February 22, 2017

You Won’t Believe What The Most Popular Music Platform Is

Most popular music platform

Streaming gets all of our attention these days but there’s more to music distribution than that. Business Insider conducted a survey of adults in the United States and found some very interesting data about our very favorite music platform, Here’s what it found. iTunes – 30% Pandora – 23% Spotify – 13% Google Play – […]

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#Amazon Prime Music #Apple Music #Business Insider #Google Play #iTunes #Pandora #Spotify

February 21, 2017

Composer Michael Carey On My Latest Inner Circle Podcast

Composer Michael Carey

Michael Carey started his career as a guitar player, but soon found his way into writing music for commercials. His credits there include Toyota, Ford, Sonic, Coke, Papa Johns, NASCAR, Exxon, and Outback Steakhouse among others, as well as on-air promo packages for CBS, NBC and TBS. Michael missed album work though, as has since […]

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#commercials #composer #compressor #Michael Carey #Michael Jackson

February 17, 2017

Music Industry News Roundup For The Week Of 2/17/17

Music Industry News Roundup

Here’s the Music Industry News Roundup for the week of February 17th, 2017. A lot went on in the streaming world, although nothing that you’d classify as major.. Let’s get into it. Spotify just signed a big new lease in NYC and plans to add 1,000 jobs. The is a curious move given recent rumors about its […]

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#Apple Music #Facebook #New York Times #Pandora #Prince #Soundcloud #Spotify

February 16, 2017

Spotify May Now Be Looking For A Buyer

Spotify looking for a buyer

It looked like Spotify’s strategy was to go public this year, but recent announcements have pretty much put that aside. The IPO (Initial Public Offering) market has changed recently, and tech companies can no longer be assured of the big paydays of just a few years ago. As a result it looks like the company’s new plan is […]

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#Alibaba #Facebook #Mark Mulligan #Reliance Communications #SoftBank #Spotify #Tencent

February 14, 2017

Microphone Man David Bock On Episode #148 Of My Inner Circle Podcast

David Bock

David Bock is the founder of Soundelux Microphones and Bock Audio and there are few people as obsessed or knowledgeable about microphones as he is. His mics exude quality, not only in the way they sound but in the build quality. Put one up against a cheap Chinese clone and it becomes obvious very quickly. […]

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#Bock Audio #Clair Brothers #David Bock #Grammy's #microphones #SIR

February 13, 2017

Is Your Music Attorney Good Enough To Get A Grammy For Suing?

Grammy for suing

There have been some pretty crazy plagiarism lawsuits brought against some of the biggest stars in the last few years. These have had a chilling effect on artists, songwriters, labels and publishers everywhere. This funny video from the stars of Portlandia kind of says it all on the subject, at least from an artistic perspective. […]

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#Grammy #plagiarism #Portlandia

February 10, 2017

Music Industry News Roundup For The Week Of 2/10/17

Music Industry News Roundup

Here’s the Music Industry News Roundup for the week of February 10th, 2017. It’s been a busy week in the music world this week. Let’s get into it. Google and YouTube merge their music teams. There’s confusion between Google Play and YouTube Red services, so look for these to become just a single service soon. Warner Music […]

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#Chance The Rapper #Ed Sheeran #FM radio #google #New York Times #Paul McCartney #Sony/ATV #Spotify #Warner Music #YouTube

February 9, 2017

YouTube Launches Mobile Live Streaming And Super Chat

Mobile Live Streaming - Super Chat

YouTube just launched it’s long anticipated Mobile Live Streaming along with a monetization tool called Super Chat. There’s a catch though. You need at least 10,000 followers to have access to these features right now, although the company says it will be available to everyone at some point and baked into the mobile app. While it’s […]

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#Mobile Live Straming #Super Chat #YouTube

February 7, 2017

Film Composer Richard Gibbs On The Latest Episode Of My Inner Circle Podcast

Richard Gibbs

Richard Gibbs has composed the music for over 60 films as well as some great television shows like The Simpsons and Battlestar Galactica. He’s a good friend and a great story teller, so it was time to have him back on the podcast (he was on Episode #38 a couple of years ago). In Part […]

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#audio kits #Battlestar Galactica #film composition #film scoring #Richard Gibbs #The Simpsons

February 3, 2017

Music Industry News Roundup For The Week Of 2/3/17

Music Industry News Roundup

Here’s the Music Industry News Roundup for the week of February 3rd, 2017. This has been a big week for social media changes, but there are still some interesting record label-related developments. Let’s get into it. Sony earned $1.2 billion from streaming last year. It still made more from physical sales, but not by much. Streaming is changing […]

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#advertising #Facebook #Hulu #Instagram #Snapchat #Sony Music #Soundcloud #streaming music #Vevo #YouTube

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