaps it still will be, but so far major interest hasn’t materialized as predicted. There are a number of companies still in the game, but a shakeout has begun as the ...
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