BREAK IN CASE OF EMERGENCY: Creating a new roadmap for indie artists & labels
This year, an important event in Portugal will cover urgent issues in the music industry, with professionals leading the way to innovation and improvement. Here’s everything you need to know. Continue reading
Your Morning Coffee Podcast: A vinyl vs. turntable paradox, inside Spotify Q1 and (of course) music AI
Episode 142 of the Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart podcast Your Morning Coffee: Weekly News for the New Music Business is available now. Episode 142 Listen on your favorite podcast. Continue reading
TOP POSTS – Last week’s most-read posts: Spotify algorithms, new social platforms, Will Page, and more
Catch up on what everybody’s been discussing with last week’s most-read posts. We’ve got topics ranging from AI cover songs to 5 tracks everyone is listening to and more… The Cold. Continue reading
REWIND: New Music Industry’s Last Week in Review
A busy week by any definition, the music industry was no exception, with Drill Music making a move, AI advancing in astounding ways, and much more… Indie music publishing grabs. Continue reading
Last week in Music Industry Commentary: Chris Castle, Emmanuel Legrand & More
Commentators in the thick of the industry last week shared their opinions and thoughts on surprising music publishing stats, Spotify’s Will Page, and more… Chris Castle on Will Page: ‘studied. Continue reading
Chris Castle on Will Page: ‘studied condescension, concentrated venom’
Chris Castle dissects a recent presentation by former Spotify’s Chief Economist Will Page on streaming royalties and clearly doesn’t like what he finds. Op-ed by CHRIS CASTLE from Music Tech. Continue reading
These stats prove Spotify needs Boomers after all
Even though Spotify’s main demographic includes those under 35, these stats show that the older generations may be exactly what the platform needs for growth. by Bobby Owsinski of Music. Continue reading
All-important percentage of Spotify paid vs. free users keeps falling
Spotify added 26 million users in the first three months of 2023, hitting a record 515 million active monthly users. Paid subscribers grew by 5 million to 210 million. Both. Continue reading
50% of Vinyl buyers DON’T own a record player: Music as a Souvenir
As the massive multi-year vinyl resurgence continues, it would be fair to assume that most of those hundreds of thousands of record buyers owned something to play their purchases on.. Continue reading
Alliance distributed 800,000 vinyl records for Record Store Day sales
Alliance Entertainment shipped 800,000 vinyl units to independent record stores for last weekend’s Record Store Day. Related retail sales were expected to surpass $32 million. While Alliance is the largest. Continue reading
