October 18, 2018

Spotify Deal With Distrokid Means Artists Can Now Upload To Other Streaming Services As Well

Distrokid Spotify on the Music 3.0 Blog

When Spotify announced its direct upload feature last month many artists weren’t particularly wowed since they’d still have to use a distributor to have their music uploaded to the other streaming services anyway. The company has now turned that argument on its ear by making a “passive” investment in the the distribution company Distrokid, which […]

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#DistroKid #Spotify #streaming music

October 16, 2018

Audio Archivist Dan Johnson, Top Music Genres, And The 5 Effects That Changed Music On My Latest Podcast

Dan Johnson on the Music 3.0 Blog

My guest today is Dan Johnson, who started his career as an engineer at Capitol Studios and Ocean Way, and is now the chief preservation engineer at United Studios Archiving. Dan has transferred over 600 albums and 3000 tapes ranging from mono acetate to 48 track digital including priceless masters by high-profile legacy artists such as Led Zeppelin, Jimi […]

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#archiving #effects #music genres #United Studios

October 10, 2018

Consumers Worldwide Still Listen To A Lot Of Music According To An IFPI Study

IFPI Music Consumer Report on the Music 3.0 Blog

The IFPI released its annual Music Consumer Insight Report, and as usual, it has data that confirms suspicions and also surprises. This is a truly a global look at music consumption since the data was collected by AudienceNet from a wide demographic aged 16-64 from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, […]

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#IFPI #streaming music

October 9, 2018

Westlake’s Al Machera, Money Pouring Into Music, And Geoff Emerick’s Legacy On The Latest Inner Circle Podcast

Al Machera on the Music 3.0 Blog

My guest today is Al Machera, who started off engineering in Miami before moving back to his home city of New York, where he stepped into the middle of the hip hop revolution as the main engineer for Salt n Peppa. Eventually Al made his way to Los Angeles where he worked for Radio and […]

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#Al Machera #Cre-8 Academy #Geoff Emerick #Michael Jackson #Westlake Studios

October 3, 2018

Spotify Wants Your GPS Location If You’re Signed Up For A Family Plan

Spotify family plan GPS info on the Music 3.0 Blog

Recently I posted about how the streaming services are losing subscribers through family plans, when a user invites people into a plan from outside the family. This is especially the case for Spotify, who reportedly is suffering from this problem more than other streaming services. Now the company has taken the unusual attempt to stop […]

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#family plan #Spotify

October 2, 2018

The Most Stressful Job In Music, Used Guitar Market, And NASA Engineer And Bassist Mike Paul Hughes

Mike Paul Hughes on the Music 3.0 Blog

My guest on the Podcast this week is Mike Paul Hughes, who spends his days as a NASA aerospace engineer in the middle of some some of the most advanced space projects the world has ever seen, but after work becomes a bassist, producer, and even a composer for a number of Bollywood films. He also […]

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#Bollywood #NASA #used guitars

October 1, 2018

The “Stairway To Heaven” Copyright Lawsuit Headed Back To Court Yet Again

Spirit Zep on the Music 3.0 Blog

Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway To Heaven” is certainly one of the the era’s most iconic rock songs but it’s been wrapped up in a lawsuit that can’t seem to come to a close. The estate of the late Randy California of the band Spirit sued the members of Led Zep for stealing parts of “Stairway To Heaven” from […]

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#Led Zeppelin #plagiarism #Spirit

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