Analog vs. Digital; Too Many Music Blockchains? OMI Chief Says ‘No’

What We’re Missing in the Analog vs. Digital Debate

What We’re Missing in the Analog vs. Digital Debate

The words “digital” and “analog” are used so often, we’ve stopped asking what they mean.

Too Many Music Blockchains? OMI Chief Says ‘No’ — rightstech.com

The Open Music Initiative, spearheaded by the Berklee College of Music’s Institute for Creative Entrepreneurship, is seeking to promulgate a series of API specs that will enable interoperability among disparate music datasets.

Boom! How the market for premium music services can grow 70 percent in four years — medium.com 
 The premium music service, a feature-filled subscription product that grant access to a catalog of music, is helping create a new, golden age of music.

‘The Last Songwriter’ looks at the downside of streaming — www.tennessean.com 
 Garth Brooks, Emmylou Harris and Jason Isbell are among those lending their voice to the documentary.

The future of music, inspired by a cheap Vietnamese restaurant in Berlin — medium.com 
 I spent the last week living from an Airbnb while getting started with my new job at IDAGIO in Berlin. Down the street from my Airbnb was a cheap Vietnamese place, where I ate a couple of times.

SoundCloud Go Plus Offers 3 Months for $1, Grab This Limited Time Offer — www.edmsauce.com 
 During a time when Spotify and Apple Music dominate the streaming music space, SoundCloud Go is still trying to capture any attention they can get. Today,

YouTube Starts Inviting Users to New Website, Including Dark Mode — variety.com 
 YouTube has a new web design — and some of its users can try it out now.

Metallica to live stream rehearsal before Baltimore concert — www.baltimoresun.com 
 Those not making it to Metallica’s May 10 concert in Baltimore can watch the band rehearse the night before on Facebook.

The Reports Of The Record Industry’s Rebirth Are Greatly Exaggerated — thequietus.com

Last week the major labels were all over the media shouting excitedly about new positive streaming figures. But, points out Eamonn Forde, the reality is far from rosy — especially for those artists tQ loves.

Kobalt Names Laurent Hubert President, Replacing Richard Sanders — variety.com 
 Laurent Hubert will replace Richard Sanders as President for Kobalt Music Group, effective immediately.