Believe, TuneCore decry UMG, Deezer ‘reverse Robin Hood’ artist payouts
Global digital music company Believe has taken aim at plans by Deezer and UMG to change how streaming payments are calculated to what they call a “value sharing artist-centric” model.. Continue reading
Daylist is Spotify’s new personalized, ever-changing limitless playlist
Spotify’s new Daylist aims to provide the listener with an ever-changing soundtrack to their day without the AI-generated verbal intervention of Spotify DJ. After spending the morning listening to our. Continue reading
Your Morning Coffee Podcast: Artist centric payments • Spotify + money laundering • ‘An equitable music ecosystem’ • More
Episode 161 of Jay Gilbert and Mike Etchart’s Your Morning Coffee: Weekly News for the New Music Business podcast is available now. Listen here. Episode 143 This week, hosts Jay. Continue reading
‘Blinding Lights’ and how playlist culture is changing modern songwriting
It seems as though strategy in being interjected into music creation today in a way that may be hindering artistic authenticity. And it seems like playlist culture is the first. Continue reading
BandLab adds free music distribution, members keep 100% of royalties
BandLab has added free digital music distribution for its paying members alongside a growing list of music creation and marketing tools. BandLab touts 60 million registered users for its free. Continue reading
U.S. opens inquiry into Generative AI copyright and policy issues
Generative A.I. is artificial intelligence that has the ability to create text, images, or media. Now the Copyright Office must consider how to or not to protect the creative works. Continue reading
It’s Day 3 of the Music Pro Summit online conference
Today is the final day of the online Music Pro Summit. This gathering brings together industry leaders and visionaries to explore the strategies that are driving success in today’s music. Continue reading
UMG, Deezer ‘double boost’ launch upends streaming payments to artists
Universal Music Group (UMG) has launched its long-promised artist-centric payment model with EU-based music streaming service Deezer. But unlike some of UMG’s other royalty experiments, this reveal comes with details. Continue reading
Should you Release Music as an Album, EP, or Track by Track?
What are the pros and cons of releasing new music as an album, an EP, or as individual tracks? You’ve recorded new music and are trying to decide whether to. Continue reading
Criminal gangs use fake Spotify streams to launder money
Criminal gangs involved in shootings and bombings in Sweden are using fake Spotify streams to launder money, respected Swedish newspaper Svenska Dagbladet reported Tuesday. For several years, criminals have been. Continue reading
