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Will Robots Disrupt Live Music? How Artificial Intelligence, Algorithms Could Boost Ticket Sales
Artificial intelligence may be set to disrupt the world of live music. Using data driven algorithms, AI would be able to calculate when and where artists should play, as well as streamline the currently deeply flawed means through which fans discover concerts happening in their area. Guest Post by Cortney Harding on Medium A few weeks ago, ...
Streaming Will Never Be The Savior Of The Music Economy
While many are predicting that streaming will be the future of the music economy, the fact that services like Spotify and Apple Music typically only engage users at a base level and usually fail to effectively monetize them bodes poorly for streaming, suggesting it's not a business model to be relied on. By Bas Grasmayer, from the ...
Artificial Intelligence And The Music Industry: Will Robots Replace Musicians?
With companies like Jukedeck allowing users with little to no musical knowledge to construct songs using an algorithm, some questions are being raised over how artists, particularly those without much personality, will fare should such automated songs become the norm. By Cortney Harding of Hypebot's Music Biz Podcast and author of How We Listen Now: Essays and Conversations ...
My New Year’s Resolution: No More Fans
Artist and performer Shannon Curtis explains her distaste for the term “fan" and how house concerts put musician and listener on equal ground in a way which is beneficial to both. Guest Post by Shannon Curtis. A version of this article first appeared in Pyragraph. Yes, you read the title correctly. I’m an independent singer-songwriter, and my resolution ...
Why All The Blogs Have Gone To Shit [Op-Ed]
In his recent op-ed, Josh Messer discusses blogs' increasing lack of integrity in the music industry as brought about by "checkbook journalism" and why it negatively impacts all those involved. Guest Post by Josh Messer on PressPlay On Monday night, DJ, producer, and DJ Mag’s new Editor-At-Large Dani Deahl shared this text message, which a musician friend of hers received from a blogger. To clarify ...
Users Of Music, From Tech Giants To Fans, Require Greater Incentive To Fix A Broken Market [Op-Ed]
Even as massive companies like Amazon and Spotify seek to profit off of artists, their failure to properly compensate said artists with the amount they are morally and legally owed is making it increasingly difficult to earn a living as a musician. Guest op-ed by Jeff Price, the co-founder and CEO of Audiam. This first appeared in ...
The New Creative Class: Will They Disrupt Music Production?
The starving artist is quickly becoming a thing of the past. And with new digital tools arriving daily and empower artists, we are seeing a birth of a new creative class: The artist entrepreneur. These producers are ditching their previous gigs for a more lucrative day job; one that balances equal parts business-know-how with artistic talent. Guest Post by Rory Seydel on Landr.com Meet ...
Ornette Coleman, Traditionalist
There will be a funeral service for the saxophonist, composer, bandleader and iconoclast Ornette Coleman in Manhattan at 11 o’clock tomorrow morning, June 27. Coleman died on June 11 at the age of 85. Rifftides noted his passing that day. The service at The Riverside Church, between W. 122 St. and W. 120 St., will be ...
Have Large Music Festivals Peaked?
Music festivals here. Music festivals there. Music festivals everywhere. Are there too many music festivals? Despite some signs to the contrary, legendary music manager and promoter Harvey Goldsmith says we reach the peak and a decline is coming. According to music industry veteran Harvey Goldsmith, music festivals have reached their apogee and the current world of ...
Zoe Keating’s Experience Shows Us Why YouTube’s Attitude To Creators Must Change
By Mark Mulligan on Music Industry Blog It is easy to think of the internet as a mature medium, especially for those who were born into the internet era. However we are still at the earliest of stages. We are where radio was in the 1930’s and where TV was in the 1950’s: the first signs of the ...
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