Music discovery is the future; Spotify says so. The music streaming giant has just bought Tunigo, a music discovery startup who have developed a popular Spotify app.
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2012 was fun. It was packed full of talented UK artists doing their thing on all kinds of levels. We also put together a very groovy mixtape. But what did the official figures say?
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This week’s Music Industry news, views, videos, advice, and reviews, and also our Quick Tip of the Week for using the UK Music Jobs website. Week ending 21st December 2012.
Read More...The unstoppable My Tiger My Timing popped into the PRS For Music offices to perform a very special, acoustic version of their track ‘Endless Summer. The band have recently released their acclaimed debut album ‘Celeste’ which is available on iTunes and Spotify right now.
Read More...As 2011 is drawing to a close, we thought we’d find out a little more about what kind of music listening preferences our members have used over the last 12 months. There are now more ways to consume music than ever before, making the murky waters of the music industry even more treacherous for musicians, [...]
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How does 31 consecutive nights of back-to-back musical legends and boundary-pushing young guns sound? Well, that’s exactly what the iTunes Festival is serving up in London this July. Kicking off with the phenomenal Paul Simon on July 1st and continuing every night of the month, The Roundhouse sees talented artists such as Kasabian, Foo Fighters, [...]
Read More...This week the British music industry celebrated… well, the British music industry, with it’s annual award show known as The BRIT Awards. The best of current British and International music was displayed at The O2 Arena, and televised to nearly five million viewers nationwide. This year was a slightly new format, with an emphasis on [...]
Read More...January saw a “highly productive and optimistic” MIDEM 2010 conference take place in Cannes. The event had kicked off with the “New Models At Work” panel session, with Amanda Palmer speaking about her 2009 self-funded solo album, and her online community of fans. Hal Ritson from The Young Punx added that artists need to “get [...]
Read More...Well, it’s always been on the cards, but the biggest news of the week is that Apple have finally been able to make iTunes tracks available without the Digital Rights Management that was essentially ‘watermarked’ into all previous tracks. So you can now buy a tune from iTunes and play it on Microsoft’s Zune player [...]
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I’ve covered a bit recently on AC/DC dropping iTunes because of Apple’s requirement to sell album tracks individually and the band’s belief that this is wrong. Well, assuming that you aren’t a rock supergroup that can strike up a great physical distribution deal, iTunes could be on your list of download sites, and using it [...]
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From Guns n Roses to AC/DC! Yes, we really are keeping up with the times! It’s funny how these, ahem, ‘mature’ bands are leading the way with their music strategies. Anywho, I thought I’d report on the Young Brothers and co, because they recently took a stand against iTunes. They believed that an album should [...]
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