Vienna Philharmonic, IDAGIO Strike Up Media Deal; Isaac Hayes’s Unreleased Masters on Tracklib…
Vienna Philharmonic, IDAGIO Embark on Media Partnership — platformandstream.wordpress.com
Vienna Philharmonic, IDAGIO Embark on Media Partnership — platformandstream.wordpress.com
The Vienna Philharmonic and IDAGIO have launched a new media partnership in Vienna. IDAGIO will exclusively offer up to six selected subscription concerts per season for audio streaming. Additionally, members of the Vienna Philharmonic will recommend recordings and curate exclusive playlists.
Isaac Hayes’s Unreleased Masters Now Available on Tracklib — platformandstream.wordpress.com
Tracklib has struck a deal with the estate of soul legend Isaac Hayes to offer a select group of 20 unreleased songs on the site’s catalog. These tracks have never been released publicly, and, thus, represent a landmark catalog acquisition for Tracklib and a new way of mining the vaults for the Isaac Hayes estate.…
L.A.’s Music Tectonics Launches Music Industry Trading Cards — platformandstream.wordpress.com
Los Angeles’ new annual music technology conference, Music Tectonics, is launching a set of thought-provoking “Seismic Shifts” trading cards. Each unique card includes an original illustration and colorful design alongside a transformative theme and short explanation.
Soundwhale Lets You Share Your Studio with Anyone in the World — platformandstream.wordpress.com
Remote collaboration on audio projects is not where it should be, especially when working with video. Asynchronous back-and-forth communication can kill creativity in the studio. Laggy feeds over compressed streams, and delays distract users and ruin sessions. Soundwhale solves these issues, making synchronous collaboration, communication, and recording a reality.
Navigating the Laws and Ethics Surrounding Producer Loops — medium.com
If you produce in the hip hop space you probably have used a loop or at the bare minimum know what they are. There are plenty of ways in which a producer can come across a loop.
What The Future Holds For Sound Creativity — www.npr.org
Instead of fostering and clearing new paths for musical expression, the Internet has in many ways had the opposite effect. But there’s plenty of potential, as two bright minds from MIT explain.
‘Nobody Is Scrutinizing This’: How Labels Pay to Get Songs on Radio — www.rollingstone.com
Following Rolling Stone’s previous investigation, several radio-industry veterans reached out to report that over the past year, the number of indie promoters demanding pay-for-play is growing.
Entertainment bundles are coming: the question is the terms — musically.com
Apple wants to launch a new model of paying for music, and major labels are ‘wary’ of the implications.
These Three Singles Broke On Radio Instead Of Streaming: Here’s How It Happened — www.billboard.com
As much as radio is derided for its late adoption of discovering new artists in the streaming era, the medium has proved it can still break acts.
Spotify says ‘global cultures’ initiative is growing, not stagnating — musically.com
Spotify has been facing some questions about what’s happening with the ‘global cultures initiative’ that it announced in September 2018, promising that it “promotes and advances culturally diverse music, surfacing hits from different countries around the world and spotlighting popular songs that cross cultures”.
Common and Michael Huppe: It’s Time for Radio to Pay Music Creators — variety.com
In this guest column, Common and SoundExchange chief Michael Huppe argue that it’s time for radio to start paying performance royalties.
How Transparency Could Help Radio Get Ahead — jacobsmedia.com
Facebook has started live-streaming its internal Q&A sessions moderated by Mark Zuckerberg. Could this tactic work for broadcast radio?
Spotify Embraces Tech Roots To Fuel Authentic Growth In Streaming Landscape — www.forbes.com
While projected paid subscriber growth for Spotify did not meet some analyst expectations, markers for success revealed themselves in other forms and may continue to surprise throughout the balance of the fiscal year and into 2020.
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Spoon: The Mystery Zone — www.songsommelier.com
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