'Live from Daryl's House' Returns After Five-Year Hiatus; Reactional Music, Defected Records to Bring Dance Music to Games
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Daryl Hall's 'Live from Daryl's House' Returns After Five-Year Hiatus
“Live from Daryl’s House,” the Webby Award-winning musical performance show co-hosted by Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Daryl Hall, is returning to the web after a five-year halt in production. The long-running program will be seen on a dedicated YouTube channel starting Wednesday (Nov. 1) with an episode featuring Squeeze singer/songwriter Glenn Tilbrook.
Reactional Music partners with Defected Records to bring dance music to games
Under the new partnership, Defected has licensed the masters for a selection of tracks from its wider catalogue for use on Reactional’s music delivery platform and personalisation engine for games developers. These include tracks by Bob Sinclar, Dennis Ferrer, Kings Of Tomorrow, MK and The Shapeshifters, as well as more recent hits from CamelPhat, Honey Dijon and John Summit.
Please Stop the Hyperpop—Musicians Are Resisting the Internet Micro-Genre
Artists like Glaive got stuck with an artificial label thanks to a popular Spotify playlist. Now they want to break out of the machine-made categories.
MLC says it has now distributed more than $1.5bn of royalties
The US-based Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) has published its latest data, following its third annual membership meeting.
Cutting loose the long tail in a rising culture of creative consumption
Recent news of Spotify’s reported plan to introduce two-tier licensing represents a significant departure from the incremental shifts we have seen thus far. With developments like Deezer’s new streaming royalty model with Universal Music Group, to X’s premium subscription, the tension between platforms hosting content from an ever-growing pool of creators, and creator remuneration for that content, is at a breaking point.
Deezer added 600,000 new subscribers in Q3, and its revenues rose 5.5% YoY
The company’s consolidated revenues, which includes revenues from its ‘Direct’ and ‘Partnerships’ segments, totaled €120.7 million (USD $131.36m) in Q3 2023, up 5.5% year over year at constant currency (see below).
Prince Royce Honored With SoundExchange Hall Of Fame Award
Latin superstar honored as one of the most streamed artists in premier music tech company’s history.
Personalized music for games company Reactional Music strikes deal with Defected Records
Defected has licensed the masters for a selection of tracks from its wider catalog for use on Reactional’s music delivery platform and personalization engine.
Mike Caren joins Futureverse AI text-to-music venture JEN as a founding Partner
The move is part of Futureverse’s strategy to develop AI music generators with the input of music industry insiders. According to the company, Caren will lead music industry alignment and expansion at JEN.
San Francisco Public Library launches streaming service for local music
The free service features Bay Area talent, and the library plans to host in-person events and concerts with the spotlighted artists.
Major labels “overhauling contracts” to prevent artists from re-recording their music like Taylor Swift has
Artists are reportedly moving towards licensing deals rather than traditional label contracts.
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