Record Labels Reap Billions From Tunes on Social Media; Trqk in the Spotlight; SyncFloor, Bodega…
Record Labels Reap Billion-Dollar Bonanza From Tunes on Social Media — www.bloomberg.com Warner Music signs accord with TikTok, the…
Record Labels Reap Billion-Dollar Bonanza From Tunes on Social Media — www.bloomberg.com
Warner Music signs accord with TikTok, the newest in a series of pacts with social platforms
David Della Santa on Rush, the Cars, and His Music Royalty Intelligence Platform Trqk — musebycl.io
Plus, how brands and musicians can best work together.
SyncFloor Partners with Bodega Sync — blog.symphonicdistribution.com
We’re thrilled to announce an exciting new partnership with SyncFloor and officially introduce our Bodega Sync Store! Here’s everything you need to know…
From Walkman to smartphones: How portable music has evolved — timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Portable music players — in whatever form — have been a part of popular culture for more than four decades now.
How Is Working From Home Working For Radio? — jacobsmedia.com
During COVID-19, has work from home worked for radio?
How TikTok created 70 major record deals and billions of video views in 2020 — themusicnetwork.com
Over 176 different songs exceeded 1 billion video views each as TikTok sounds.
Love Your Spotify, Apple Music Recommendations? Thank a Pandora Music Analyst — www.pcmag.com
Spotify gets kudos for its AI-enhanced music-discovery features, but Pandora music analysts past and present say their two decades of work on the Music Genome Project paved the way for today’s music recommendations.
How Spotify Got Stuck With a Bland Name, Logo — marker.medium.com
Even a generic company name and logo can be effective when the product is good.
Music Industry Faces Transformation As Artists Fight Spotify And Coronavirus Keeps Concert Venues Closed — www.investors.com
With reopenings and recovery far off, the coronavirus pandemic is likely to hasten consolidation and digitization in the music industry.
With Texas ties, Arhoolie folk label celebrates 60 years with streaming concert — preview.houstonchronicle.com
This past week, Chris Strachwitz’s life’s work was honored at a virtual 60th anniversary party in which noted Arhoolie enthusiasts such as ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons, Taj Mahal, and Bonnie Raitt.
What I’ve Learned About Live Streaming — 3 Musicians Share Their Hard-Learned Lessons — www.digitalmusicnews.com
Here’s how musicians can start live streaming and fine their virtual audiences amid the COVID-19 pandemic, while avoiding the pitfalls.
Is There A Split Brewing in High Performance Audio? — audiophilereview.com
When I look over the landscape of our beloved hobby these days, I get the pervasive feeling there is a schism brewing between the historic and modern day.
500 Greatest Albums Podcast: How Lucinda Williams Took the Long Road to a Masterpiece — www.rollingstone.com
It took three years, three different cities, and four different producers, but ‘Car Wheels on a Gravel Road’ is a perfect album.
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