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REWIND: New Music Industry’s Last Week in Review

It was a busy week filled with important music industry news. Berklee College named a new but familiar President, Spotify’s value soared, musicians struggled on tour, and much more.

Alana Bonilla on 07/20/2024 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Music isn’t getting worse; genres are [MIDiA’s Mark Mulligan]

What if music isn’t getting worse, but instead, the limitations of traditional genres are what is holding back creatives?

Alana Bonilla on 07/12/2024 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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The Resurgence of Vinyl: A journey through its modern revival

Fred Jacobs covers the unexpected resurgence of vinyl records and why this classic format is thriving in the digital age. by Fred Jacobs of Jacobs Media A couple months back. Continue reading

Alana Bonilla on 06/05/2024 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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How Columbia University’s 89.9 FM found Radio’s ‘lost script’ [Fred Jacobs]

Live campus radio coverage of recent protests proves that Gen Z is ready to reinvent broadcast radio if the current gatekeepers let them…..

Alana Bonilla on 05/22/2024 in Music Op-Ed | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Why must musicians get the short end of OpenAI’s Bad Business Model?

Tech companies claim AI needs free access to copyrighted materials for proper and accurate training, leaving artists uncompensated for the use of their property and with more AI-created competition…..

Alana Bonilla on 04/17/2024 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Television is tanking, but Radio is reinventing

The future of visual entertainment is looking bleak as TV gets more expensive, less accessible, and just plain less entertaining. Radio faces no such detriments, and continues to succeed.

Why? How?…..

Alana Bonilla on 04/03/2024 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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A talk with Disco Donnie Estopinal, CEO of Disco Presents [Larry LeBlanc]

CEO of mega-concert promoter Disco Presents, Disco Donnie, discusses his journey that has led to his company’s 30th anniversary this year…..

Alana Bonilla on 02/28/2024 in Live & Touring | Permalink | Comments (0)
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The Real Currency of Art [Indie singer/songwriter Peter Mulvey]

While music is too often about money these days, indie singer/songwriter Peter Mulvey shares the true value of art and how that makes it worth all the hard work and tears…..

Alana Bonilla on 02/27/2024 in D.I.Y. | Permalink | Comments (0)
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The crumbling of music media is a disaster for the music industry [Tatiana Cirisano]

Tatiana Cirisano of MIDiA Research looks at the gutting of Pitchfork, the state of music reviews and music journalism, and its effects on the future of the music industry. by. Continue reading

Alana Bonilla on 01/24/2024 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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Is analog music making a comeback? [Hanna Kahlert of MIDiA]

In this complex, uncertain, and always-on world, many people are craving the nostalgia of a simpler time. Just as vinyl made a major comeback, will artists and fans return to. Continue reading

Alana Bonilla on 01/18/2024 in Music Business | Permalink | Comments (0)
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