Twitch Doubles the Size of Their Music Library
The Twitch Music Library launched in January. The music library offered 500 cleared songs for Twitch users to include in their live streams and videos. Music came from Mad Decent, Dim Mak, OWSLA, Fool’s Gold, and other labels.
Twitch has just doubled the size of […]
Native Instruments Shouldn’t Be the Only Company Creating the Stems Format
The following post comes from Matt Aimonetti, Co-Founder and CTO of Splice. Reposted with permission from Splice’s blog.
The launch of Stems from Native Instruments at World Music Conference in Miami is a major step forward in how artists will create and share music together […]
How a Musician Can Earn Minimum Wage In 2015…
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Read moreSeatGeek Raises $62 Million from TCV, Accel, and Others
SeatGeek has announced that they’ve raised $62 million in Series C funding. The company has now raised a total of $103 million.
The company specializes in mobile-centric ticketing, with app-based solutions for primary and secondary sellers. The broader, mobile-based transactional space […]
Brazilian Bank Launching Streaming Service That Costs $1.57 a Month
As streaming goes up, paid downloads go down. Everyone from Jay Z to Apple is trying to cash in on this shift. And Google thinks they need three different streaming services…<!-/*
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Jay Z, Beyonce, Jack White, Coldplay, Arcade Fire’s Fans HATE Tidal. Here’s What They’re Saying…
The dramatic launch of Tidal on Monday, the “game changing” new streaming/content platform, was met with whoops and applause. The cheers came from industry insiders and select press who were invited to the exclusive, 100-ish person event at the Skylight at Moynihan Station in […]
Read more79% of Teenagers Don’t Download Music…
…at least if there’s a payment involved. Amongst teenagers, aged 16-19 (global):
Have you paid for least one music download in the past month?
Have you streamed at least one track in the […] Read more
Spotify Says 1.5 Million Playstation Users Installed the App in One Day
…from Spotify Global Head of Communications and Public Policy Jonathan Prince’s Twitter.
+After Sucking at Streaming Music, Sony Calls Spotify…
AMAZING: @Spotify was installed on more than 1.5 MILLION @PlayStation PS4/PS3s on day one!! pic.twitter.com/J1thswqxZZ
— jonathan prince (@jonathanmprince) March 31 […]
European Commission Investigates Apple’s Streaming Service Negotiations
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They Might Be Giants Ask, “Why Can’t We Get a Statement from Spotify?”
…from a Bloomberg interview this week:
Pimm Fox (Host): So you brought us up to the 1990s, but, you stopped —
John Flansburgh: But then there’s the dynamic internet years, the failed Vodka launches [laughs], um … no we basically […]