Music Tech

Global Digital Music Market Projections 2015 – 2019

When technology is used to record, store, and encode sound digital music has been created. Beyond it's creation, digital music is what then allows customers to listen or download music. Continue reading

Guest Post on 01/22/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: BMG Rights Management, Business journalism, EMI, Google, Information Age, music industry, Sony, Soundcloud, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group

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TIDAL Brings HD Music Streaming To 5 New EU Countries

TIDAL, WiMP's lossless music streaming service with HD music, videos and curated editorial, today announced its launch in five new European countries: Ireland, Finland, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg.

Bruce Houghton on 01/22/2015 in Music Tech | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Android (operating system), Anno Domini, App Store (iOS), Apple Inc., Christmas, Chromecast, Google, Google Play, IOS, iTunes

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Rdio Partners With Digicel, Adds 24 Countries

Music streaming service Rdio today announced expansion into 24 new countries and territories. As part of its expansion across the Caribbean, Central America and Asia Pacific, Rdio is exclusively partnering. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 01/22/2015 in Apps, Mobile & SMS | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: 2014 FIFA World Cup, Associated Press, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Central America, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, The Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands

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Spotify Upgrades App With Gestures, Touch Preview

Spotify has followed the lead of hot apps like Snapchat adding swiping gestures. An upgraded iOS app adds Touch Preview which allows users to preview a song from a playlist,. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 01/22/2015 in Apps, Mobile & SMS | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: All of Me (song), Android (operating system), Artist, Greenwich Mean Time, IOS, IPod Touch, Snapchat, Spotify, Tinder, Track and field

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Streamus Chrome Extension Turns YouTube Into FREE Music Streaming Service

Google and YouTube have been plotting ways to encourage people to pay for streaming music. YouTube Music Key, currently in beta, charges $7.99 and up for a premium overlay to. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 01/21/2015 in Apps, Mobile & SMS | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: Android (operating system), Bandcamp, Chrome extension, Google, Google Chrome, Google Chrome Extensions, Google Play, Spotify, Streaming media, YouTube

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Apple Acquires Musicmetric To Add Analytics To Beats Music

(UPDATED) Apple has acquired UK music analytics firm Musicmetric and it's parent company Semetric. Musicmetric pulls data from social, the web and music services to provide analytics and forecasting for. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 01/21/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Apple Inc., Companies House, iTunes, London, Musicmetric, Semetric, Spotify, Streaming media, The Echo Nest, The Guardian

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The Past Year For Music Startups, The Success of Nexflix, And The Niche Side of Music Streaming

In a recent episode of the Upward Spiral, a music business podcast, we talked with Jon Maples, the former VP of product at Rhapsody, about what the music startup landscape. Continue reading

admin on 01/20/2015 in Music Tech | Permalink | Comments (3)

Tags: Apple Inc., Bono, Chromecast, Digital audio, Google, Google Play, iTunes, Rdio, Spotify, YouTube

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BandsInTown Passes 15 Million App Downloads, 250,000 Artists

(UPDATED) BandsInTown announced today that more than 15 million music fans have downloaded its app. The company also shared that 250,000 artists now use the platform to promote their live. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 01/20/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Ashley Hinshaw, Billboard Hot 100, Billboard Magazine, Disc jockey, DJ Got Us Fallin' in Love, Donald Glover, Engagement ring, Golden Globe Award, Grammy Award, Los Angeles

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Sonos Exploring API For 3rd Party Music Apps

Sonos appears poised to correct the only real flaw that I've found in it's otherwise superior wireless music system: the ability to contol Sonos from within my favorite music apps. A. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 01/20/2015 in Music Tech | Permalink | Comments (1)

Tags: AT&T, Cricket Wireless, Deezer, Google, iHeartRadio, List of online music databases, Rdio, Songza, Spotify, TuneIn

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Directional Music: Keeping Artists And Media Makers In Business

Directional Music has launched it's website and online searchable music database providing curated content for music supervisors and media makers looking to license music. Directional music aims to keep indie. Continue reading

Guest Post on 01/19/2015 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: American Society of Composers, ArtistShare, Attunity, Authors and Publishers, BMW, Electronic dance music, Executive officer, Music library, Music licensing, Performance rights organisation, Streaming media

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Rdio Names 3 International Executives

Music streamer Rdio announced the addition of three music executives to its growing UK-based team covering Europe, the Middle East and Africa in response to rapid international expansion.

Bruce Houghton on 01/19/2015 in Music Tech | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: China, iHeartRadio, internet, music industry, Sony Music Entertainment, Spotify, Streaming media, Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group, YouTube

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