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Music: The Ultimate Industry Disruptor [Op-Ed]
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 ...
Court Rules: Remastering Resets Copyright
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 ...
SoundCloud Ramps Up Music Discovery, Adds 'Suggest Tracks'
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 ...
The Changing Face Of Media [Bas Grasmayer]
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 ...
Livestreaming for Direct-to-Fan, Beyond Periscope and Facebook Live
It can be difficult to keep pace with the internet... new platforms and features enter our daily lives so quickly that it can be easy to forget that we ever lived without them. Soon, the days before you could “go live” on Facebook, for example, may seem as distant a memory as the days before you ...
The 3 Sources Of Publishing Royalties
Here we look at the three different sources of publishing royalties (mechanical, performance, and synch) how they're calculated, and how a changing music business has affected how such royalties are earned. Guest Post by Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 Regardless of the era, the songwriter and publisher have made money, and continue to make money in ...
Join The Discussion: How A UK Exit From European Union Would Affect The Music Industry
Recent polls show that this Thursday's referendum on the UK exiting the EU could go either way. We've been getting reaction to this post on how a Brexit could affect the music industry. Ticketbis looked at the impacts, from touring artists to fans travelling to gigs. READ AND COMMENT: The major aspects of the music and events industries which ...
Why Did Twitter Invest In SoundCloud?
After previously walking away from a SoundCloud acquisition deal at the last minute, Twitter recently invested 70 million in the company, and although such an investment is likely good for SoundCloud, it's a little harder to tell how the exchange benefits Twitter. Guest Post by Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 Twitter has made an investment in SoundCloud for ...
The Actual Value Of The Indie Music Sector [INFOGRAPHIC]
General wisdom suggests that indie labels account for about 20% of global revenue, but a recent study has revealed that their share is in fact much greater than previously suspected, something which has broader implications with regard to the independent sector's ability to compete globally. Guest Post by Mark Mulligan on his Music Industry Blog Over the course ...
Alabama Shakes, Kamasi Washington Biggest Winners At A2IM's Indie Music Libera Awards
Alabama Shakes (ATO Records) and Kamasi Washington (Brainfeeder) each won multiple awards at last night's indie music A2IM Libera Awards in New York City. Alabama Shakes won three times and jazz saxophonist Washington was the night’s big newcomer winning two awards. Ted Leo hosted. 2016 Libera Award Winners: Best Live Act Alabama Shakes (ATO ...


