Spotify shot the Pirates! (but they did not supply the mp3’s)
Spotify was released in times of high media convergence, as a proposed solution to a critical issue: How shall we deal with music piracy and the infringement of copyright laws? […]
Spotify was released in times of high media convergence, as a proposed solution to a critical issue: How shall we deal with music piracy and the infringement of copyright laws? […]
I have had a lot of fun writing these posts about the music industry. It has created a strong sense of exploration every week so far, and I just want […]
There has been a lot of talk about the new era of empowered women in the music business lately. There have been questions like “why have the women suddenly broken through on […]
Mostly like other platforms, Spotify has raised some emotions during their reign. And I’m not talking about sobbing to Josh Groban or having 5 espressos with the latest Swedish House Mafia beat. […]
There’s no denying that we have illegal sampling and remixing to thank for a lot of the genres which have evolved during the past years. As Dr. Andrew Whelan explains, we […]
We live in times of war. Laws and regulations are breached every day. Every day we steal or pay close to nothing for intellectual property. For most of us it […]
As mentioned before in my posts, the marketing situation for musicians and artists is more undefined today than ever before. I would like to dig deeper into the realm of […]
“Have you heard that new awesome track by The xx? Everybody’s playing it all the time! It’s SICK!” What is really true? What music is awesome and what tracks sucks […]
The music industry is currently dealing with the new world order, set up by millions of content-creating users, or produsers, a term familiarized by Axel Brun in his book Blogs, Wikipedia, Second Life and Beyond: […]
As with almost everything that connects to technology in one way or another, the music scene has changed rapidly these last years. Going online in the mid 90’s made a […]