Share this postPlatform & StreamAnalog vs. Digital; Too Many Music Blockchains? OMI Chief Says 'No‘; 'The Last Songwriter' Looks at Downside of StreamingCopy linkFacebookEmailNotesMoreAnalog vs. Digital; Too Many Music Blockchains? OMI Chief Says 'No‘; 'The Last Songwriter' Looks at Downside of StreamingPlatform & StreamMay 04, 2017Share this postPlatform & StreamAnalog vs. Digital; Too Many Music Blockchains? OMI Chief Says 'No‘; 'The Last Songwriter' Looks at Downside of StreamingCopy linkFacebookEmailNotesMoreShareThe words “digital” and “analog” are used so often, we’ve stopped asking what they mean.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.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. Garth Brooks, Emmylou Harris and Jason Isbell are among those lending their voice to the documentary.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.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 has a new web design -- and some of its users can try it out now.Those not making it to Metallica's May 10 concert in Baltimore can watch the band rehearse the night before on Facebook.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.Laurent Hubert will replace Richard Sanders as President for Kobalt Music Group, effective immediately.PreviousNext