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Music Biz 2017: Mood Swings, Merch, Hi Res Streaming & More
The mood at Music Biz 2017 in Nashville this week was almost ebullient. After a multi-year downturn, things are finally looking up, really up. And the diverse attendees—ranging from labels large and small to artists and managers to streamers and tech, all sense that a new and perhaps bigger music business is emerging. Here are two of ...
The MP3 Is Dead, Long Live The MP3
Although the ability to 'kill' anything on the internet is questionable best, the alleged demise of Pepe The Frog was accompanied by the apparent death of the MP3, after the research company which holds the patent for MP3 coders and decoders terminated their licensing program for said patents. Guest post by Leigh Beadon of Techdirt Last ...
Universal Music Ties With Tencent In Major Expansion Into China
Universal Music Group and Tencent Music Entertainment Group have entered into a partnership that will significantly expand the international music market in China. Under the terms of a new deal, China's Tencent Music Entertainment (TME) will distribute music from UMG's vast global catalog on its popular streaming platforms QQ Music, KuGou and Kuwo. TME also becomes the ...
Pandora May Sell Ticketfly To Refocus On Streaming
Pandora is exploring the sale of ticket seller Ticketfly. Purchased for $335 million in 2015, Ticketfly combined with Pandora was touted as a game changer. But given Ticketmaster's dominant position, the pairing has proven to be more good PR than great business. During a self-imposed 30 day period when everything is on the table, Pandora is ...
Could Part Of Universal Music Be Up For Sale?
In a first-time valuation, Universal's parent company Vivendi recently dropped word that it's subsidiary had a price tag of $22 billion suggesting Vivendi either wants to sell part of it, or move the company public in an attempted cash grab. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 Universal Music’s parent company Vivendi recently put a ...
Joe Harriott; Free Form
Yesterday I posted about Jamaican tenor saxophonist Wilton Gaynair. Today, I want to hip you to Jamaican alto saxophonist Joe Harriott. Like Gaynair, Harriott was educated at the Alpha Boys School in Kingston. And like Gaynair, Harriott moved to Europe, but instead of relocating to Germany, he settled in the U.K. in 1951 and became a ...
King Crimson Guitar Legend Trey Gunn's 7d Media Label To Merge With DiN Records
Trey Gunn (King Crimson, KTU, Security Project, solo artist) started 7d Media 15 years ago. The label began mainly as a vehicle for his own releases/projects and those of his closest colleagues (Tony Levin, Pat Mastelotto etc…) The label has steadily grown and now encompasses a variety of releases connecting both progressive rock (Stick Men, Markus ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, May 12-18
It looks like a great spring week coming our way with national headliners and local talents—talents that could be national headliners. Big Gigs This Week Friday, May 12. One of the most lauded composers and bandleaders of his generation, saxophonist Steve Coleman brings his rarely performed project, Natal Eclipse, to the McGuire Theater at the Walker. ...
Living his jazz mentors’ advice
Bassist and educator Brandon Robertson practices what he teaches. Robertson earned undergraduate and master’s degrees in music performance at Florida State University in Tallahassee, where his mentors had sage advice. “They’ve all told me to go out and make my own name for myself. Make my own success,” Robertson says. “I just want to be positive, ...
Spotify, Blockchain And Music's Future [Thomas Euler]
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In this piece Thomas Euler defends his optimistic projections (sparked by Spotify's purchase of Mediachain labs) of how blockchain technology could be beneficial to the music industry, while acknowledging that there are plenty of concerns and complications involved as well. Guest post by Thomas Euler on Attention Econo.me Life is funny, at least sometimes. I recently wrote ...
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