User Centric Licensing: Making Streaming Work For Everyone
One of the greatest criticisms surrounding music streaming concerns the reduced income artists receive. This income, based on "airplay," is often miniscule and stretched over a lengthy period of time. Enter. Continue reading
David Byrne Joins SoundExchange Board Of Directors
As the debate over copyright and royalty reform heats up, its essential to have thoughtful artists engaged in discussions at the highest level. Today SoundExchange smartly gave David Byrne a. Continue reading
Two Views On The Future Of Streaming Music Services
By Alan Cross, Canadian Broadcaster, Radio Consultant. Guys like Thom Yorke and David Byrne can rage against the dying of the light as much as they want, but that won’t prevent streaming. Continue reading
5 Stories That Will Shape The Music Industry In 2014
By Alex May (@AlexmDrums) In a recent episode of the Upward Spiral podcast, we talked with Darren Hemmings, who is the founder of Motive Unknown, a strategic digital marketing consultancy, about the. Continue reading
Billy Bragg Points To Major Labels, Swedish Lawsuit In Spotify Controversy
Musicians getting on the mic to share their views about Spotify have been a big thing lately. Thom Yorke and David Byrne have been particularly noted musician/critics. This week Billy. Continue reading
Musicians In Sweden May Sue Warner Music and Universal Over Spotify Revenue
Swedish Musicians' Union lawyer Per Herrey told a Swedish radio station late last week that a number of Swedish artists are considering suing Warner Music and Universal over their split. Continue reading
Last Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot
It Takes More Than Metrics To Understand Your Fans David Byrne On Streaming 4M Spotify Trax Never Played SFX Stumbles, EDM Wins Bob Lefsetz & The Long Tail Google+ Musicians. Continue reading
David Byrne Takes A Sharp Yet Despairing Look At Spotify, Streaming Music and Musicians
Late last week David Byrne wrote a lengthy column for The Guardian in which he discussed streaming music, Spotify, the music industry, artist careers and his own choice of pulling. Continue reading
AIM Indie Awards Announces Nominees, 2 Winners
The Association of Independent Music has announced the 2013 nominees for it's UK based indie music awards. Along with the nominees came the announcement of two winners: Billy Bragg for. Continue reading
Trent Reznor & David Byrne On DIY vs Major Labels
A talk Sunday night featuring David Byrne and Trent Reznor included an interesting discussion of the business options facing musicians today. Due to Trent Reznor's recent deal with Columbia Records. Continue reading
