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How Douyin is Reshuffling the Chinese Music Industry — www.sixthtone.com The wildly popular short-video app has become one of the main…

How Douyin is Reshuffling the Chinese Music Industry — www.sixthtone.com 
 The wildly popular short-video app has become one of the main ways Chinese people consume music, but its business model keeps artists anonymous and interchangeable.

Music and NFTs: don’t believe the hype? — musically.com 
 The music industry has got quite… well, let’s say “excited” about Non-Fungible-Tokens (NFTs) in the last couple of months.

With the Music IP Market Booming, 7 Reasons Why Artists Are Selling Their Songs Now — variety.com 
 With the music IP market booming, Creatv Media chairman Peter Csathy lists seven reasons why artists are selling their songs now.

Bopper Offers First Artist Exclusive Release — platformandstream.wordpress.com

Music licensing platform Bopper is announcing its first exclusive release by one of the numerous independent artists it champions.

DICE offers Aussie acts new direct-to-fan merchandise service — themusicnetwork.com

UK based ticketing and livestream platform DICE is offering Australian acts a new way to sell merchandise.

Spotify lets passengers fight over your road trip playlist, disturbing natural order of universe — www.theverge.com 
 The Polestar 2 is debuting Spotify’s Group Sessions feature, letting anyone in the car help DJ your next road trip — in stark violation of the rule that the driver always gets to pick the music.

Jermaine Dupri and Dallas Austin dive ‘Deepr®’ into their hits — afro.com

Black-owned, Atlanta-based music tech start-up, Deepr® has teamed up with Midem Digital to share an exclusive conversation between Hall of Fame songwriters and Grammy-award-winning producers, Jermaine Dupri and Dallas Austin.

Scandi-style: how the Nordic countries do music differently — www.idagio.com

What makes the Nordic countries’ attitude toward classical music different, and can we hear it in their music? Andrew Mellor thinks we can.

As Music Industry Evolves, Artists Turn to Tunedly to Fulfill Their Creative Dreams — www.wfmz.com

A streaming economy that has unbundled music has forever changed the music industry, but, thankfully, the album format is still with us.

Spotify launches ‘African Heat’ and Daft Punk campaigns — musically.com 
 Fresh from launching in a number of African countries, Spotify is giving its flagship ‘African Heat’ playlist a new marketing push.

Separation Movement: Audionamix Releases Its Professional Services Web App — aithority.com 
 Audio isolation experts Audionamix have launched their newest product, an on demand web application for automated stem separation.

Benefits Of Employing A Pre-Save Campaign On Spotify — www.tunecore.com

All musicians should also go out of their way to claim their artist page on Spotify.

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