UK singer/songwriter Ed Sheeran has been announced as Spotify’s most streamed artists with his songs registering over 860 million streams. He beat Eminem and Coldplay into second and third place respectively. His latest album X has notched up 430 million streams. The album has just passed the 1 million mark[…]
Here’s an interesting article posted by US independent band POMPLAMOOSE about the costs and realities of putting together their 28 day Autumn tour in which they played 24 dates in 23 cities. It’s useful to read, whatever country you are based in, as it gives insights into ALL areas and aspects of a[…]
BASCA, (The British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors) moved into their new offices on Friday 7th November. Their new address is: 2 Pancras Square, Kings Cross, London, N1C 4AG Said BASCA in their press release of 6th November: ” Our IT systems and files are being transferred from Berners[…]
Anyone following recent UK news will have heard/seen reports about changes to copyright law with regards to using music in/for ‘caricature, parody or pastiche’. These changes were usually highlighted in these reports with regards to the use of music on YouTube videos etc. The recent changes were actually wider than[…]
One thing that’s also mentioned as being important for writers / artists / performers when looking to build up your profile or gig opportunities within the music business is NETWORKING. We’ve seen many a book, blog or article devoted to the subject, but here’s a recent article we’ve come across that[…]
Over the last few months I’ve been thinking and reading about how today’s music fans listen to, or to put it in modern corporate speak, ‘consume’ their music and how it’s going to continue to change and develop in the future. Although change seems to happen faster today, let’s remember[…]
Iggy Pop, who is known as “the Godfather of punk” for his raw rock songs and raucous dynamic live shows, shared his views on the current state of the music industry. He praised independent labels as “good guys” in his first lecture. In delivering his BBC 6 Music’s John Peel Lecture at[…]
Here’s an interesting blog that explores the possible future of music and more specifically music consumption. It shares and comments on both the negative and positive views of people in and around the music industry. There are also 2 interesting videos included, one of which is a very interesting and informative[…]
So, after only a few months of including the number of streams of a track as part of their chart ‘sales’, the first track to get into the UK top 40 purely on the number of streams alone is here. The track only goes live as a buyable download this[…]
I’m sure if you are involved in music or a fan of music then you’ll be only too aware of the ‘free giveaway’ of the new U2 album by Apple to its entire iTunes customer base to mark the launch of the new iPhone 6. But in hindsight, has it[…]