Tag: music streams

• Ludmilla Teixeira, la riposte à Bolsonaro

  November 21, 2019

  PortraitFéministes ! (4/6). Sa lutte contre le président brésilien, « mysogine de la pire espèce », l’a propulsée comme figure de proue de la contestation citoyenne. A travers les réseaux sociaux,… 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 ›

• FKA twigs: ‘An incredible woman always in the shadow of a man? I can relate’

  September 28, 2019

  FKA twigs lives in a real house, in the real world, though this seems hard to believe. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/sep/28/fka-twigs-in-shadow-of-man-robert-pattinson-surgery-new-album-miranda-sawyer more ›

• Pop’s need for speed: ‘You have to drop new stuff constantly’

  September 19, 2019

  The music industry in 2019, says Foals frontman Yannis Philippakis, could be compared to a Pez dispenser. He is not talking about big heads – rather, the seemingly endless, instantly… more ›

• Urbano Reached Critical Mass in 2018. Now Can It Be Normalized?

  September 14, 2019

  Cardi B’s Instagram typically serves as a roving press conference on personal matters, quelling rumors of infidelity or amplifying existing beefs. But on a recent live video, she addressed dembow… more ›

• Should Spotify Change the Way It Pays Artists?

  June 16, 2019

  British electronic-music pioneer Jon Hopkins, writing on Twitter back in 2011, is definitely responsible for the most succinct public attack on the world’s biggest music subscription service. The most memorable… more ›

• What is Happening to Streaming’s Superstars?

  June 16, 2019

  Think of the biggest-earning artists on music streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music, and the usual megastars might come to mind. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/what-is-happening-to-streamings-superstars-845395/ more ›

• How does the music industry work? Give me the high-level overview!

  June 4, 2019

  So, you want to know how the music industry works? You want a high-level overview of the music business? Maybe even some pretty diagrams that explain how it all works?… more ›

• Metadata is the biggest little problem plaguing the music industry

  June 4, 2019

  Recently, a musician signed to a major indie label told me they were owed up to $40,000 in song royalties they would never be able to collect. https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/29/18531476/music-industry-song-royalties-metadata-credit-problems more ›

• Breaking the Circle These women are playing for huge crowds who love them

  April 21, 2019

  But in the 1930s, the Brazilian government began to recognize the power of samba, and looked to co-opt it as part of a new, unified national identity. The music once… more ›