Why Streaming Hasn’t Caught On
We're over thinking it.
The concept of streaming is astounding. Mind blowing. All the world's music at your fingertips for the price of one lunch a month?
So why hasn't it caught onto the mainstream? ... Read More...
A Grammy Nominated Artist Shares His Streaming Music Royalty Statements….
You really want to see my streaming music royalty statements?
The following comes from Armen Chakmakian, a Grammy-nominated composer, keyboardist, and recording artist.
There are tons of articles about m... Read More...
Exclusive: ‘YouTube Music’ Is Launching This Summer…
YouTube is great at serving videos, and horrible at keeping secrets. According to three additional sources now sharing details with Digital Music News, the streaming ginormity sometimes referred to as 'YouTu... Read More...
Is LuckyPennie the Instagram for Music?
If you're on the hunt for one more social network to add to your list, then iOS app LuckyPennie may be your answer.
Co-founders John and Jonathan started LuckyPennie because they felt like our current social... Read More...
Investor Accuses Labels of Illegally Setting Subscription Prices…
The major labels (Sony Music, Warner Music, Universal Music, and others) have been charged multiple times with coordinating and controlling the price of recordings. That's illegal in the US, Europe... Read More...
YouTube Will Soon Lose Its Music Streaming Dominance
How much of YouTube's focus is on music? Clearly not much.
Listening to music on YouTube is incredibly frustrating. The sound quality is horrible. Mostly because the fan uploaded videos have been compresse... Read More...
STOP Making Viral Videos. START Making a YouTube Content Strategy…
The following guest post comes from Lucy Blair and Caroline Bottomley of Radar Music Videos.
It’s an inescapable fact that YouTube is now the world’s largest music streaming site, and also its second bigge... Read More...
I’m a ‘Successful’ DJ. Wanna Know How Much Money I Make?
The following comes from Nick Thayer, a producer signed to Skrillex's OWSLA label in 2012.
Reprinted with permission from the Nick Thayer's Tumblr, where the original post and a follow-up post first appear... Read More...
Rhapsody: We Never Really Liked the Echo Nest, Anyway…
Third-party services are great, until they get acquired by giant companies with agendas that are different than yours. That was the case with BigChampagne (purchased by Live Nation), Rightsflow (purchased by G... Read More...
iTunes Considers On-Demand Streaming and an Android App…
Apple is reportedly trying to counteract declines in digital download sales with more Beyoncé-like exclusive albums. But what else is iTunes doing to save itself?
Billboard reports that iTunes is discussing... Read More...
Entourage Music Supervisor Throws Out CDs On The Street
Scott Vener, known more formally (or informally as it may be) as brokemogul, Instagrammed a photo last week stating:
"In case you were wondering what happens to all the CD's I get sent. Thinki... Read More...
Streaming Music Is Now Worth $1 Billion Worldwide…
The data, shared this morning with Digital Music News by global recording organization IFPI for the year 2013, shows the following:
1. Streaming revenue has now surpassed $1 billion worldwide, a year-over-... Read More...
