Sounds Of Music 2018 From Pandora’s Music Genome Project
How did music change in 2018? It's not an easy question to answer, but the data gurus at Pandora have crunched the mountains of data that power the Music Genome. Continue reading
Soundcloud Artist Services Team Offers 5 Tips To Jump-Start Your Music Career In 2019
Soundcloud sees the most new music uploads during this January. So since it's the time for creators to refocus on growing and building their careers, Soundcloud's artist and label services team. Continue reading
Tunecore Adds New Distribution Features
Tunecore has added three features to improve how new music from the diy digital distributor is ingested onto Apple Music, Spotify and other music services. The changes should also make. Continue reading
The Boston Symphony Orchestra: Is It Sexist?
Like almost all industries, the music business is no stranger to sexism, and while this issue usually manifests most often in genres like pop music, it turns out the classical. Continue reading
Southern Lord Records Reflects On 20 Years
Twenty years ago, friends Greg Anderson and Stephen O'Malley joined together to create Southern Lord Records, designed to be a haven for heavy metal artists seeking to see their creative. Continue reading
Tencent Music IPO Demonstrates Music Tech Investment Coming To Its Senses
While the Chinese music streaming service Tencent Music debuted with an impressively initial public offering of $14.10, music tech investors seem to have come back down to earth somewhat and. Continue reading
YouTube’s $100M Upload Filter Failures Shows Disaster Article 13 Will Be For Internet
[Op-Ed] As the debate over Article 13 rages on, the recent launch of YouTube's upload filter, designed to sift out illicit uploads and which cost the platform about $100 million,. Continue reading
Warner Music Group 2018 Revenue Tops $4B, Digital Up 20%
Warner Music Group reported 2018 revenue of $4 billion as part a quarterly and year end financial report on Thursday. It marked a 15 year high for the world's third. Continue reading
Facebook Struggles To Explain Why It Gave Spotify, Netflix Access To Private Messages
Facebook ramped efforts to justify sharing private messages with Spotify and Netflix, after backlash from a New York Times investigation that revealed the social network had been sharing private data. Continue reading
Post-Brexit, Foreign Musicians Can’t Play UK Unless They Earn $38,000 A Year
A new official UK government report recommends post-Brexit rules for migrants that could jeopardize the UK music industry. The Government Migration Advisory Committee calls for a minimum salary requirement of. Continue reading