Search Results for: "spotify"

Anna Lunoe Walks Us Through Her Prolific Dance Music Career…

October 10, 2014

At Seattle's recent Decibel Festival (yes, I keep on writing about it) I had the pleasure of seeing and interviewing a DJ and producer I've been really excited about, Anna Lunoe. Lunoe is a triple ... Read More...

The Real Difference Between Grooveshark and YouTube…

Paul Resnikoff

October 9, 2014

Grooveshark is audio, YouTube is video. But what's the real difference between Grooveshark and YouTube? The answer is that YouTube follows the law, while Grooveshark broke it. And no matter wha... Read More...

I Run an Independent EDM Label. And Here’s Why Streaming Isn’t Our Enemy…

Budi Voogt

September 25, 2014

The following guest post comes from Budi Voogt, founder of EDM label Heroic Recordings. Streaming is huge. Bigger than ever. And growing. Everyone’s on Soundcloud, YouTube, Spotify, or some other source w... Read More...

Now You Can Stream Coldplay’s New Album (…Four Months Later)

Nina Ulloa

September 24, 2014

Coldplay's latest album Ghost Stories came out just over four months ago. The full album was available to stream on iTunes the week before its release. Coldplay then chose to window the album, keeping it from... Read More...

Bono Explains How Streaming Can Save the Music Industry…

Paul Resnikoff

September 23, 2014

"One billion users is 1/7 of the earth's population. If 1/10 of those people were to be part of a subscription service like Spotify has, and I'm a huge Spotify fan, at $10 a month... Do the math. T... Read More...

How To Fix The Sound Guy Problem

Ari Herstand

September 21, 2014

I'm fed up. I was out for a week of fly-out shows, and on my way back to LA made a quick stop in Milwaukee. I wanted catch the CD release show for one of my favorite up-and-coming, metal-pop bands, Lost In ... Read More...

Craaave Is a Music Messaging App Done Right…

Nina Ulloa

September 19, 2014

Add Craaave to the list of apps created to "address the lengthy, messy process of sharing music with friends". The list is long, and getting longer, but I think Craaave (a "small bootstrapped operation") exce... Read More...

Why Major Labels Are the Best Thing That Happened to Artists…

Paul Resnikoff

September 19, 2014

In this article entertainment attorney Steve Gordon, author of the Future of the Music Business, explains why the decline of the major labels is a bad thing for artists. I. The Decline Source: Recording Ind... Read More...

Streaming Services Have 99 Problems. And They Are…

Paul Resnikoff

September 18, 2014

(1) Artists make little-to-nothing off of streaming services. (2) Streaming services claim that artists are making money off of streaming, which has generated massive distrust and anger among artists. (... Read More...

Research Confirms That Streaming Kills Download Sales…

Paul Resnikoff

September 12, 2014

May 10th, 2013: "We have data that’s proving and demonstrating the fact that streaming revenue is additional to actual unit download consumption or physical music sales…" Katie Schlosser, Spotify Account ... Read More...

Fans Aren’t Going To Pay For Music Anymore. And That’s Ok.

Ari Herstand

September 8, 2014

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It's almost a rite of passage every artist goes through in the modern music industry. The moment he accepts that he will not be able to rely on music sales to sustain his career. That people are not buying mu... Read More...

If People Have Access to Millions of Songs, Why Do the Charts Look Like This?

Paul Resnikoff

September 8, 2014

SRR Capital Launches With a VC-Style Approach to Music Investing

What Is Attribution?

So Busy With "The Quiet Time..."

Netflix Won the Streaming Wars. YouTube Changed the Rules.

Indonesia: One of the World’s Most Promising Digital Music Markets

What Politicians Could Learn from the Music Business: A Midterm Election Primer

Anna Lunoe Walks Us Through Her Prolific Dance Music Career…

The Real Difference Between Grooveshark and YouTube…

I Run an Independent EDM Label. And Here’s Why Streaming Isn’t Our Enemy…

Now You Can Stream Coldplay’s New Album (…Four Months Later)

Bono Explains How Streaming Can Save the Music Industry…

How To Fix The Sound Guy Problem

Craaave Is a Music Messaging App Done Right…

Why Major Labels Are the Best Thing That Happened to Artists…

Streaming Services Have 99 Problems. And They Are…

Research Confirms That Streaming Kills Download Sales…

Fans Aren’t Going To Pay For Music Anymore. And That’s Ok.

If People Have Access to Millions of Songs, Why Do the Charts Look Like This?