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Streaming Playlist Innovation: What's Next?
How streaming playlists have changed music creation and consumption is the subject of serious debate. Here, MIDiA's Keith Jopling takes his own deep dive into the subject, along with a call for playlist innovation and hat tips to apps like Soundsgood, Stationhead and Lost. By MIDiA Research’s Keith Jopling from the Music Industry blog In this ...
2 Additional Rules For Success For Blockchain Music Entrepreneurs [George Howard]
After a previous article outlining an initial two key points of failure awaiting unsuspecting Blockchain music entrepreneurs, this articles details the risks of the second pair, helping artists to successfully navigate a revolutionary technology that, despite its pitfalls, has huge potential to benefit artists. Guest post by George Howard. This article originally appeared on Forbes My last ...
Blues Foundation Names 2019 Blues Hall of Fame Inductees
The Blues Foundation has today (March 1) announced the 2019 inductees to the Blues Hall of Fame. Among this year’s honorees are Pee Wee Crayton, Moe Asch, Booker T. & the MG, Aretha Franklin, Count Basie, Ida Cox, Muddy Waters, Ray Charles, B.B. King, Bessie Smith and Elmore James. The 13 honorees represent all five of ...
The Reality Of Music Journalism And How To Get Covered
Getting good press in the music business hasn't gotten easier in recent years. Competition is stiff and engaging the interest of press can be even harder than capturing the attention of fans. Here we look at music journalism and how to cultivate a relationship with industry gatekeepers. Guest post by James Shotwell of Haulix Getting press ...
How Smart Speakers Increase The Artist and Fan Divide
"Alexa (Siri, Google) play..." With tens of millions of song requests being processed daily, what fills that blank matters. “Play That Funky Music" will net you the Wild Cherry hit. Hear that song once and you know the title. But while “Counting Blue Cars" may have been a big hit for Dishwalla and notched 8.8 million ...
How Do Indie Music Blogs, Radio Survive? The Harsh Reality
Over the past few years I’ve watched many indie music blogs and independent radio come and go like the wind. We often hear about supporting the artists, which is exactly what these independent platforms do. The people behind the indie platforms sacrifice their health, families, lifestyle and quite often go into debt struggling to pay for ...
Playing To Strangers: Why Marketing To People Who Haven't Heard You Is The Most Profitable
In this piece Amber Horsburgh breaks down some interesting streaming statistics suggesting that, contrary to many conventional marketing theories, marketing to listeners who have never heard your music can be a more profitable approach than trying to cultivate a rapid central fanbase. Guest post by Amber Horsburgh. Amber writes about music strategy via her fortnightly newsletter, Deep Cuts, Subscribe ...
Owning Music Is Important - Vinyl Can Help
With the rise of the digital age, music has ceased to become something we own as much as something we rent. One format, once thought of as obsolete, is shifting this new balance, however. Here we look at why ownership of music is still important, and how vinyl is making it relevant again. Guest post by ...
This May Not End Well... Top UMG Top Suitors Are A Streaming Service and A Private Equity Firm
If history is any guide, this may not end well... The two top suitors eyeing a $20- $25 billion bid for a 50% stake in Universal Music Group are US investment firm KKR and China’s Tencent Music Entertainment Group. The news comes as UMG parent Vivendi interviews firms to handle the sale. “Sell-side banks are expected ...
