Business, Services And Guides For Music Labels
Today, SoundCloud rolled out its music subscription service, SoundCloud Go. And it’s actually pretty decent… The Basics: For the first 30 days the service is free, $9.99 a month on Web/Android thereafter and $12.99 a month for iOS. Go boasts a huge catalog of songs: approximately 125 million, making it attractive to a wide range of music […]
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The following was emailed to Digital Music News this morning from a featured artist trying to figure out his royalties. Can you help this person out? Hi Paul, I am a artist and songwriter who just finished reading your article “Now you know everything about publishing” One thing that I find hard to find is how […]
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1. Streaming exclusives penalize paying music fans. The typical music fan pays for one music streaming service, if at all. But for an industry that constantly complains about free-loading fans, it’s also great at punishing those who pay. If you’re paying for Spotify, you can’t get the Apple Music exclusive. If you’re paying for Apple Music, […]
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Kanye West’s The Life Of Pablo album is still a Tidal exclusive, but a remixed version of song Famous featuring Rihanna has just hit two streaming services: Spotify and Apple Music. West has stayed true to his word — so far — that his The Life Of Pablo album would remain a Tidal exclusive. He […]
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Over the past year, a growing number of artists have decided to withhold their music from Spotify. But is it working? Boycotting Spotify isn’t a new thing, though the arrival of premium-only streaming services Apple Music and Tidal is making the decision easier. These new streaming platforms gave artists choice, and more importantly, greater certainty of a guaranteed, higher […]
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Earlier this week, DMN reported that Gwen Stefani had excluded her latest album from Spotify. Now, she has a number one album. Stefani released her album, ‘This Is What The Truth Feels Like,’ on March 18th. The album was released across a variety of platforms, but Spotify didn’t make the cut. The reason for the exclusion is […]
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SoundCloud has been too free for too long, according to some observers. Now that a deal with Sony Music Entertainment is in hand, SoundCloud appears to be rapidly accelerating its move towards a subscription (ie, paid) tier. In fact, SoundCloud’s much-anticipated subscription service may launch within a matter of weeks, not months. It’s unclear exactly when […]
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The annual Musexpo Los Angeles is only weeks away. The event will take place April 17th- 20th at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, with features from key influencers and music enthusiasts from around the world. The event will showcase representation from an array of music industry figures, including labels, publishers, radio, live entertainment platforms, booking agencies, law firms, digital […]
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Podcasting is growing at an exponential rate, and that includes music podcasts. But what are the biggest, most influential music podcasts in 2016? According to Apple, these are the music podcasts with the greatest number of followers. 1. KEXP, Song of the Day. What It Is: In-studio performances, unreleased recordings, and top picks from independent […]
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A proportional map of recorded music format revenues, using US-based tallies from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). CDs maintained a sizable chunk of recorded music sales in 2015, part of a sales map that now features a large number of competing formats. According to US-based, 2015 stats from the RIAA, CDs, subscription (paid) […]
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