CD Baby, Tunecore Add China For DIY Music Distribution
Tunecore and CD Baby have each just added China's largest streaming music service – Tencent Music, its subsidiaries and partners – to their indie and d.i.y. music distribution networks. When. Continue reading
Tencent Puts Select Music Behind Paywall, Promises More
Chinese music streaming giant Tencent Music Entertainment is experimenting with driving revenue by making some content exclusive and unavailable to its ad-supported users. It's a practice once popular in label. Continue reading
Being A Musician In The Audience (How It Actually Feels…)
As much as they may depend on a good audience for a living themselves, musicians are often guilty of being of the worst people to have at your show. Here. Continue reading
50 Year After Abbey Road: Two Worlds Of Music Listening
With the Beatle's Abbey Road near the top of the charts 50 years after release, MIDiA analyst Mark Mulligan explores how older, physical-focused music fans remain the quickest route to. Continue reading
RIAA Releases “Notorious” Copyright Offenders List
Copyright violation remains an ever-present issue in the music business, affecting not only an artist's ability to make money, but also that of labels. Consequently, the RIAA annually drops a. Continue reading
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
As we look back in on another busy week of music industry events, we review TIDAL's executive staffing changes, the return of 'vintage sound' in music and why it's happening,. Continue reading
How My Ears And The World Have Changed
In this piece, Ellisa Sun takes us on a trip down memory lane and back again as she compares the music of her youth with more modern compositions, and looks. Continue reading