How to promote music in Southeast Asian trigger cities
Adam Kanwal breaks down how Western artists can achieve dramatic streaming success in Southeast Asia through the strategic targeting of “trigger” cities Guest post by Adam Kanwal from Chartmetric Editor’s. Continue reading
Culture and Context – the secret sauce of music curation
Eric Stensvaag of feed.fm weighs in on the art of music curation, and the value of nuance and collaboration in cultivating a successful and accessible playlist. “curating music, much like. Continue reading
YouTube paid $4B to music industry in the last 12 months
YouTube paid the music industry more than $4 billion during the 12 months that ended in March of 2021. It was the music and video service’s highest music payout ever.. Continue reading
Ex-Spotify Chief Economist Will Page on what’s next for the music industry
Will Page former Chief Economist at Spotify joins Michael and Jay on the Music Biz Weekly Podcast for an incredibly interesting discussion of Spotify, streaming services, podcasts, NFTs and change. Continue reading
Ex-Spotify exec on the communications that people consider most important
One economist/Spotify alumnus set about ranking which communication activities people feel are the most important, with some undeniably surprising results. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 There are. Continue reading
Int’l Federation of Musicians on the Big Pool and user-centric royalties
While the music streaming economy has seen major growth as a whole, many performers have not received the appropriate corresponding compensation. Here, we outline the fundamental principles which must be. Continue reading
Music and podcasts are competing for ear space (Mark Mulligan)
Consumption of media was up during lockdown, but will that trend continue and how will music fare compacted to podcasts? By Mark Mulligan of MIDiA and the Music Industry Blog. Continue reading
The under 27 Club: Music mental health in the time of streaming
The untimely passing of major artists like Juice WRLD, Lil Peep, and Mac Miller – all before the age of 27 – have added to a mounting pile of evidence. Continue reading
Spotify expands Fresh Finds to support independent artists
Spotify has added a new program to support independent artists centered around its popular Fresh Finds playlist. Fresh Finds is often the first official Spotify playlist placement for new independent. Continue reading
Synchtank panel addresses ‘too much data’ issue
With and increasing uptick in the consumption of digital music, DSPs and right holders are struggling to deal with the ever increasing amount of data. Here, a Synctank looks at. Continue reading
Bandcamp Adds Offline Listening
Bandcamp users can now use the Bandcamp iOS or Android app to listen to the items in their collection offline. From Bandcamp: “From the album or track view, just tap. Continue reading
