Who destroyed the music industry? A blue-collar worker in a small North Carolina town
A new book called How Music Got Free uncovers the story of the man who was the most prolific leaker of recorded music in the wake of the MP3 revolution The new edition of the New Yorker carries the story of one of the most important people in the history of the music industry, someone […]
Ne-Yo: “Streaming Companies Enjoy Billion-Dollar Revenues at Our Expense…”
Thursday, April 23, 2015 by Ne-Yo FULL ARTICLE HERE The following op-ed comes from Ne-Yo, one of the most successful songwriters in the world. Songwriters shouldn’t have to subsidize the billion-dollar streaming industry. The music streaming business has seen a lot of attention in the last few weeks with the introduction of new players like […]
Apple, Spotify, Tidal All Miss The Point. This Is The Future Of Recorded Music
Tuesday, April 14, 2015 by Ari Herstand FULL ARTICLE HERE Hopefully the millionaire musician owners of Tidal have been listening to the criticism from their fansand peers. I outlined a couple weeks ago how their insulting launch totally neglected the one group of musicians who actually need a theoretical payment structure improvement: the […]
The Good Listener: How Much Should I Tip A Street Musician?
FULL ARTICLE HERE APRIL 18, 2015 8:03 AM ET STEPHEN THOMPSON We get a lot of mail at NPR Music, and alongside bales of deep-discounted Easter candy is a slew of smart questions about how music fits into our lives — and, this week, thoughts on buskers, tipping and etiquette. Holly R. writes via email: […]
How much do musicians really make from Spotify, iTunes and YouTube?
Plus Tidal, Deezer, Rhapsody, Beats Music, Google Play and other digital services, as Information Is Beautiful updates its 2010 infographic FULL ARTICLE HERE Spotify is one of the most prominent digital music services, but how do its payouts compare to rivals? Photograph: JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP/Getty Images Stuart Dredge @stuartdredge In 2010, data journalist and information designer […]
Portishead reveals exactly how much money it makes from streaming services
Geoff Barrow [Image by: Mintonfilm] By Caroline Siede@carolinesiede Apr 17, 2015 3:53 PM FULL ARTICLE Jay Z’s newly launched Tidal music service has reignited thedebate about the economics of music in an era where streaming services like Spotify, iTunes, and YouTube reign supreme. In hopes of adding to that discussion, Portishead’s Geoff Barrow recently took […]
The causes of musicians’ deaths, by genre
Wonkblog WASHINGTON, DC: Roger Daltrey (L), Pete Townshend (R) perform at the Verizon Center on November 13, 2012. (Photo by Tracy A. Woodward/The Washington Post) “I hope I die before I get old,” The Who’s Roger Daltrey sang in “My Generation” in 1965. This didn’t happen for Daltrey, who is now a ripe 71, but […]
The Man Who Broke the Music Business
The dawn of online piracy. BY STEPHEN WITT FULL ARTICLE Dell Glover manufactured CDs for a living, but he began to wonder: if the MP3 was just as good, why bother with the CD? CREDIT PHOTOGRAPH BY JEHAD NGA One Saturday in 1994, Bennie Lydell Glover, a temporary employee at the PolyGram compact-disk manufacturing plant […]
What every musician should do before releasing an album
What every musician should do before releasing an album Posted by Guest Blogger The definitive album release checklist [This article was written by recording artist Brian Hazard. It originally appeared on his Passive Promotion blog. I’ve made a few notes throughout, as certain items were directly related to CD Baby services.] Your album is mixed […]