Spotify announces plans for “artist-first AI products.” What’s this all about?
Earlier this month, word leaked that Spotify was talking to one or two of the major labels on matters of AI. What was that all about? This. Today (October 16),
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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 989: The History of the 2010s, part 2
Traditional wisdom says that the recorded music industry is dominated by the major labels. There used to be a bunch of them, but over the last 25 years, their number
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There is SO much fraud with streaming music services. Here are scams to watch out for.
All the streaming music services draw from the same universal library of 110 million-ish songs. On average, 94,500 new songs are added every day. A tiny portion–about 4%–comes from the
Read MoreThe Ongoing History of New Music, episode 945: The concept of selling out, part 1
One of the worst insults you can throw at an artist is to accuse them of selling out. The most basic definition of this is when the pursuit of money
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How big is streaming for the major labels? VERY big.
I love when data gets crunched in ways that help us visualize what would otherwise be unvisualizable. (Is that even a word?) Music Business Worldwide dug into the financial results
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Random Music News for Friday, March 24, 2017
On this day 59 years ago, Elvis was drafted into the army. And in music news… Chuck Berry apparently left behind a fortune of $50 million. Great question: What makes
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Random Music News for Thursday, October 22, 2015
Off to Vancouver tonight for some TV work. Must have oysters. And now, the music news… This is interesting: five reasons the major labels DIDN’T blow it when it came
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Here’s Another Post on Why Streaming Music Services (Mostly) Aren’t the Bad Guys
I’m awfully tired of streaming music series getting all the blame for the low payments that are making their way to artists. They’re not entirely blameless (you’ll see what I
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How the Major Record Labels Took Back Their Power
It wasn’t all that long ago that the major record labels–Universal, Sony and Warner–seemed to be on the ropes, their power usurped by dozens of nimble indie labels. Many predicted
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What If the Labels Had Bought Napsters When They Could?
Back when the original Napster was approaching its peak, there was a secret meeting in Sun Valley Idaho between them and high-level representatives from the major record labels. The goal
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