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A Look At Music’s Future Inspired By A Cheap Vietnamese Restaurant In Berlin [Bas Grameyer]

Here Bas Grasmayer explains how his recent experience in listening to a Vietnamese singer covering Western pop songs reshaped the way he thinks of music's future, and how we could. Continue reading

Guest Post on 05/03/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: 500 Startups, Airbnb, Alexander's Ragtime Band, American Hotel and Lodging Association, Apple Music, Compact disc, Facebook, Record Store Day, Spotify, The New York Times

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WED. BRIEF: Apple Earnings Report • More Fyre Fest Fallout • YouTube Redesign • More

WEDNESDAY 5.3.17 Music Business News From Around The Web Apple is back to profitable, but no longer bulletproof. It's worth watching how that affects Apple's investments in music. Then again,. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 05/03/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Alarm clock, Amazoncom, American Civil Liberties Union, Angela Ahrendts, App Store (iOS), Apple Inc., Apple Jacks, Apple Music, Apple Watch, Bashar al-Assad, Chemical warfare, Democratic Party (United States), Donald Trump, Earth Day, Inc., Markets Now, Nike, President of Syria, Russia, Syria, Vladimir Putin

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Run Your DIY Music Career Like A Tech Start-up

George Paolini and Sherry-Lynn Lee of indie duo 23rd Hour have a unique perspective that straddles music and tech – two different worlds that have a lot to teach each other. In. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 05/02/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, 23andMe, Airbus, Beavis and Butt-Head, Business Insider, Cloud computing, Google, HBO, Hooli, IPhone, Mike Judge, Pied Piper of Hamelin, Silicon Valley, Twitter, WebEx

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Mac DeMarco Encourages Concert Goers To Pirate His Music

Following in the footsteps of other low-key pro-piracy artists like Ed Sheeran, Mac DeMarco made a somewhat surprising on-stage announcement at his recent Coachella performance encouraging fans to download his. Continue reading

Guest Post on 05/02/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Another One (album), British pop music, Ed Sheeran, Galway Girl, Glasgow, Level 42, Mac DeMarco, Shape of You (Reshaped), United Kingdom, Watercooler

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TUE BRIEF: Feds Fund Arts, PBS • Twitter, Live Nation To Stream Concerts • Indies Talk Music Tech • More

TUESDAY 5.2.17 Music Business News From Around The Web Twitter's live streaming are an extension of it's "now" brand, but is this how we want to watch concerts? Updated under. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 05/02/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: 4K resolution, Affiliate marketing, Amazon Fire TV, Amazon Web Services, App Store (iOS), NASA, Streaming media, Subscription business model, Twitter, YouTube

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Why Spotify Wants Blockchain & How All The Music Industry’s Blockchain Dreams Can Come True

[UPDATED] During the course of its recent acquisition spree, Spotify bought Blockchain company Mediachain Labs, hoping that the company would be able to solve some of its wayward copyright issues.. Continue reading

Guest Post on 05/01/2017 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (9)

Tags: Apple Music, Blockchain (database), Business Insider, Credit Suisse, Getty Images, Initial public offering, iTunes, record label, Spotify, Streaming media

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5 Things Congress Can Do To Curb Mass Filings Of “Address Unknown” NOIs

Owing to a loophole in the Copyright Act, streaming services like Pandora, Spotify, and Google are able to avoid paying royalties to songwriters and publisher by filing "address unknown" notices. Continue reading

Guest Post on 05/01/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

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AM BRIEF: Frye Fest Debacle Updates • $5M Primary Wave, Rough Trade Partnership • Grainge Honored • More

Monday 5.1.17 Music Business News From Around The Web Making fun of Frye Fest's elite concert goers shouldn't detract from the idiocy of the promoters. Updated continuously under our More News tab

Bruce Houghton on 05/01/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: 2016 Summer Olympics, Advertising, Agence France-Presse, Alaska Dispatch News, American Civil War, Associated Press, Belmont Park, Mourning Becomes Electra, New York City, United Kingdom

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This Week In Music Commentary

Important industry commentary from those in the music business this week: how an esoteric copyright law could be key to widespread adoption of blockchain tech, why it is that we. Continue reading

admin on 04/30/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: ACORD, AllianceBernstein, Artist, Banco Santander, Blockchain (database), Business Insider, copyright, Credit Suisse, IBM, UBS

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REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review

In this look back over a busy seven days in music industry news we revisit Apple Music's relaunch, Instagram's dash past 700 million users, IFPI numbers reveal the music business. Continue reading

admin on 04/29/2017 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Apple Music, Compact disc, F8 conference, Facebook, Facebook Messenger, music industry, Spotify, Streaming media, YouTube

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