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RAC’s new album is first to be sold via blockchain

July 18, 2017July 18, 2017 Amber Healy 0 Comments Bitcoin, blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Ego, RAC

RAC, a Grammy-winning producer and DJ, just made history. His new album, Ego, is the first in the world to

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Music Industry 

Membran Entertainment Looking to Battle Bots with Blockchain

July 9, 2017July 8, 2017 Amber Healy 0 Comments blockchain, Bots, LiveNation, Membran Entertainment, Ticketmaster

Meet Membran Entertainment, a Canadian branch of the Hamburg, Germany-based Membran Entertainment Group. The parent company started in 1969 and

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Music News 

Random Music News for Thursday, July 6, 2017

July 6, 2017July 5, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments ABBA, Adele, BBC, blockchain, Bob Sinclair, Dean Martin, Jay Z, John Blackwell, Liam Gallagher, Madonna, Morrissey, Music Festivals, Noel Gallagher, Prince, Snoop Dogg, Tupac, U2, Vinyl, Wimbledon, YouTube

I swear to God that I saw my first back-to-school ad. C’MON! And now, the music news for July 6.

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Music Industry 

Introducing JAAK and MΞTA : A “Blockchain pilot for the Media & Entertainment Industry”

February 18, 2017February 18, 2017 Amber Healy 4 Comments blockchain, Ethereum, JAAK, Metadata

Today (Saturday, Feb. 18) at the European Ethereum Development Conference (EDCON) in Paris, Vaughn McKenzie and his partners Freddie Tibbles

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Music Industry 

Battle Ticket Bots with Blockchain? Why Not?

November 6, 2016November 5, 2016 Amber Healy 0 Comments blockchain, Bots, Concert Tickets, Scalpers, Tao Network

  The solution to those terrible ticket-buying bots that keep scooping up tickets to all the best concerts mere seconds

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Music Industry 

Using Blockchain to Secure Band Names: Good idea? Bad idea?

October 23, 2016October 23, 2016 Amber Healy 0 Comments Barney Wragg, Bitcoin, blockchain

We’ve talked in this space about blockchain as a tool for tracking royalties, copyright information and as a method for

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Music News 

Meet Orfium: A Streaming Platform and Royalty Tracker in One

October 10, 2016October 10, 2016 Amber Healy 0 Comments blockchain, Copyright, iTunes, Orfium, rights holders, Royalties, Soundcloud, streaming service

Shouldn’t music fans be able to listen to their favourite artists on a single platform, without having to toggle between

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Music News 

Blockchain Gains Momentum in Music

September 23, 2016September 22, 2016 Amber Healy 0 Comments Bitcoin, blockchain, Cryptocurrency, PeerTracks, Revelator, Royalties, Tao Network, UjoMusic

When it comes to the future of the music industry, it would appear the smart money is on, and behind,

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Music Industry Music News 

Tao Blockchain Network Forms Partnership with Boogie Shack Music Group

August 25, 2016August 24, 2016 Amber Healy 2 Comments blockchain, Boogie Shack, Bryce Weiner, Tao

  Bryce Weiner believes his blockchain, Tao, is the future of the music industry. A “Fortune 500 guy” who has

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Music Industry 

Curious About Blockchain? Check Out This New Report

July 25, 2016July 25, 2016 Amber Healy 2 Comments Bitcoin, blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Featured Artists Coalition, Imogen Heap

Before it can be proclaimed the latest and greatest possible savior and solution to the music industry’s woes, more people

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Music Industry 

Building with Blockchain: The POLR

June 27, 2016June 27, 2016 Amber Healy 1 Comment Bitcoin, blockchain, pro rata, Subscription Service, The POLR

The biggest buzzword around the music industry is blockchain. Some individuals and companies are devising their own fully electronic data bases

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