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Car Noise And Restrictive Radio Programming: The Hidden Link
By Eliot Van Buskirk on Evolver.fm The winter break is over, and with it, for many of us, all of that driving. It can be nice. The car is one of the last places where many of us focus on music, the way hi-fi enthusiasts used to, sat in the middle of their couches for the perfect signal ...
Finding The Holy Grail For The New Music Business
Guest post by music industry veteran David Sherbow who blogs at MyMusicLife. The music business is like our Congress – full of factions who can’t work together and special interests trying to manipulate them for profit at the expense of the people they serve. I have spent forty years of my life working in virtually every aspect ...
American Aquarium Asked Fans What They Thought Of Spotify - Here's What They Said
Guest Post by BJ Barham My name is BJ Barham and I am the singer/songwriter for the Raleigh, NC band, American Aquarium. Recently, Bandsintown named us the hardest working band of 2014 with the most shows out of all other bands on their platform. While most of our energy is focused on touring and live shows, a ...
At 80 The King Lives On: Elvis’s Biggest Influences
By Eliot Van Buskirk on Spotify Insights Blog You might not see Elvis Presley atop the charts these days, but “The King” played an undeniably crucial role in the history of music—and his influence continues, whether you listen to him every day or not. Elvis was arguably the first mainstream radio and television rock star, and he still makes ...
CONTEXT: The Future Of Music Streaming And Personalization?
By Alexandre Passant on APassant.net With CES starting, I though it would be a good time to reflect on the future of music streaming, and what’s needed to own the space. Not only because the conference holds a session on this very topic, but also because advances in Data Science, wearables, and context-aware computing could bring brand-new experiences regarding how we consume ...
6 Predictions For The Music Industry In 2015
Guest Post by Eric Neumann of Mad Genius Radio. It’s been an exciting year in music. Taylor Swift made headlines after pulling her entire catalog from Spotify, Thom Yorke released a surprise solo album through BitTorrent Bundles and Aphex Twin released Syro, his first album in over a decade – talk about disrupting the industry. With the New Year upon us, ...
3 Myths About the Music Industry That Most People Still Believe
By Dave Kusek on Sonicbids Blog In many ways, the music industry is much more accessible to independent artists than it ever was before. You can write a song, record it, distribute it, and promote it online, all by yourself, and be very successful. Despite this, the music industry can still be complicated, especially if you're facing it without the ...
Why Engagement Might Be The Most Important Metric For Artists
By Liv Buli of Next Big Sound. This article originally appeared on Forbes.com. Whenever the topic of social media is raised in any forum of the music industry, a choice discussion is always the practice of purchasing followers or views, allowing artists to game charts, rendering social activity unreliable and therefore less significant. But often overlooked in this dismissal of ...
Traveling With Instruments? The US Department Of Transportation Just Simplified Air Travel For Musicians
U.S. Department of Transportation has issued a final rule implementing section 403 of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, requiring U.S. airlines to accept musical instruments as carry-on or checked baggage on commercial passenger flights, provided that certain conditions are met. The rule states musicians must store smaller instruments in an approved location either ...
