The Music Industry’s Physical Product Problems May Signal An Upheaval In The Making
The U.S. recorded music industry has now totally bought into streaming, but the revenue from physical product like CDs and vinyl is still a significant part of the major label’s bottom lines. You wouldn’t know it by the way record store retailers are being treated however, as the label’s inattention seems to be accelerating physical’s […]
Continue readingStudies Find That Radio Usage Is In Fast Decline Around The World
It had to happen sooner or later. Despite the hopeful numbers thrown around by the radio industry, it appears that digital infotainment consumption is catching up with radio in the one place that it thought it was safe – the automobile. A new study by Strategy Analytics has found that usage is in “fast decline” […]
Continue readingThe Best Times To Post On Social Media In 2019
When it comes to social media promotion, the time of day that you post can be just as critical as the content that you’re posting. There are some generally accepted post times that apply to the various networks, but some new research has tweaked those a little. I’ve posted before about the best times to post, but […]
Continue readingAmazon Music, Aerosmith In Vegas, And Producer/Engineer Greg Penny On My Latest Inner Circle Podcast
My guest on the podcast this week is Greg Penny, who has produced hits with k.d. lang, Cher, and Paul Young among others, but a meeting with Elton John while Greg was in his teens turned into an award-winning mixing journey with the legend many years down the road. Besides producing and mixing Elton’s many albums in surround, Greg […]
Continue readingWill The Major Labels Survive Another Music Revolution?
Major record labels have always been at the heart of the recorded music business, having the marketing and distribution muscle to make a marginal song or album a hit, or turn a hit into a global phenomena. That’s all changing though, as even though the majors have survived the latest assault on their industry leadership […]
Continue readingGoogle Is Trying To Launch Yet Another Social Network With Shoelace
Google is a giant of company that’s good at a lot of things but it hasn’t had much luck with social networks, although it’s tried pretty hard. Google subsidiaries Orkut, Google Buzz, and Google+ have all bit the dust so far, as well as messaging services Allo and Google Wave. That hasn’t stopped the company from trying something else and that […]
Continue readingSpotify Launches A Lite App In 36 Countries
You can’t accuse Spotify of standing still, as there’s always something new in the works. The latest is the introduction of a Lite version of its smartphone app specifically designed for countries with limited bandwidth and phone storage. The software is only around 10MB where the full Spotify Android app is around 100MB. The free […]
Continue readingConcert Ticket Sales Are Down By A Lot This Year
Regardless of which way the recorded music business has gone in recent years, the one thing you could count on was that concert ticket sales would remain strong and even grow. That was true until this year though, as new data from Pollstar confirms that worldwide concert ticket sales are down a whopping 29% from […]
Continue readingMusic In 10 Years, Tinnitus, Pro Tools Computers, And Primephonic CEO Thomas Steffens On My Latest Podcast
My guest on the podcast this week is the CEO of Primphonic, Thomas Steffens. Primephonic is a music streaming service dedicated to keeping classical music alive and serving the needs of the classical music consumer. Most streaming networks are geared towards modern pop music and don’t serve classical well. It’s difficult to find what you want, and labels, […]
Continue readingStreaming Is Down By 5%, But That’s Not Bad News
The latest Nielsen Music Mid-Year Report shows that streaming has actually dropped by 5% in the U.S., which is causing some unneeded panic to occur in some sectors of the music business. With streaming growth predicted to continue for the next 10 years, any sign of a slowdown seems to contradict industry pundits, but this […]
Continue readingThe Album Still Has A Little Value According To Nielsen Music Mid-Year Report
You’ve heard a lot about the decline of the album, and while there’s still some value there, it continues to less and less of a factor for many artists – unless you’re in the 1%. The annual Nielsen Music Mid-Year Music Industry Report, provides some numbers that illustrate that new reality. Top 10 Best Sellers […]
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Happy July 4th With The US Marine Band And “Stars And Stripes Forever”
Happy July 4th to all my American friends! To my readers from other parts of the world, nothing signifies this holiday celebrating the birth of our nation like the John Philips Sousa march “Stars And Stripes Forever.” It caps off our holiday festivities amid great fanfare and fireworks, especially when played well. No one plays […]
Continue readingSpotify Doesn’t Want To Be A Music Distributor After All
Last year Spotify announced that it purchased a portion of music distributor DistroKid, and that would mean that its users would soon be able to distribute their music to platforms other than Spotify. The company has apparently thought better of the move, however, and announced that it’s closing its Upload Beta Program for independent artists. […]
Continue readingNew Billboard Charts, Smuggling With Speaker Cabinets, And Smart Studio’s Jim Dunne On My Latest Inner Circle Podcast
My guest on the podcast this week is Jim Dunne, founder and senior acoustic consultant of the ground-breaking Smart Studio, which completely disrupts how recording studios and dubbing theaters have been built. Smart Studio supplies a modular system that provides not only isolation but excellent acoustic design. Jim has over 30 years experience in the acoustics and noise control […]
Continue readingVivendi Feeling The Heat Over UMG Music Vault Fire As Shares Tumble
Despite a valiant effort to brush off the UMG music vault fire as just “noise,” parent company Vivendi is feeling the effects of the story as shares dropped 2.8% today on fears that the company’s plans for a partial sale of the major record label are in jeopardy. Universal Music Group (UMG) had been valued […]
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