Tag: music business

• Inside Kanye West’s Vision for the Future

  July 1, 2020

  First he changed the sound of popular music. Then he revolutionized fashion and sneakers. Now, Kanye West is redesigning the very building blocks of family life—food, clothing, and shelter—and he’s… more ›

• Twitch’s Streaming Boom Is Jolting the Music Industry

  June 21, 2020

  On the morning of May 27, Kenneth Charles Blume III wanted to talk about white privilege. Blume, a 29-year-old DJ from Greenwich, Connecticut, has produced beats for some of the biggest… more ›

• Bootsy Collins: ‘We’re all funky, just not all of us know it’

  June 15, 2020

  At the age of 17, William “Bootsy” Collins packed up his homemade bass guitar and left home to tour the world with James Brown. He was heading off in pursuit… more ›

• How the Passion Economy will disrupt media, education, and countless other industries

  May 18, 2020

  [Clayton Christensen’s writing has been hugely influential on my thinking. So when Cliff Maxwell, Christensen’s former Chief of Staff and student at HBS, reached out to discuss my work on… more ›

• Audio Deepfakes Result in Some Pretty Convincing Mashup Performances

  May 2, 2020

  Have you ever wanted to hear Jay Z rap the “To Be, Or Not To Be” soliloquy from Hamlet? You are in luck: What about Bob Dylan singing Britney Spears’… more ›

• Music Publishing Glossary

  April 28, 2020

  https://www.songtrust.com/music-publishing-glossary more ›

• Ten Things You May Not Have Known About Ghostface Killah’s Classic ‘Supreme Clientele’ Album

  February 7, 2020

  In the year 1999, the empire that was built by the Wu-Tang Clan was crumbling. After two years of sub-par solo efforts it seemed like the Clan’s best days were… more ›

• Nightmares on wax: the environmental impact of the vinyl revival

  January 29, 2020

  Inside a US vinyl pressing plant – its owners have asked that I do not give its location – dozens of hydraulic machines run all day and night. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/jan/28/vinyl-record-revival-environmental-impact-music-industry-streaming more ›

• The Difference Between a First Mover and a Category Creator

  December 1, 2019

  Last year, when SAP spent $8 billion to acquire the online research firm Qualtrics, a price that was roughly 14 times the company’s projected 2019 sales, SAP’s CEO defended the… more ›

• The Record Label of The Future is No Label At All

  November 3, 2019

  Spotify’s announcement of Anchor and Gimlet seemed inevitable given the companies quest to dominate all things audio. In his blog post on the acquisition, Audio-First, Daniel Ek stated: https://medium.com/@denishakuhlor/the-record-label-of-the-future-is-no-label-at-all-75a0b52a4995 more ›