January 18, 2017

France’s SACEM Might Have Created The Copyright Management Technology Of The Future

SACEM copyright system

For the most part, performance rights organizations use an antiquated system to determine the payouts to their members. For radio, it all depends on a survey at certain times of the year that looks at a cross-section of what stations are playing in order to determine the royalties. For streaming, it depends on the data they […]

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#copyright management #IBM #measurement #PRO #SACEM

January 13, 2017

Music Industry News Roundup For The Week Of 1/13/17

Music Industry News Roundup

Here’s the Music Industry News Roundup for the week of January 13th, 2017. Everyone is back from holiday vacation and the year is starting to get busy. Let’s see what’s in the news. Pandora lays off 7% of its workforce. Things are getting tough in streaming land as the company tries to overcome a cash crunch. Deezer’s […]

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#copyright #Elton John #iHeart Radio #Instagram #music critics #Pandora #Sirius XM #Snapchat #Tunecore #YouTube

January 12, 2017

High-Resolution Streaming Might Be Getting Closer

high-resolution music logo

I’ve been predicting for over a year that the streaming world would eventually move to high-resolution audio, and a recent announcement from a group of large industry players makes it look like things are finally moving in the right direction. All 3 major labels, Pandora, Rhapsody/Napster, HD Trax and the RIAA announced their support for […]

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#Apple Music #DEG #Digital Entertainment Group #hi-res #high-resolution streaming #Mastered for iTunes #Spotify

January 10, 2017

Strings Guy Stevie Blacke On Episode #143 Of My Inner Circle Podcast

Stevie Blacke

Stevie Blacke is a multi-instrumentalist known around Hollywood as the “strings guy” because he’s often called upon to record full string sections of violin, viola, cello and double-bass (up to 40 tracks!) all by himself. He’s much more than just an orchestral string player though, as he also does sessions on mandolin, dobro, sitar and […]

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#paid subscriptions #Stevie Blacke #strings

January 6, 2017

Music Industry News Roundup For The Week Of 1/6/17

Music Industry News Roundup

Happy New Year, and here’s the first Music Industry News Roundup of the year for the week of January 6th, 2017. We’re just coming off a major holiday and things are slowly ramping back up. Let’s see what happened. The Blackstone Group acquires SESAC. Just think about that for a second. A big investment group now owns a […]

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#Alibaba #Blackstone Group #Canada Boy Vinyl #Content ID #Facebook #George Michael #indie labels #SESAC #SoundExchange #vinyl #YouTube

January 4, 2017

How To Measure Online Audience Engagement

Measuring engagement

When we think online audience engagement, we usually think of views or streams. There’s a lot more to it than that though, as this infographic from Statista shows how industry insiders evaluate true engagement. As you can see, Shares are the #1 most valuable engagement element, closely followed by the actual amount of time users dwell on […]

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#engagement #infographic #Statista

January 2, 2017

Tidal Releases Some Year End Numbers, But Not The Right Ones

tidal

Out of all the music streaming networks, Tidal seems to get more than its fair share of publicity. No doubt that’s because it’s owned by a music celebrity (Jay-Z), but for a relatively small player in the streaming game, Tidal manages to punch above its weight. The company recently released some interesting numbers that covered […]

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#streaming #subscribers #TIDAL

December 30, 2016

Music Industry News Roundup For The Week Of 12/30/16

Music Industry News Roundup

Here’s the Music Industry News Roundup for the week of December 30th, 2016, the last week of the year. As expected, there hasn’t been much in the way of blockbuster news, but there have been some interesting pieces. Mozart was not #1 in album sales. A story made the rounds that a box set by the […]

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#Beats 1 #Billboard #Deezer #Drake #Mozart #PC World #Rolling Stone #Tencent #Top 30 #virtual reality #Warner Music

December 29, 2016

Facebook Looking For An In-House Composer

It looks like you can expect a lot more from Facebook in 2017 in more ways than one. The company is advertising for an in-house composer to add to its in-house sound design team. According to the advert: The in-house Music Composer role requires 10+ years of professional experience in the music industry, plus experience […]

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#composer #Content ID #Facebook #sound design #YouTube

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