April 11, 2018

Under The Radar Amazon Music Adding Millions Of Subscribers

Amazon Music Unlimited on the Music 3.0 blog

Amazon has always been the sleeping giant in music streaming. It’s Prime Music comes as a part of Amazon Prime, and although there are no official numbers as to the number of subscribers, the company hints that it’s at least hundred million. Amazon also has a stand-alone service as well called Amazon Music Unlimited, which […]

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#Amazon Music Unlimited #Amazon Prime #Apple Music #Spotify

April 10, 2018

Scoring Mixer Bobby Fernandez On My Latest Inner Circle Podcast

Bobby Fernandez on the Music 3.0 blog

My guest this week is scoring mixer Bobby Fernandez, who’s recorded and mixed the scores on hundreds of major film studio movies. Just to give you an example, Bobby has over 300 IMDB credits, but that doesn’t include over 200 films that he wasn’t credited for when working for Warner Brothers! Bobby’s also won a […]

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#Bobby Fernandez #Clint Eastwood #Pro Tools #surround #vinyl #Warner Brothers

April 9, 2018

Spotify’s Market Cap Shows Just How Powerful Apple Really Is

Spotify Market Cap on the Music 3.0 blog

Spotify’s direct listing on the New York Stock Exchange last week proved to be a little underwhelming in that most existing stockholders decided to hold on to their shares, a good sign for the company’s long-term future. Its stock price at the end of the week ended up at just shy of $148, which translated […]

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#Amazon #Apple #Apple Music #google #Spotify

April 5, 2018

Which Streaming Service Pays The Most? You’ll Be Surprised

Streaming Services on the Music 3.0 blog

Streaming royalties are a completely moving target, and what’s reported as the average payment today will certainly change tomorrow. The reason is that there are so many variables that go into calculating a stream payment. That said, the chart below from Statista provides the gross payouts to labels per stream from each major streaming service. […]

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#Pandora #Rhapsody #Spotify #Statista #streaming music #streaming services #XBox Music #YouTube

April 5, 2018

Spotify Finally Goes Public, And Sony Sells Some Of Its Stock

Spotify stock

Spotify finally went public yesterday in a unique direct listing that had Wall Street watching the offering closely. The stock opened at a price of $165.90 per share but fell to $149.01 by the end of the day. The stock dropped down another 8% to $140.02 by midday Wednesday. That said, even at $140 per […]

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#Fortune #John Tinker #Music Business Worldwide #Redburn #SEB Equities #Sony Music #Spotify

April 4, 2018

New YouTube TrueView For Reach Ads Could Mean More Revenue For Artists

TrueView YouTube ads on the Music 3.0 blog

YouTube has rolled out a new variety of advert that may end up bringing in more ad dollars not only for artists and bands, but anyone who posts an interesting video on the service. Known as TrueView for Reach, the new ad type is similar to standard TrueView ads that can be skipped after 5 […]

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#Samsung #TrueView ads #TrueView for Reach #Variety #YouTube

April 3, 2018

Blues Hall Of Fame Sax Player Joe Sublett On My Latest Inner Circle Podcast

Joe Sublett on Bobby Owsinski's Music 3.0 Blog

My guest this week is saxophonist Joe Sublett, who’s a Grammy and W.C. Handy Award winner as well as an inductee of the Blues Hall of Fame. Joe’s credits include work with superstars like The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Bonnie Raitt, Little Feat, The Band, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, BB King and a […]

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#Apple Music #Blue Hall of Fame #Fender #Gibson #Joe Sublett #saxophone

March 30, 2018

The AMP Act Will Get Producers Paid For Streaming

The Amp Act on Bobby Owsinski's Music 3.0 blog

Perhaps the biggest question that today’s producer has is, “How do I get paid?” Back in the days when physical sales were king, this was never a problem as producers were paid handsomely for their services from sales royalties. Even though there are still physical sales involved today, that more than likely will not pay […]

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#AMP Act #Classics Act #Music Modernization Act

March 29, 2018

More YouTube Ads Coming In An Effort To Get Users To Pay Up

YouTube ads on Bobby Owsinski's Music 3.0 Blog

YouTube is about to employ a rather unique strategy in order to get more people to buy into its upcoming subscription plan. The service is going to begin to insert more ads in videos in an effort to frustrate users enough that they’ll want to pay to eliminate them. YouTube’s global head of music Lyor Cohen laid […]

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#Lyor Cohen #music subscription #YouTube #YouTube Red

March 27, 2018

Music Licensing Guru Joyce Kettering On My Latest Inner Circle Podcast

Joyce Kettering on the Music 3.0 music industry blog

My guest on the podcast this week is Joyce Kettering, a composer who became so successful licensing her music that she did the thing that so many dream about – she was able to quit a very good day job as a financial auditor and just dedicate herself to music. What makes this story even […]

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#Joyce Kettering #music licensing #RIAA #social media promotion

March 23, 2018

“Blurred Lines” Infringement Verdict Appeal Falls Flat

Blurred Lines on Bobby Owsinski's Music 3.0 blog

When the verdict in the 2015 copyright infringement trial brought by the Marvin Gaye estate against the writers of the Robin Thicke hit “Blurred Lines” was reached, most of the music industry shuddered. While some of the flavor of the Marvin Gaye’s “Got To Give It Up” hit of 1977 was captured on the “Blurred […]

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#Blurred Lines #Marvin Gaye #Robin Thicke

March 22, 2018

Proof That American Idol Doesn’t Create Hitmakers

American Idol winners on the Music 3.0 blog

Most artists and musicians that I know hold the shows American Idol and The Voice in some level of contempt. It’s made-for-TV music and doesn’t reflect much about the true business of music or paying your dues (although there’s less of that these days anyway). It gets the public excited for the duration of the […]

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#American Idol #Carrie Underwood #Kelly Clarkson #The Voice

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