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Is Apple Music Better Than Spotify Or Tidal? The User Experience Is Put To A Test

July 15, 2015

This article offers a step-by-step breakdown of Apple Music's functionality, looking at its design, ease of use, and how the streaming service compares to its competitors like Spotify and Tidal. Guest Post by Jenny Cang on TryMyUI.com For music lovers around the world, Spotify has become the go-to for streaming and sharing music over the past few ...

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Is Smooth Jazz Dead Or Is It Just Bad Data?

July 15, 2015

Just a few years ago, smooth jazz was hugely popular on radio stations throughout the nation. Recently the genre has been in decline, but is that genuinely a result of fewer listeners, or simply bad data? Guest Post by Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 For a while there in 1990s and early 2000s “smooth jazz" was front ...

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I Second That Emotion: The Emotive Power Of Music In Advertising [INFOGRAPHIC]

July 14, 2015

A new study out from Nielsen reveals that the use of music in advertisements has been shown to increase their effectiveness at tapping into the emotions of potential customers. Guest Post from Nielsen.com Music is powerful. It can make us smile or cry, bring memories rushing back, and even inspire us to buy a product when ...

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Is The Music Industry Sleepwalking Into Disaster?

July 14, 2015

While the popularity of streaming has been steadily increasing, revenue from downloads has been declining, and as more companies like Apple and Spotify focus on a playlist model of distribution, traditional albums, and the music industry as a whole, could be in trouble. Guest Post by, Founder - Motive Unknown The recorded music business is entering ...

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BuzzAngle Music Takes On Billboard, Nielsen With Dynamic Daily Charts

July 14, 2015

What constitutes a hit used to be just about weekly airplay and sales; and for decades Nielsen/Billboard produced the only charts that mattered. Now, upstart BuzzAngle Music is challenging both Billboard's chart supremacy and the frequency at which it measures data. BuzzAngle Music is aiming straight for the weekly Nielsen/Billboard with music charts that uses a proprietary architecture that ...

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How Much Money Is Music Streaming Actually Worth? [INFOGRAPHIC]

July 14, 2015

The ways in which music streaming services generate revenue and how that revenue is divided has been a topic of both controversy and confusion. This article helps break down how much money is made from streaming services like Spotify and Pandora, and how it is divided. Guest Post by Bobby Owsinski on Music 3.0 There's a ...

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2015: The Year Of The Fan Club

July 9, 2015

While there are many different forms of social media in place designed to help artists connect with fans and drive revenue, creating an exclusive web-based fan club without involving a third party can be a more effective and direct way to strengthen the bond between artist and fan. Guest Post by John Lilly on JLilly.com One ...

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Jazz this week: Andre Delano, Denise Thimes, Cornet Chop Suey, and more

July 10, 2015

This week's lineup of jazz and creative music shows in and around St. Louis includes a well-known expat back home for a couple of “summer vacation" shows, showcase performances for one of the city's reigning vocals divas and one its top traditional jazz bands, and more. Let's go to the highlights... Thursday, July 9 Saxophonist and ...

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How Many New Listeners Does Streaming Deliver For Each Lost Music Buyer? [Mark Mulligan]

July 8, 2015

As we wait to see what effect Apple Music will have on streaming adoption, download revenue and its competitors, one of the music industry's top analysts, Mark Mulligan, looks at listener-to-buyer ratios - how many new listeners you get for each ‘lost’ buyer. By Mark Mulligan on his Music Industry Blog The next 6 to 12 ...

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SESAC Acquires The Harry Fox Agency

July 8, 2015

Streaming is not just causing a seismic shift in recorded music revenue, its disrupting music publishing and performing rights, as well. Mechanical licenses handled by Harry Fox were once a lucrative business, but as tracks sales decline and streaming rises, performing rights have become an increasingly valuable business. Privately owned performing rights agency SESAC has purchased ...