Downtown Music to invest $200M independent artists and music businesses
Downtown Music has recently launched a fund of $200 million dollars to support independent artists and businesses in the music industry. from Celebrity Access. Music services provider Downtown Music Holdings. Continue reading
The Financialization Of Song: How to successfully invest in music
As the worlds of music and finance converge, there are a number of lessons the music industry stands to learn from finance, including how to invest in music. by Sasha. Continue reading
Bandcamp acquired by Epic Games. Are the two compatible?
Epic Games has acquired independent music destination and marketplace Bandcamp. Epic, the company behind Fortnite says that it will make Bandcamp part of its plan “to build out a creator. Continue reading
beatBread raises $34M to fund artist, label advances
Music funding platform beatBread has completed a seed round led by Deciens Capital, extending beatBread’s fundraising to date to over $34 million. Since launching in November 2020, beatBread has made more. Continue reading
#MusicNFT News: John Legend cofounds OurSong • Cameo adds NFTs • $5B Yuga Labs valuation • HitPiece goes down
John Legend helping to launching music NFT platform OurSong as its co-founder and Chief Impact Officer. Legend’s three co-founders are not unknowns either: Kevin Lin, co-founder of Twitch; Matt Cheng, founder. Continue reading
AmazeVR adds $15M for VR concerts with Megan Thee Stallion, more
AmazeVR has closed a $15M funding round to expand its VR concerts platform, Megan Thee Stallion is working with the startup to produce a VR concert in select AMC Theatres in. Continue reading
Hypebot increases coverage of Music NFTs, DAOs and Web3 [and needs your help!]
2021 was the year that music on the blockchain and crypto shifted from promising theory to a concrete revenue generating and audience building reality. The most obvious manifestation was the. Continue reading
Symphonic Distribution adds $37M funding, eyes acquisitions
Independent music distributor Symphonic has closed a $37 million Series B funding round. Philadelphia-based NewSpring Growth led the round with participation from Ballast Point Ventures. This funding round comes after. Continue reading
PAST vs FUTURE: ‘Big, safer bets are being made on rights, and riskier, bolder bets are being made on creators’ [Mark Mulligan]
When top music industry analyst Mark Mulligan of MIDiA look at the end of 2021, he sees two distinct business trends. One is focused on monetizing the past and the. Continue reading
