Before the era of streaming services, Internet radio, and digital downloads, it was essential for artists to utilize a label’s resources in order to mass…
The recent terrorist attack at Ariana Grande’s concert in Manchester, England, was one too many. It felled 22. A year and a half earlier, 89…
Thinking about Brexit’s fallout on the music industry has never been more urgent. Coverage in trade portals like the Billboard and Pitchfork is rising to…
New developments marked the US music business in 2016, There was welcome growth in recorded music sales driven by more streams and streaming services. Still,…
The Desert Trip music festival at the Empire Polo Club in Coachella Valley, Indio, California, has focused attention in the industry. This October offering was…
On June 23rd 2016, the U.K. voted in favor of leaving the European Union. The referendum put the majority at 52%, with England and Wales in…
In a recent study of New York, Fabian Holt describes how many small live music venues have come under threat as the market changes and…
Last November, a three-month state of emergency was declared in France after a series of attacks in Paris and Saint-Denis. One of the attacks occurred…
Rana June, aka the iPad DJ, has performed at The White House Correspondents’ Dinner, Apple’s WWDC, TED, and The X Prize Foundation. Her experience in…
One could do worse than write a history of the business from the pages of Billboard’s Power 100 rankings. This year the venerable music industry…
The album is no longer the golden child of the industry. In 2014, recorded music dropped in overall sale value by 11%, deepening its decade…
Over 32 million people in the US attend at least one music festival a year and more often than not travel 600 miles on average…
Records and live performances define the state of the music market. 2014 was special for two things: a consumer preference for accessing a recording with…
On March 25th, 2014 Facebook made news again. Following the nineteen billion dollar purchase of high tech startup WhatsApp in February, Chairman and CEO Mark…