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DMT is brought to you by Gramofon, a small device that can give your ‘old school’ speakers a new lease of life by adding seamless wireless streaming functionality controlled right from the Spotify app. Check it out on http://www.gramofon.com._____It was a real pleasure to welcome Emily White (Whitesmith Entertainment ) and Glenn Peoples (Billboard) to the last weekly recording of Digital Music Trends. If you’d like to be kept up to date with any one-off show recordings do sign up to the newsletter on bit.ly/dmtlistWe start by chatting about the demise of Grooveshark under the weight years of controversies and lawsuits as well as the closure of Simfy, the first streaming service to open in Germany back in 2008.The week we also had a flurry of Apple news to discuss as rumors around the company’s music streaming service continue to pour in, will it launch in June? Does Apple have the licenses it needs? And what about this DOJ investigation?Finally we address Instagram’s launch of the @music content vertical, the future of Twitter and Live Nation’s majority stake in Bonnaroo.I really hope you enjoy this week’s show, have a fantastic week and ’till next time!__Andrea Leonelli http://www.digitalmusictrends.com http://www.twitter.com/digimusictrendsThe post DMT 231: Grooveshark, Simfy, Apple, Instagram, Twitter, Bonnaroo appeared first on Digital Music Trends.

DMT is brought to you by Gramofon, a small device that can give your ‘old school’ speakers a new lease of life by adding seamless wireless streaming functionality controlled right from the Spotify app. Check it out on http://www.gramofon.com._____This week it was a pleasure to welcome Sophie Goossens (lawyer at August & Debouzy) and Darren Hemmings (founder of Motive Unknown) to the show.On this penultimate instalment of our weekly appointments we start by chatting about a DMT all-time-favourite topic: Pandora’s quest for profitability and we also mention the latest CRB rate-setting procedures.In other news, another round of Tidal-ness as we talk about Jay-Z’s tweets and wonder: should the company just stop with the hollow PR talk and come back in a couple of months with a more substantial plan?We also discuss the EU Copyright Directive and the Digital Single Market initiative as PoliticoEU leaked some of the talking points of the upcoming announcement on the matter.Finally we chat about live music subscriptions startup Jukely, as the company closes an $8m round and is set to expand to more cities.I really hope you enjoy this week’s show, have a fantastic week and ’till next time!__Andrea Leonellihttp://www.digitalmusictrends.comhttp://www.twitter.com/digimusictrendsThe post DMT 230: Pandora & CRB, Jay-Z, EU’s Copyright Directive, Jukely appeared first on Digital Music Trends.

DMT is brought to you by Gramofon, a small device that can give your ‘old school’ speakers a new lease of life by adding seamless wireless streaming functionality controlled right from the Spotify app. Check it out on http://www.gramofon.com. _____This week it was a real pleasure to welcome to the show Larry Miller (Associate Professor of Music Business at NYU & host of Musonomics podcast) and Taishi Fukuyama, founder of Japan market entry, business development agency PRTL.We start by talking about an acquisition that caught everyone by surprise, that of Tunecore by Believe Digital, do the two companies complement one another?Also on the show we discuss TIDAL’s slide the iOS apps chart, Guvera announcing reaching 10m users, the value of dance music in the US estimated to be $1.9bn, Spotify’s advertising growth and new publishing appointment and finally the incredible performance of the Furious 7 soundtrack and a question, why the resurgence of OSTs over the past couple of years?I really hope you enjoy this week’s show, have a fantastic week and ’till next time!__ Andrea Leonelli http://www.digitalmusictrends.com http://www.twitter.com/digimusictrendsPS. if you’re based in London come down to DMT’s one-off meetup on the 6th of May, sign up on http://digitalmusictrends.eventbrite.co.ukThe post DMT 229: Believe Digital, Guvera, TIDAL, EDM, Spotify ads, Furious 7 appeared first on Digital Music Trends.

DMT is brought to you by Gramofon, a small device that can give your ‘old school’ speakers a new lease of life by adding seamless wireless streaming functionality controlled right from the Spotify app. Check it out on http://www.gramofon.com. _____This week it was a real pleasure to welcome to the show Nico Perez (co-founder, Mixcloud) and Olivier de Simone (music industry consultant).We start by chatting about the IFPI’s Digital Music Report 2015, which includes some interesting figures on the evolution of the digital music market. We also address Apple’s revamped Music app in the iOS 8.4 beta, the renewed focus on exclusives for music streaming services – – a good or a bad thing?, Spotify’s new round, Guitar Hero’s resurgence in a “live” setting, the UK’s vinyl chart, UMG’s 11.5m settlement in downloads royalties lawsuit, the latest from Mixcloud and much, much more.I really hope you enjoy the show, have a great week and ’till next time.Andrea Leonelli http://www.digitalmusictrends.com http://www.twitter.com/digimusictrendsPS. if you’re based in London come down to DMT’s one-off meetup on the 6th of May, sign up on digitalmusictrends.eventbrite.co.ukThe post DMT 228: IFPI, Apple’s Music app, Exclusives Debate, Guitar Hero, Spotify’s Round, Mixcloud appeared first on Digital Music Trends.

DMT is brought to you by Gramofon, a small device that can give your ‘old school’ speakers a new lease of life by adding seamless wireless streaming functionality controlled right from the Spotify app. Check it out on http://www.gramofon.com. _____This week on Digital Music Trends it was a pleasure to welcome Darren Hemmings (Motive Unknown) and Matthew Hawn (Product & Strategy consultant) to discuss the latest news in the music tech space. The show also includes a catch-up with Turner Kirk and Jeannie Yang from Smule.On the show we discuss Madonna’s Meerkat premiere and beyond that the potential of apps like Meerkat and Periscope for artists, we address the latest news on the TIDAL front, Omnifone’s partnership with Samsung, Apple’s EU issues, the new Concord Bicycle Group and Seatgeek raising $62m (& what’s happening in the ticketing space?).I also chat with Smule about the company’s work with artists (both established and up-and-coming), the latest video-based features, the internationalisation of their catalogue and the latest developments in the music gaming space which appears to be heating up right now.I really hope you enjoy the show, have a great week and ’till next time.Andrea Leonelli http://www.digitalmusictrends.com http://www.twitter.com/digimusictrendsThe post DMT 227: Meerkat, TIDAL, Apple & EU, Smule, Omnifone, Seatgeek, Bicycle Music Group appeared first on Digital Music Trends.

DMT is brought to you by Gramofon, a small device that can give your ‘old school’ speakers a new lease of life by adding seamless wireless streaming functionality controlled right from the Spotify app. Check it out on http://www.gramofon.com. _____This week on Digital Music Trends it was a pleasure to welcome Chandler Coyle (Music Geek Services, Berklee), Mark Frieser (Syncsummit) to chat about the week’s news. The show also features an interview with Joel T. Jordan from Synchtank.Inevitably we open the show by chatting extensively about TIDAL’s press conference. Just 4 days after the (in)famous event the tide seems to have turned against the company given the many obvious issues with the service.We also discuss the upcoming Syncsummit London event, the integration of Spotify into the Playstation and what the console market means for music subscriptions and finally Coachella’s renewed partnership with YouTube to livestream the festival.The show also incorporates an interview with Joel T. Jordan, the founder of the company Synchtank, specialised in online catalogue management & licensing software for publishers, labels and other industry professionals.I really hope you enjoy this week’s podcast, have a great week and ’till next time!(Andrea Leonelli) http://www.digitalmusictrends.com http://www.twitter.com/digimusictrendsThe post DMT 226: The Tide Turns Against TIDAL, Music on Consoles, Coachella, SynchTank appeared first on Digital Music Trends.

DMT is brought to you by Gramofon, a small device that can give your ‘old school’ speakers a new lease of life by adding seamless wireless streaming functionality controlled right from the Spotify app. Check it out on http://www.gramofon.com. ___This week on the show a feature on Landr (from the company until recently known as MixGenius), an online automated music mastering service.Unfortunately the usual news-based show suffered from a severe audio corruption issue, I restored it the best I could and you can find it at 26:00 but the quality is still compromised so have a listen and see if you can live with it. If featured Jenn Miller Audiosocket), Mark S Berry (Attack Media Group) and Syd Lawrence (wemakeawesomesh.it). We chat about Universal Music Group and Spotify, the YouTube Music Awards, Vessel’s launch and The Orchard becoming wholly owned by Sony.I really hope you enjoy the show (at least the first half), apologies for the audio issues, have a fantastic week and ’till next time.http://www.digitalmusictrends.com http://www.twitter.com/digimusictrendsThe post DMT 225: Landr, UMG, Vessel, YouTube Awards appeared first on Digital Music Trends.

This week’s show is brought to you by Gramofon, a small device that can give your ‘old school’ speakers a new lease of life by adding seamless wireless streaming functionality controlled right from the Spotify app. Check it out on http://www.gramofon.com.__This week on Digital Music Trends a SXSW special recorded with a few attendees who took some time to fill me in on what’s going on at this year’s event. We discuss what’s happening in Austin, the latest from their respective companies and we also cover this week’s news.And it was a pleasure to welcome to the show James Hamlin from WhoSampled, Darryl Ballantyne from LyricFind, Kevin Breuner from CD Baby, Paul Anthony from Rumblefish and Mark Steiner from Gigsalad.We also chat about Kendrick Lamar’s Spotify streaming record, the Empire soundtrack taking the N.1. spot on the Billboard 200 thanks to streaming, Rhapsody’s Twitter feature and Rdio’s new social features, YouTube for artists and much more…I really hope you enjoy the show, have a fantastic week and ’till next time!Andrea Leonelli http://www.digitalmusictrends.com http://www.twitter.com/digimusictrendsThe post DMT 224: SXSW Calling, Empire, Rhapsody, YouTube for Artists, Lamar most streamed appeared first on Digital Music Trends.

This week’s show is brought to you by Gramofon, a small device that can give your ‘old school’ speakers a new lease of life by adding seamless wireless streaming functionality controlled right from the Spotify app. Check it out on http://www.gramofon.com. _This week on Digital Music Trends a packed show as I welcome Richard Busch, attorney at King & Ballow (who represented the Marvin Gaye estate in the recent suit), Joe Conyers, VP of Technology Downtown Music Publishing and Jim Carroll, journalist at the Irish Times to the show.We start by talking about “Blurred Lines” and the jury finding against Pharrell and Robin Thicke who are to pay $7.4 million to the Marvin Gaye estate for infringing on the copyright of “Got to give it up”. First up we hear the Gaye estate attorney who talks us through some key issues of this trial and then we comment on its potential repercussions.On the show we also tackle McDonald’s faux pas with the band Ex Cops and subsequent backtracking, Rock Band’s return – can console music games make a comeback?, Bjork’s exhibition at MOMA which from the reviews appears to be a tech #fail, the German music industry’s 2014 results, Spotify’s desktop tweaks, the Songwriter Equity Act, Kobalty’s new round and quite a few tips from our guests about SXSW.I really hope you enjoy the show, have a fantastic week and ’till next time!Andrea Leonelli http://www.digitalmusictrends.com http://www.twitter.com/digimusictrendsThe post DMT 223: Blurred Lines, McDonald’s, Rock Band, Bjork, Germany, Songwriter Equity Act, SXSW appeared first on Digital Music Trends.

This week’s show is brought to you by Gramofon, a small device that can give your ‘old school’ speakers a new lease of life by adding seamless wireless streaming functionality controlled right from the Spotify app. Check it out on Gramofon.com.This week on Digital Music Trends it was a real pleasure to welcome Benji Rogers (President, Pledge Music) and Jessie Scoullar (Founder, Wicksteed Works).We start by discussing On SoundCloud’s $1m payment to partners thanks to high-profile brand partnerships and what that could mean for the company’s future.Then we  tackle UMG’s 2014 decline in revenues which, alongside the recent management shake-up, could see the label revisiting its attitude towards freemium services.I also take advantage of the expertise of this week’s guests in everything direct to fan to talk about the evolution of D2F experiences. We debate whether they are being successfully deployed by the majority of artists or whether we’re still looking at a missed opportunity. In that context we also discuss Amanda Palmer’s new Patreon page which at the time of the recording had hit $14k and is now approaching $20k per ‘thing’ released.Finally, we discuss SXSW 2015 and what my guests have planned so far for the festival which kicks off in just a few day’s time in Austin, Texas.I really hope you enjoy the show and ’till next time.Andrea Leonelli http://www.digitalmusictrends.com http://www.twitter.com/digimusictrendsThe post DMT 222: On Soundcloud, UMG’s 2014, the evolution of D2F, Amanda Palmer on Patreon appeared first on Digital Music Trends.

Want to be the first to hear when a new show is out? Subscribe to the newsletter on http://www.bit.ly/dmtlistThis week on Digital Music Trends it was a pleasure to welcome Darren Hemmings (Founder, strategic digital marketing consultancy Motive Unknown).We start by discussing Snapchat’s music feature, its potential and the potential headaches it may generate from a licensing point of view. We also chat about Apple’s quest for a music journalist/editor in London which seems to confirm earlier reports of a curation-centred strategy, MTV’s new Play and Trax apps and other low-cost streaming options, YouTube’s move against channels bypassing its ads network with embedded sponsored spots, the GoFundMe campaign to support the ‘Amen Break’ songwriter and UK Music’s manifesto released ahead of the UK’s general election.I really hope you enjoy the show,Andrea Leonelli http://www.digitalmusictrends.com http://www.twitter.com/digimusictrendsThe post DMT 221: Snapchat, Apple Editorial, MTV Apps, YouTube & Brands, UK Music appeared first on Digital Music Trends.

Want to be the first to hear when a new show is out? Subscribe to the newsletter on http://www.bit.ly/dmtlistThis week on Digital Music Trends it was a pleasure to welcome Lee Knife, the Executive Director at the Digital Media Association (DiMA – digmedia.org) and Emmanuel Legrand, US Editor at Music Week.On the show we continue the discussion started last week around the “Copyright and the Music Marketplace” released by the US Copyright Office, this time focusing on some of the criticisms brought forward by DiMA.Emmanuel and I then go on to chat about the news of the week including Zane Lowe’s move to Apple and what that means for the approach to curation of the upcoming iTunes streaming service, songwriters voicing their concerns around royalties in Sweden and elsewhere, Pandora’s new Artist Audio Messaging feature, Vessel’s deal with Universal Music for video exclusives, UMG’s investment to make sure the recording facilities at Abbey Road Studios remain state of the art for decades to come and much more.I really hope you enjoy the show,Andrea Leonelli http://www.digitalmusictrends.com http://www.twitter.com/digimusictrendsThe post DMT 220: Future of Copyright Pt. 2, Zane Lowe, Songwriters, Pandora, Vessel, Abbey Road appeared first on Digital Music Trends.

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Want to be the first to hear when a new show is out? Subscribe to the newsletter on http://www.bit.ly/dmtlistThis week on the show it was a real pleasure to welcome Andrew Dubber (musictechfest.org) and Steve Knopper (Rolling Stone) to the show.We start by discussing Jay-Z’s acquisition of Aspiro, which includes the WiMP and TIDAL streaming services.We also chat about Spotify’s reported fundraise, Missy Elliott’s Super Bowl comeback, Show.co’s new gating feature, the music industry’s relationship with leaks, Music Tech Fest and the Music Bricks project, SoundCloud’s iPad app and much more.Andrea Leonelli http://www.digitalmusictrends.com http://www.twitter.com/digimusictrendsThe post DMT 218: Jay-Z & Aspiro, Super Bowl, Guvera, Show.co, Leaks, SoundCloud appeared first on Digital Music Trends.

Want to be the first to hear when a new show is out? Subscribe to the newsletter on http://www.bit.ly/dmtlistThis week on Digital Music Trends it was a real pleasure to welcome Jay Frank (Digsin) and Ben Sisario (New York Times) to the show.The first part of the show is devoted to a discussion around Zoe Keating’s blog from last week, which highlighted some important issues on the terms imposed by YouTube on independent artists if they want to continue to monetise their content on the platform.We also talk about Spotify’s coup in securing a partnership with Sony PlayStation that will see the company scrap its Music Unlimited Service (that never really took off…), the positive and negative aspects of the new Touch Preview feature on iOS, the decline of the Australian music market which registered another 10% drop in 2014, iHeartRadio’s latest numbers and Pandora’s next move, Sly Stone’s royalties lawsuit, transparency in the music industry and much more.I really hope you enjoy the show, have a great week and ’till next time!Andrea Leonelli http://www.digitalmusictrends.com http://www.twitter.com/digimusictrendsThe post DMT 217: Zoe Keating & YouTube, PlayStation & Spotify, iHeartRadio, Australia, Transparency appeared first on Digital Music Trends.

Want to be the first to hear when a new show is out? Subscribe to the newsletter here.This week on Digital Music Trends a packed show featuring Sammy Andrews (Head of Digital, Cooking Vinyl) and Duncan Geere (Freelance Journalist) as well as an appearance from Deezer US’ CMO Beth Murphy to tell us about the Muve acquisition.On the show we tackle the news that Apple has acquired Semetric (better known for the Musicmetric product), the UK Business Secretary’s call for a single European digital marketplace, Primary Wave’s merger, the amazing resilience of physical sales in Germany, Rdio’s executive hires in Europe, Sonisphere’s cancellation and the Rock In Rio Vegas line-up, Placebo’s deal with Kobalt and TLC’s Kickstarter campaign.I really hope you enjoy the show, have a fantastic week and ’till next time!Andrea Leonelli http://www.digitalmusictrends.com http://www.twitter.com/digimusictrendsThe post DMT 216: Apple & Semetric, EU, Deezer US, Primary Wave, Germany, Rdio, Festivals, Placebo, TLC appeared first on Digital Music Trends.

This week on Digital Music Trends I chat with Vickie Nauman (CrossBorderWorks Consulting) who tells me all about the most exciting music-related gadgets she found on the show floor at CES in Las Vegas. We also cover the two biggest news of the week, Deezer’s acquisition of Muve Music and Spotify reaching 15 million paid subscribers. Finally on this episode I also a chat with Siggi (Sigtryggur Baldursson), the MD of Iceland Music Export, recorded in Groningen. Iceland is the focus country at 2015’s edition of Eurosonic and we discuss Icelanding acts, the live and recorded music markets as well as Iceland Airwaves.I really hope you enjoy the show, have a fantastic week and ’till next time!Andrea Leonelli http://www.digitalmusictrends.com http://www.twitter.com/digimusictrendsThe post DMT 215: CES Music Gadgets, Deezer’s Muve, Spotify growth, Iceland Music Export appeared first on Digital Music Trends.

Want to be the first to hear when a new show is out? Subscribe to the newsletter on http://www.bit.ly/dmtlistThis week on DMT it was a real pleasure to welcome Robert Singerman (Dotmusic, Caribbean Music Summit) and J Herskowitz (Tomahawk) to the show to chat about the first music tech news of the year.On this Episode we tackle US music sales for 2014, the launch of the Pono music store as the device is nearing commercial availability, the Caribbean Music Summit, UMG and Havas partnering, PJ Harvey recording her next album in a box in front of an audience, DJ Qubert’s vinyl/MIDI controller and iTunes’ 14-days return policy in Europe.I really hope you enjoy the show, have a fantastic week and ’till next time!Andrea Leonelli http://www.digitalmusictrends.com http://www.twitter.com/digimusictrendsThe post DMT 214: Music Sales, Pono Music Store, UMG & Havas, PJ Harvey, MIDI Vinyl, iTunes 14-day returns appeared first on Digital Music Trends.

Want to be the first to hear when a new show is out? Subscribe to the newsletter on http://www.bit.ly/dmtlistThis week on Digital Music Trends it was a pleasure to record the last episode of the year with Darren Hemmings (Motive Unknown). On this show we combine a 2014 year-end recap with some of the news from the past week. We share what we thought were the most interesting (& the most disappointing) news stories of the year and I attempt a 4-minute month-by-month summary.On the news front we cover MixCloud‘s latest stats as I’m joined by the company’s co-founder Nico Perez, we discuss Beatports’ reported entry in the streaming space, the BBC Music On The Beat conference, Shazam’s app overhaul, Sony’s hack and Snapchat, Bose reportedly working on a music streaming offering and much more.DMT will resume the first week of January, in the meantime have a great holiday break and ’till next time.Andrea Leonellihttp://www.twitter.com/digimusictrends http://www.digitalmusictrends.comThe post DMT 213: 2014 Recap, MixCloud, Beatport, BBC, Shazam, Sony, Bose appeared first on Digital Music Trends.

Want to be the first to hear when a new show is out? Subscribe to the newsletter on http://www.bit.ly/dmtlistThis week on Digital Music Trends it was a real pleasure to welcome Glenn Peoples (Sr. Editorial Analyst, Billboard), Andy Malt (Editor, CMU) and Mandar Thakur (COO, Times Music India).We start by talking about Apple’s suit including the difficulties the prosecution is having finding plaintiffs and we cover YouTube’s new rights database that video creators will be able to consult before using a copyrighted track on their video.Then Mandar Thakur from Times Music joins me to chat about the evolution of the digital music market in India over the past 12 months.After that interview we chat about Grooveshark’s new radio service, the Pirate Bay raid, SoundCloud reportedly working on another funding round, the vinyl boom and the iPod Classic’s price soaring.I really hope you enjoy the show.Have a great week and ’till next time.Andrea Leonelli http://www.twitter.com/digimusictrends http://www.digitalmusictrends.comThe post DMT 212: Indian Music Market, Apple, YouTube Rights, Grooveshark, Piracy, SoundCloud, Vinyl appeared first on Digital Music Trends.