For fans of mainstream pop culture and arena-filling acts, house concerts are an unheard of phenomenon. You won’t see Katy Perry or Kings of Leon…
Editor’s Note: This is the first of two installments dealing with DIY issues in music production, distribution, and promotion. The article will continue next time…
The famous economist Joseph Schumpeter once coined the term “Creative Destruction” to describe the process whereby we constantly destroy old business models by innovating and…
Apple needs to get a grip again on the music industry. The growth of iTunes has been compromised by the rise in popularity of streaming-services…
Earlier in June, Amazon officially launched “Prime Music”. This is a music-streaming platform for its “prime” users only. Rival Spotify has a catalog of over…
In February of 2014, Warner Music Group and Shazam announced that they would enter into a “strategic collaboration” in which Warner would have access to…
Amazon, one of the most storied online companies ever, may soon add music streaming to the list of services and industries it is a player…
The music industry once again is on the tipping point of another digital transformation, this time moving away from CD’s and downloads and into the…
The Wu-Tang Clan has been making headlines in past weeks as they recently announced that their new record, The Wu – Once Upon a Time…
Advertising revenue is quickly becoming critical in the music industry. This is in part because general mobile and tablet advertising income currently exceed desktop ad…
Apple and Google, the two companies that have most changed the fortunes of the music industry, are shifting their weight in preparation for the future…
For more than a year, Twitter has been addressing music. Its 241m monthly users are closer now than ever before to bridging the divide between…
Information is changing the music industry; not only in the ways we consume and discover music, but as well in the ways companies are arming…
In January, various speakers at the MIDEM Show in Cannes suggested that music streaming may no longer be considered a complement to traditional music sales…