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Sweden May Be Telling Us About Streaming’s Future

Streaming in Sweden on the Music 3.0 blog

The latest IFPI annual study on last year’s global music sales has posted and there’s a wealth of data there, although no surprises. There is one piece of data that Mark Mulligan of the Midea research group dug out that may give us a look at the future of streaming. Mark noted that IFPI’s report showed […]

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Disney Audio Director Nick Peck On My Latest Inner Circle Podcast

Nick Peck on the Music 3.0 blog

My guest this week is composer, sound designer, musician and technologist Nick Peck. For the last 20 years Nick has been a sound designer and audio director for interactive projects and games at Skywalker Sound, Activision, Lucasarts, and now at Disney Publishing Worldwide. Nick runs the audio department at Disney that handles sound design, music […]

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More Music Is Played On YouTube Than All Other Platforms Combined

YouTube Music Streams on the Music 3.0 Blog

The latest IFPI report describing the economics of the recorded music business of 2017 is out and among the interesting tidbits is the fact that there was more music streamed from YouTube last year than Spotify, Apple Music and all other streaming platforms combined. Considering that the per user royalties paid back to the music […]

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With A U.S. IPO, Tencent Will Become The Next Big Streaming Service In North America

Tencent Music on the Music 3.0 blog

There have been multiple reports that Chinese streaming service Tencent Music is getting set to file for an Initial Public Offering (IPO) very soon. An even bigger story is the pegged valuation is in the neighborhood of $25 billion, which would make it the 4th largest U.S. listed tech stock ever, just a little behind […]

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Film Composer Chris Boardman, Virtual Radio, And Instrument Insurance On My Latest Inner Circle Podcast

Chris Boardman on the Music 3.0 blog

My guest this week is television and film composer Chris Boardman, who was one of my first guests when I started this podcast 4 years ago. He was originally on episode #11. Acknowledged for his work in film, TV, records and academia, Chris is a six time Emmy Award winner with 13 Emmy Nominations, and […]

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Music Modernization Act Unanimously Passes The House

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The Music Modernization Act is getting closer to becoming the law of the land as the bill was unanimously passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday (April 25), with 415 voting in favor and 16 representatives not voting. It now goes to the Senate for the final vote, then must be signed by […]

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It Looks Like Google Will Shut Down Its Play Music Service

Google Play Music on the Music 3.0 blog

There are big changes coming to Google and YouTube’s music streaming services soon as the company tries to consolidate them all into one offering. According to a report at 9To5Google, Google will shut down its poorly titled Google Play Music streaming service and merge it into the new upcoming YouTube Remix service. YouTube also has […]

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Jingle Producer/Composer David Campos On My Latest Inner Circle Podcast

David Campos on the Music 3.0 blog

My guest this week is producer and composer David Campos, who was one of my first guests when I started this podcast 4 years ago. He was originally on episode #6. David has produced gold and platinum albums, has won a Clio award for one of his jingles, and composed music for MTV, SABC and […]

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Smart Speakers Help Amazon To 100 Million Prime Subscribers

Amazon Prime Logo on the Music 3.0 blog

Amazon has never officially discussed its Prime service subscriber numbers in the past, leaving room for lots of speculation. Was it 90 million? 120 million? 60 million? Finally we get some real confirmation from CEO Jeff Bezos himself, who announced in its annual shareholders letter that the company has broken the 100 million barrier, a new […]

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Indie DIY Artists Are 2.7% Of The Music Market

Indie DIY artist revenue 2017 on the Music 3.0 blog

Depending on how you look at it, new figures from Midea Research examining the total revenue for recorded music last year are either good news or bad news for indie DIY artists. As the study points out, DIY artists who release music through Tunecore, CD Baby and Bandcamp took in a total of $472 million last […]

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April 19, 2018

The Best Day Of The Week For Sending Your Email Newsletter

email newsletter on the Music 3.0 blog

You’ve finally finished creating your newsletter email and it’s time to hit the send button. But is it really? It turns out that the exact day and time that’s optimum to send your email has been extensively studied, and thanks to the built-in scheduler now offered by Email Service Providers (ESPs), you can be sure […]

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