Music Business

Ditto Music Adds 7th Global Office In Sweden

Ditto Music is opening their seventh worldwide office in Stockholm Sweden. Ditto serves as the digital distribution and label services arm of 100,000 artists globally.

Bruce Houghton on 11/01/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Alfred Nobel, Bob Dylan, Digital distribution, iTunes, Jean-Paul Sartre, Nobel Prize in Literature, Sam Smith, Sara Danius, Stockholm, Swedish Academy

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Apple To Lower The Price Of Apple Music, Claims Dubious Report

Apple is planning to lower the price of Apple Music, a source has reportedly told Digital Music News. The story doesn't add up, given what is known about Apple's deals. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/01/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Amazon Music, Apple Inc., Apple Music, Comparison of on-demand streaming music services, Google Play, IPhone, IPod, iTunes, Soundcloud, Spotify

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Spotify App Control Of Sonos Launches In Public Beta

One of the most requested additions of Sonos users – the ability to control Sonos wireless speakers directly from the Spotify app using the music streamer's Connect feature - is. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/01/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Alexa Internet, Amazon Echo, Amazon Music, Deezer, Internet of things, IOS, IPhone, Sonos, Spotify, TuneIn

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Jay Coyle Launches Crowdfunding For Musicians Course with Soundfly [DISCOUNT CODES]

Music marketing expert Jay Coyle has successfully steered over three dozen direct-to-fan and crowdfunding campaigns over the past three years. Now he's partnered with Soundfly to create an online course. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/01/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Android (operating system), ArtistShare, Berklee College of Music, Crowd funding, crowdfunding, Equity crowdfunding, Investor, kickstarter, PledgeMusic, United Kingdom

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For-Wards: Brings Music And Place Together

Here the Artistic Director of for-wards, Bobbie-Jane Gardner, discusses how the organization is working to bring together music and place in an innovative and unique way, and how it's working. Continue reading

Guest Post on 11/01/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: A Tribe Called Quest, Airbnb, Alex Shapiro, American Nomad, American Society of Composers, Apple Music, Artist, Authors and Publishers, Bob Dylan, Sufjan Stevens, Universal Music Group

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Warner Music, Avenged Sevenfold Test The Sacred 7 Year Rule

After the band bolted from Warner Music to drop their latest album with Capital Records, the former company is suing Avenged Sevenfold on the grounds that they violated their contract and. Continue reading

Guest Post on 11/01/2016 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: AOL, Independent record label, Internet radio, record label, Sony Music Entertainment, Spotify, Streaming media, Subscription business model, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group

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Warner Music Centralizes U.S. Financial Operations In Nashville

Warner Music is moving virtually all of its U.S. financial operations to Nashville. It's a move that underscores both the livability and lower cost of doing business in the Music. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 11/01/2016 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: 2015 National League Division Series, Academy of Country Music, Arena rock, AT&T, Chief financial officer, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Police Department, record label, Thursday Night Football, Warner Music Group

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Is It Time To Make Music Profitable Again?

With the perceived devaluation of music, many in the industry are racking their brains as to how the music business can be "saved," or at least made to be profitable. Continue reading

admin on 11/01/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: Artist, Atlanta, Balance sheet, Berklee College of Music, Big data, Bitcoin, Bond market, Book of Joshua, Business Insider, music industry

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TUE. BRIEF: YouTube Finally Adds Germany • Prince’s Baby Is Still Dancing • Bandnamevault Controversy • More

TUESDAY 11.1.16 Music Business News From Around The Web Wish I had something interesting to say this morning, but… it must be my Halloween sugar hangover. Updated continuously under our More News tab

Bruce Houghton on 11/01/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Borg (Star Trek), Costume Contest, Do it yourself, Email spam, Hal Leonard Corporation, Halloween, Los Angeles, New York City, newsletter, Plan of Attack

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The Time Has Come For Facebook To Accept Songwriters’ Friend Request [David Israelite]

As Facebook has grown and developed, on the video side of things in particular, the time has come for the popular social networking platform to become properly licenesed, lest it risk. Continue reading

Guest Post on 10/31/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Adele, Autonomous sensory meridian response, Charlie the Unicorn, Digital video recorder, Facebook, music video, Spotify, Streaming media, Vevo, YouTube

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Non-Discretionary Pricing: Why Spotify Costs 63% More In UK Than US [Mark Mulligan]

The price of streaming music subscriptions is a contentious ongoing debate within the industry. Is $10 per month too much or too little. Would twice as many people pay if. Continue reading

Guest Post on 10/31/2016 in Indie Music | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: 2016, Apple Inc., Average revenue per user, Brexit, European Single Market, European Union, iTunes, Spotify, Theresa May, United Kingdom, United Kingdom European Union membership referendum

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