2014: Music Industry Predictions and Aspirations
Some good stuff from Mark Mulligan at Music Industry Blog:
2013 was a year of digital music milestones: 15 years since the arrival of Napster, 10 years since the launch of the iTunes Store and 5 years since the birth of Spotify. Which begs the question, what will we looking back at in 5 years as the success stories of the ‘class of 2013’? There have been some interesting arrivals with promise, such as WholeWorldBand, Soundwave, O2 Tracks, Bloom.fm, Google Play Music All Access(ahem)…. As is the nature of start ups many of the dozens that started in 2013 simply won’t go the distance. Indeed many of Spotify’s ‘class of ‘08’ have fallen by the wayside: MXP4, MusiqueMax, Beyond Oblivion, Songbird etc. If the ‘class of ‘13’ want to emulate collective success then it is the ‘class of ‘07’ they should look at: a bumper crop of success stories that included Songkick, Topspin, Deezer, Songza and Soundcloud (though Spiral Frog and Comes With Music were notable flops).So what can the ‘class of ‘13’ and the rest of the music industry expect in 2014? Well here are a few of my predictions and aspirations:
