The High Wire Of Releasing Music [David Emery]
In this piece, David Emery muses on the changing face of the music industry, and how windowing and streaming exclusives are precipitating gradual but fundamental alterations to the way artists. Continue reading
Mercury Prize 2016 Nominees Announced [Full List]
The Mercury Prize, which honors the UK's best albums has announced its 2016 nominees. “This is music to make sense of our unsettling times – heartfelt, angry, thoughtful and thrilling," the. Continue reading
Radiohead’s “In Rainbows” Is Now Available On Spotify, As Rebel Band Embraces Music Streaming
Just day's after learning that Radiohead's newest album "A Moon Shaped Pool" would be available on Spotify June 17th, their breakthrough release "In Rainbows" arrived on the streamer. It's a surprising. Continue reading
The Beatles Streaming Music Services Debut Set For Christmas Eve [Report]
The Beatles appear to have a Christmas present ready for all of their fans. One of the last major holdouts from music streaming will become available there on December 24th,. Continue reading
My Top Music Tech Launches In 2015 – Jon Romero, Vector Management
Between now and the end of the year we're asking some of the new music industry's best and brightest to share what they think were the most important launches in. Continue reading
1300 More Indies Join Apple Music Revolt
The protests against Apple Music are growing. Upset over a 90 day free trial that returns no revenue to rights holders, US indie music trade group A2IM led the charge.. Continue reading
Thom Yorke Releases His Latest Music Sales Experiment On Bandcamp
[UPDATED] Tom Yorke is now selling his new music via direct to fan platform BandCamp. With Radiohead, Yorke was the first major artist to offer new music using the "pay-what-you-want". Continue reading
Bose Is Building Their Own Streaming Music Service
Audio manufacturer Bose is hiring staff and moving "quickly" to build and launch its own "next generation streaming music platform". While Bose could integrate their music service within their own audio products,. Continue reading
More Than Royalties – It’s Time We Bring the Open Web to Music
By Jesse von Doom on Medium.com We talk endlessly about royalties, which is really a way of talking about centralization — giving power to a service or organization and asking them to. Continue reading
Where Creativity Thrives: BitTorrent Users Show Appreciation and Dedication to the Arts
BitTorrent has tasked themselves with the building of a sustainable ecosystem for artists and fans alike. Fostering a community where fans can connect directly with artists and vice versa, BitTorrent. Continue reading
