LÜM Launches New Platform; Virtual Concerts; Can Blockchain Tech Have a Second Coming for Music?

LÜM announced the launch of a new digital music marketplace for creators – The Exchange.

The global pandemic thrust the live music sector into chaos, with global revenues falling by 75% in 2020 compared to one year previously.

Bitfury Surround says it is about to provide a platform that can take all your data, attach it to the blockchain, and standardise it.

After finally adding support for standalone Apple Watch streaming in November, Spotify is now beta testing a major update to its CarPlay application.

The global video gaming industry took in an estimated $180bn in 2020 – more than sports and movies worldwide

Live streams, Zoom sessions and ‘quarantine albums’ have become the norm taking some of the gloss from pop music, but also showing a renewed sense of capability.

Amazon has an interesting media strategy.

Artists can now seamlessly connect their Bandzoogle website account to Printful, simplifying access to the popular print-on-demand drop shipping service.

The fund provides financial, health, counselling and wellbeing services for crews.

To say the past year has been a wild ride for the music industry would be to understate things.

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