Sustainability And The Future Of Music
In this forward-looking piece, Vickie Nauman outlines the five elements of the music/tech industry which are need to bring about a sustainable future in music where artists are able to. Continue reading
Nominate Your Favorite Music Tech Startups And Launches Of 2015 [WIN AXEL HEADPHONES]
2015 was a year of seismic change in digital music. Adele aside, the recorded music industry reached its digital tipping point with income from downloads and streaming surpassing psychical sales. Continue reading
Spotify Launches “Fan Insights” Free Artist Analytics Platform
Imagine if an artist could concentrate their touring only where your fans are? Imagine music marketers could concentrate more effort into magnifying new fan interest as it happened? These are. Continue reading
Transparency, Accounting And The Creation Of A Fair Music Report
Dividing and allocating funds to those who deserve them continues to be one of the greatest challenges faced by distributors of music, and labels and publishers often claim that to. Continue reading
Sony/ATV Says New Pandora Deal Will Significantly Increase Royalties [FULL TEXT OF LETTER TO SONGWRITERS]
In a letter to Sony/ATV clients, the music publishing giant said that a landmark direct deal signed with internet radio giant Pandora will lead to ""a significant increase in royalties" for. Continue reading
THE PITCH: Byta – Securely Send And Receive Digital Audio
Today's PITCH comes from Byta, a freemium service for securely sending and receiving digital audio. Like all startups making their Hypebot debut on THE PITCH, Byta has 100 words to. Continue reading
Human vs. Machine Music Curation: Why We Need Anarchy In The A.I.
In a recent dig at Apple Music, Google's Eric Schmidt spoke out against human curated playlists, instead praising the idea of an artificially intelligent "tastemaker" service, designed to find the "next next big. Continue reading
