Tag: Electronic music

Why I’ll Never Be A Ghost Producer And How They’re Killing EDM

A heavily contested practice in the EDM community, ghost producing is argued by some to enable obscure producers to earn income and advance their industry notoriety, but the reality is that they. Continue reading

Guest Post on 07/26/2016 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (4)

Tags: Afrojack, Bandsintown, bEATPORT, Blog, Boris Dlugosch, BPM (magazine), Brian Grech, Disc jockey, Electronic music, Hardwell

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AM BRIEF: SFX Nears New Plan, CEO • Vevo Nears WMG Deal, Paid Service • Guevara Near Death, Gets New CEO • More

TUESDAY 7.26.16 Music Business News From Around The Web Could SFX come back from the dead? They've reportedly found a CEO that might pull it off. Updated continuously under our More. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/26/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: bEATPORT, Booting, Central Intelligence Agency, Chapter 11, Computer file, Disc jockey, Electronic dance music, Electronic music, Robert F. X. Sillerman, SFX (magazine), Title 11, United States Code

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Could Beatport Save SFX? Bankrupt Co. Decides Not To Sell EDM Store Because It’s So Damn Successful

In a bid to raise much need cash, a bankrupt SFX first put EDM music service Beatport up for sale. Then they postponed the sale and gutted Beatport staff and. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/22/2016 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Advertising Research Foundation, AOL, bEATPORT, Chapter 11, Customer experience, Disc jockey, Electronic dance music, Electronic music, Robert F. X. Sillerman, SFX (magazine), Title 11, United States Code

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Bankrupt SFX Ended Month $5.5 Million Richer Than It Started It

Late last week, SFX filed its monthly operating report for with the US Bankruptcy Court, alongside a request to increase the cash bonuses it was using to retain key employees,. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 07/18/2016 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: bEATPORT, Disc jockey, Electronic dance music, Electronic music, music industry, Online music store, Robert F. X. Sillerman, SFX (magazine), Spotify, Streaming media

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6 Seismic Societal Shifts Changing The Music Industry

In this piece, Dmitri Vietze examines six different societal shifts that have been stewing beneath the music industry, which are beginning to bubble up in different and sometimes unexpected ways,. Continue reading

Guest Post on 06/30/2016 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: Aphex Twin, Artist, Barnes & Noble, Best Life, Electronic music, music industry, record label, Record producer, User-generated content, YouTube

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Spotify’s Top Music Of 2015

Spotify has released its annual Year in Music lists of the most popular artists and songs for its 75 million users in 2015. Drake was Spotify's most streamed artist in 2015 with. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 12/01/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Billboard Magazine, Busy Man, Diplo (DJ), Ed Sheeran, Electronic music, GOOD Music, Justin Bieber, Major Lazer, Nicki Minaj, Rihanna

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SONGS Music CEO Matt Pincus On Why Music Publishing’s Two-Class System Could Be The End For New Indie Firms [OP-ED]

[UPDATE 2] SONGS Music CEO Matt Pincus writes about the threats facing the music publishing business, as larger companies work to make the shares which they control earn greater revenue from digital use. Continue reading

Guest Post on 11/20/2015 in Major Labels | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: Billboard Magazine, Busy Man, Diplo (DJ), Electronic music, GOOD Music, Justin Bieber, Major Lazer, Nicki Minaj, Rihanna, The Weeknd

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50 Genres With The Strangest Names On Spotify

Increasingly, data is driving music – how labels invest resources, where bands tour and what we listen to. Sometimes that data reveals the unexpected, and no one is better at. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 10/02/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: album, All Music, Dance music, Disc jockey, Electronic dance music, Electronic music, Facebook, Music genre, music video, record label

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SFXE Stock Fell Another 9.5% Wednesday, Analyst Predicts Bankruptcy

[UPDATED] The battered stock of promoter and EDM culture hub SFX Entertainment (SFXE) fell another 9.5% on Wednesday, closing at $1.04. Yesterday, Wall Street's Seeking Alpha said that SFX was running out. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 08/19/2015 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (2)

Tags: bEATPORT, Electronic dance music, Electronic music, Hypebot, Initial public offering, Los Angeles, Public company, Robert F. X. Sillerman, SFX (magazine), Share price

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UPDATE: SFXE Stock Drops Another 26% Friday AM As Sillerman, SFX Board Remain Silent

UPDATE 2: SFXE stock fell another 26% in early trading on Friday morning to an all time low of $1.38 after CEO Robert Sillerman missed a Thursday deadline to show he could. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 08/14/2015 in Live & Ticketing | Permalink | Comments (8)

Tags: bEATPORT, Chairman, Common stock, Disc jockey, Electronic dance music, Electronic music, record label, Robert F. X. Sillerman, SFX (magazine), Tomorrowland

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SFX Lost $48 Million Last Quarter Despite 48% Revenue Growth

With a Thursday deadline looming for founder and CEO Robert Sillerman to complete a stock buyback that would take the company private, SFXE reported 3 and 6 month earnings and the. Continue reading

Bruce Houghton on 08/11/2015 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)

Tags: bEATPORT, Disc jockey, Electronic dance music, Electronic music, Environ, Facebook, record label, Robert F. X. Sillerman, royalties, SFX (magazine)

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