Streaming, The Beatles, And The Record Label Business Model's Demise

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2015/12/streaming-the-beatles-and-the-record-label-business-models-demise-draft.html

A Conversation with Crush Music’s Jonathan Daniel and Bob McLynn

http://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=298775

Sia on writing for other artists

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/sias-reject-opus-songwriter-on-reclaiming-adele-rihannas-unwanted-hits-20151203?page=7

Adele's marketing plan

http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6784936/adele-25-music-industry-reaction-sales-breakdown?curator=MusicREDEF

The Best Music Marketing of 2015

http://adage.com/article/digitalnext/music-marketing-2015/301522/

Adele’s Most Fervent Fans? Soccer Moms

http://www.wsj.com/articles/adeles-most-fervent-fans-soccer-moms-1447963361

Spotify is not the problem - Spotify royalties again

http://joshcollum.tumblr.com/post/132152979583/10929203-streams-on-spotify-5632935?curator=MusicREDEF

what can we learn from the success of Adele's 25

http://de-online.co.uk/2015/11/22/what-we-can-learn

Someone like you: how Adele's broken-hearted ballads become blockbusters

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/nov/23/adele-25-record-broken-success-ballads-blockbusters-singles-album?curator=MusicREDEF

Songkick 2.0

http://www.fastcompany.com/3053276/most-creative-people/how-songkick-20-is-merging-the-needs-of-fans-and-artists

Sammy Andrews and Darren Hemmings talk

http://musically.com/2015/11/16/sammy-andrews-and-darren-hemmings-talk-social-streams-and-kobalt/?curator=MusicREDEF

Bruce Flohr interview

http://musically.com/2015/11/06/music-manager-bruce-flohr-artists-storytellers/?curator=MusicREDEF

How Adele owned pop all over again by going back to the 1980s

http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2015/nov/04/adele-25-pop-music-back-to-the-1980s-hello

a positive article about Spotify royalties

http://joshcollum.tumblr.com/post/132152979583/10929203-streams-on-spotify-5632935

Scott Rodger interview

http://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/working-with-paul-mccartney-is-like-the-best-most-intense-university-in-the-world/

How Pop Songs Connect In A Hyper-Connected World (or how Drake and Adele do it)

http://www.thefader.com/2015/10/30/drake-adele-hotline-bling-hello-internet?curator=MusicREDEF

how Years & Years made it big in America

https://lntv.com/en_us/article/how-years-years-big-in-america?curator=MusicREDEF

Spotify revenues

http://www.smh.com.au/business/media-and-marketing/spotify-looks-to-increase-advertising-revenue-streams-20151013-gk84yj.html

http://musically.com/2015/10/20/james-blunt-spotify-royalties/

http://thetrichordist.com/2015/10/20/spotify-has-apparently-failed-to-license-account-and-pay-on-more-than-150-cracker-and-camper-van-beethoven-songs/

Patrick Moxey interview with some thoughts on future of dance music

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/touring/6730787/ultra-music-founderpresident-patrick-moxey-on-edm-going-mainstream

Joanna Newsom on Spotify

http://pitchfork.com/news/61661-joanna-newsom-spotify-is-the-banana-of-the-music-industry-it-just-gives-off-a-fume/

here's how much it costs to buy 80,000 Soundcloud plays (and YouTube and Instagram)

http://pigeonsandplanes.com/2015/10/buying-soundcloud-plays/

Peter Oxendale - musicologist - on life after the Blurred Lines verdict

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/34389573/music-industry-paranoid-after-pharrell-williams-robin-thicke-blurred-lines-case

the story of Terrence Trent D'Arby

http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2015/10/i-was-killed-when-i-was-27-curious-afterlife-terence-trent-d-arby

Hip hop and R&B fans embrace streaming music services

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/29/business/media/hip-hop-and-rb-fans-embrace-streaming-music-services.html?ref=topics&_r=0

There's Another Side To The Playola Debate For Streaming Playlists

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2015/09/flipping-the-playola-debate-for-streaming-playlists.html

BREAKAGE IS BACK: HOW DEEZER PAID $23M IN UNALLOCATED ADVANCES TO LABELS

http://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/breakage-is-back-how-deezer-paid-23m-in-unallocated-advances-to-labels/

Examining the true potential of Apple Music Connect

https://medium.com/cuepoint/examining-the-true-potential-of-apple-music-connect-2eb7253888d1

Hit Charade - about Max Martin, Dr Luke, Esther Dean, StarGate and co.

http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/10/hit-charade/403192/?single_page=true

How are artists actually using Apple Music Connect?

http://musically.com/2015/09/09/how-are-artists-using-apple-music-connect/

how signing a major record deal nearly destroyed my music career - by Terra Naomi

http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2015/09/09/how-signing-a-major-record-deal-nearly-destroyed-my-music-career/

here are the 25 most timeless songs ever according to Spotify

http://musicfeeds.com.au/news/here-are-the-25-most-timeless-songs-ever-according-to-spotify/

7 things you probably didn't know you could do with Spotify

http://uk.businessinsider.com/secret-hidden-features-in-spotify-2015-8

Bieber, Skrillex and Diplo on Where Are You Now

http://www.nytimes.com/video/arts/music/100000003872410/bieber-diplo-and-skrillex-make-a-hit.html

how payola is infiltrating streaming services

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/digital-and-mobile/6670477/how-playola-is-infiltrating-streaming-services-pay-for?curator=MusicREDEF

What Happens When Spotify Gets Behind an Artist? A Case Study of Hozier and Major Lazer

http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6656722/spotify-spotlight-support-major-lazer-hozier

Robyn is leaving albums behind, and she's better for it

http://www.theverge.com/2015/8/7/9114887/robyn-la-bagatelle-magique-love-is-free?curator=MusicREDEF

the verdict on Beats 1's first month

http://diymag.com/2015/07/31/one-station-to-rule-them-all-the-verdict-on-beats-1s-first-month

David Byrne: open the music industry's black box

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/02/opinion/sunday/open-the-music-industrys-black-box.html?curator=MusicREDEF&_r=0

“User Pirated Content” Is Core Internet Advertising Model (Which is Why Streaming Rates Can’t Increase Until Piracy is Decreased)

http://thetrichordist.com/2015/08/04/user-pirated-content-is-core-internet-advertising-model-which-is-why-streaming-rates-cant-increase-until-piracy-is-decreased/

Less Money, Mo' Music & Lots of Problems: A Look at the Music Biz

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/less-money-mo-music-lots-problems-look-biz-jason-hirschhorn

is the music industry sleeping into disaster with the playlisting model of streaming?

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2015/07/is-the-music-industry-sleepwalking-into-disaster.html

Analyzing Beats 1's First Week: Most-Played Songs and Every Show's Tracklist

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/digital-and-mobile/6627260/analyzing-beats-1s-first-week-most-played-songs-and

Morrissey on the current music scene

http://www.boulderweekly.com/article-14665-talk-about-passion.html

how sports stadiums broke Who Let The Dogs Out

http://www.si.com/more-sports/2015/07/08/baha-men-who-let-the-dogs-out-where-are-they-now?curator=MusicREDEF

Sony Music "defends" Spotify payouts process

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/legal-and-management/6620425/sony-music-defends-spotify-payouts-process?mobile_redirection=false

Paul McCartney's interview with Esquire, and an old John Lennon interview he refers to, from Playboy

http://www.esquire.co.uk/culture/music/8511/paul-mccartney-interview

http://www.john-lennon.com/playboyinterviewwithjohnlennonandyokoono.htm

good video from Spotify about Spotify

interview with Raury's manager

http://pigeonsandplanes.com/2015/06/raury-love-renaissance/

Here’s What Happens to Your $10 After You Pay for a Month of Apple Music

http://recode.net/2015/06/15/heres-what-happens-to-your-10-after-you-pay-for-a-month-of-apple-music/

when words sold music - 70s advertising

http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/06/70s-music-advertising-rolling-stone-tobias-jesso-jr/395783/

Why someone should have told Jay-Z no - and other golden rules of music biz PR

http://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/why-someone-should-have-told-jay-z-no-and-other-golden-rules-of-music-biz-pr/

A wishlist for Apple's new streaming service

https://medium.com/@cortneyharding_72342/a-wishlist-for-apple-s-new-streaming-service-34d0c738f1ab

Scott Vener interview

http://redef.com/item/556def4df09d24041f2c54f0?curator=MusicREDEF&source=http://www.complex.com/music/2015/06/scott-vener-profile-entourage

five reasons the major labels didn't blow it with Napster

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2015/05/five-reasons-the-major-labels-didnt-blow-it-with-napster.html

Steve Barnett interview

http://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=296147

good interview with LA Reid

http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6568711/la-reid-epic-mariah-carey-meghan-trainor-top-executive

how hip hop conquered streaming

http://redef.com/item/554ccd8e327d212611ff5f18?curator=MusicREDEF&source=http://www.buzzfeed.com/reggieugwu/how-hip-hop-conquered-streaming

The Death of the One Hit Wonder

http://priceonomics.com/the-death-of-the-one-hit-wonder

Kobalt article in Wired

http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2015/05/features/kobalt-how-data-saved-music/viewall

Inside the New Royalty Split for 'Uptown Funk': Who Gets Paid What

http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6553861/uptown-funk-royalties-who-gets-paid

Amy Thomson letter to Jay-Z re. Tidal

http://redef.com/item/5542717ddf7bb37f3be9c9ed?curator=MusicREDEF&source=https://thump.vice.com/en_us/article/an-open-letter-to-jay-z-from-amy-thomson-on-tidal

Gerd Leonhard: streaming should cost $30 a year

https://www.the-newshub.com/business/music-futurist-says-there-is-no-future-in-selling-songs-streaming-should-cost-30-a-year

5-seriously-dumb-myths-about-copyright-the-media-should-stop-repeating

https://medium.com/@jkdegen/5-seriously-dumb-myths-about-copyright-the-media-should-stop-repeating-a92e934f12a4

The dawn of online piracy - how leaks happen

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/04/27/the-man-who-broke-the-music-business

Revenge of the record labels: how the majors renewed their grip on music

http://www.forbes.com/sites/zackomalleygreenburg/2015/04/15/revenge-of-the-record-labels-how-the-majors-renewed-their-grip-on-music/

the iron law of stardom - it only lasts three years

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1997/03/24/the-iron-law-of-stardom

an appreciation of Frank Sinatra

http://redef.com/item/552577805f0983234745e9f6?curator=MediaREDEF

surprise album release fatigue

http://redef.com/item/55253d87db3c776e7194f834?curator=MediaREDEF

Kevin Godley introduces WholeWorldBand

who owns the editorial voice on Spotify?

http://www.newslangmedia.com/major-label-curation-brands-who-owns-the-editorial-voice-on-spotify/

Korda Marshall interview

http://www.pias.com/blog/an-infectious-attitude-korda-marshall-on-ar/

Universal attacks Spotify free tier

http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/universal-attacks-free-spotify-tier-as-freemium-debate-continues/061252

good Catfish & The Bottlemen interview about hunger, amongst other things

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/mar/19/catfish-and-the-bottlrmen-if-youre-going-to-throw-a-party-throw-the-biggest-one-on-the-street?curator=MusicREDEF

from Beyonce to Kendrick Lamar - RIP the release date

http://www.thefader.com/2015/03/16/from-beyonce-to-kendrick-lamar-rip-the-release-date?curator=MusicREDEF

How a CAA Agent's Living Room Became One of Today's Hottest Music Venues

http://www.adweek.com/news/advertising-branding/how-caa-agents-living-room-became-one-todays-hottest-music-venues-163465?curator=MusicREDEF

Spotify's leaked email projecting royalties due to Universal

http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6501908/spotifys-umg-1-billion-royalties-analysis?curator=MusicREDEF

Mark Mulligan: the case for a Freemium reset

https://musicindustryblog.wordpress.com/2015/03/11/the-case-for-a-freemium-reset/

Marvin Gaye family lawyer - how I won the Blurred Lines case

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/legal-and-management/6495238/marvin-gaye-family-lawyer-how-i-won-the-blurred-lines

all the collaborators on Kanye West's Yeezus

https://myspace.com/article/2013/06/20/hypernoted-the-definitive-guide-to-kanye-wests-yeezus-album-credits

a musicologist on Blurred Lines vs Marvin Gaye

http://joebennett.net/2014/02/01/did-robin-thicke-steal-a-song-from-marvin-gaye/

documentary about Eminem and the history of Shady Records

http://uk.complex.com/music/2015/03/eminem-not-afraid-the-shady-records-story-documentary

Annie Mac interview

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/annie-mac-on-being-the-first-woman-to-take-over-from-zane-lowes-radio-1-weekday-evening-show-10094589.html

Jimmy Napes interview

http://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/music/jimmy-napes-pops-most-wanted-songwriter-on-life-since-sam-smith-10090664.html?origin=internalSearch

Twitter as a music platform

http://www.fastcompany.com/3043044/why-kelly-clarkson-is-treating-twitter-like-a-music-platform

profitability of Blurred Lines revealed in trial

http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/financial-details-of-blurred-lines-revealed-in-trial/061050

can the majors use streaming to regain control of the music industry?

http://www.thismustbepop.com/2015/02/27/popping-the-question-can-the-major-labels-use-streaming-to-regain-control-of-the-music-industry/

streaming income is now greater than download income in 24 territories

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2015/02/streaming-music-income-is-greater-than-downloads-in-24-territories-.html

U2's bet on Apple still paying off

http://us.kantar.com/tech/mobile/2015/kantar-data-on-free-u2-album-usage?curator=MediaREDEF

how Video Games was made

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/apr12/articles/it-0412.htm

Lefsetz on stardom

http://lefsetz.com/wordpress/index.php/archives/2015/02/18/stardom/

Swedish songwriters accuse streaming companies of short changing them

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/feb/16/swedish-songwriters-accuse-spotify-music-streaming-companies-of-short-changing-them?CMP=share_btn_fb

Mark Ronson's Spotify earnings

http://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=294652

Max Martin: hotter than ever

http://mic.com/articles/110236/the-grammys-just-proved-that-one-man-was-behind-all-the-biggest-pop-music-in-2014

music supervisors explain the songs that make their shows great

http://www.thefader.com/2015/02/11/5-music-supervisors-explain-the-songs-that-make-their-shows-great?curator=MusicREDEF

Avicii's manager Ash Pounouri on Spotify

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/digital-and-mobile/6465422/avicii-manager-defends-spotify-too-many-people-have-the

major labels keep 73% of Spotify Premium payouts

http://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/artists-get-7-of-streaming-cash-labels-take-46/

Rick Rubin talks about his and other people's tracks for genius.com

http://genius.com/RickRubin

Nick Raphael interview

http://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=294517

the future of Shazam

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/features/shazam-the-progress-and-appeal-of-the-whats-that-song-app-thats-now-worth-1-billion-10016833.html

music accounted for 62 of the top 250 YouTube channels in 2014

http://musically.com/2015/02/02/top-music-youtube-channels-2014/

how Hozier broke through (Rolling Stone piece)

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/behind-hoziers-unlikely-rise-20150129

Casablanca Records past and present

https://medium.com/cuepoint/from-cocaine-disco-to-electronic-dance-the-loaded-legacy-of-casablanca-records-3bffdc8d71e3

The hidden hitmakers: how indie singers become songwriters inc. Joel Pott

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jan/29/singers-become-songwriters-hits-one-direction

Clarity from Zoe Keating

http://zoekeating.tumblr.com/post/109312851929/clarity

song authorship controversies, post-Tom Petty/Sam Smith

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-copyright-controversy-rolling-stones-verve-oasis-george-harrison-20150126-story.html?curator=MusicREDEF

how YouTube lost its soul... more Zoe Keating

http://pando.com/2015/01/26/keep-youtube-weird-how-youtube-lost-its-soul-and-may-lose-the-creators-that-built-it/?curator=MusicREDEF

mystery surrounding (European) singers inc. George Ezra fuels buzz

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-young-uk-soul-20150125-story.html

YouTube vs Zoe Keating

http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2015/01/23/breaking-youtube-says-zoe-keatings-claims-patently-false?curator=MusicREDEF

Google Music Key vs Zoe Keating

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2015/01/google-tells-zoe-keating-sign-music-key-deal-or-have-your-youtube-channel-blocked.html

creating an experience before a website - what every artist should do when starting out

http://musicmarketingmoney.com/creating-experience-website/

Why artist managers are taking centre stage

https://medium.com/cuepoint/why-artist-managers-are-taking-center-stage-4c54f93b1e44?curator=MusicREDEF

Universal's audible watermark

http://www.mattmontag.com/music/universals-audible-watermark

the evolution of US Top 40 radio - and Kelly Clarkson

http://www.billboard.com/articles/business/6443691/kelly-clarkson-since-u-been-gone-top-40-adult-top-40?curator=MusicREDEF

Next Big Sound presents 2014: the state of the industry

https://www.nextbigsound.com/industryreport/2014

the best selling singles of 2014 by songwriter

http://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/took-one-person-write-happy-pharrell-williams-took-16-write-timber-pitbull/

GQ spend a day with Pharrell

http://www.gq.com/entertainment/music/201502/pharrell-williams?curator=MusicREDEF

Spotify interview re. growth

http://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/spotify-how-bmw-shazam-and-oaps-can-help-it-become-angry-birds

Noisey on Radio 1 and the BBC in general

http://noisey.vice.com/en_uk/blog/what-we-want-from-the-bbc-in-2015

Five Long Term Music Industry Predictions

https://musicindustryblog.wordpress.com/2015/01/14/five-long-term-music-industry-predictions-and-how-disney-will-rule-the-world/

the generic article about Spotify (to be published weekly)

https://medium.com/@ethank/the-generic-article-about-spotify-9f646a334647

Wil Malone on Bittersweet Symphony and Unfinished Sympathy

http://200-percent.com/wil-malone/

two articles from Music Week's Sam Smith feature

http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/steve-barnett-i-felt-that-we-could-create-a-cultural-moment/060504?adfesuccess=1

http://www.musicweek.com/news/read/capitol-uk-s-nick-raphael-the-sam-smith-project-is-the-collective-effort-of-everyone-with-one-collective-ambition/060503?adfesuccess=1

old Word Magazine article about why all records sounds the same

https://medium.com/cuepoint/why-do-all-records-sound-the-same-830ba863203

managers explain how to win at music in 2015

http://www.thefader.com/2015/01/08/9-managers-explain-how-to-win-music-in-2015?curator=MusicREDEF

Kendrick Lamar in his own words

http://www.xxlmag.com/news/2015/01/writer-war-kendrick-lamar-own-words/?curator=MusicREDEF

The ten biggest holdouts in digital music

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/artists-refuse-stream-music-20150102?curator=MusicREDEF

Bono on transparency in streaming royalties amongst many other things

http://www.u2.com/news/title/little-book-of-a-big-year/

Alexis Petridis interviews Mark Ronson

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jan/04/mark-ronson-uptown-special-interview

why Ed Sheeran is the perfect poster boy for Thatcherism (article contains inaccuracies)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2896632/House-proud-Business-savvy-awesomely-hard-working-pop-s-hottest-property-perfect-posterboy-Thatcherism.html

Steve Levine BBC documentary on the making of 10cc's I'm Not In Love

how YouTube MCNs are conquering Hollywood

http://www.mediaredefined.com/a-redef-original-how-youtube-m-878899946.html?curator=MediaREDEF

Rookie Mag interview with Lorde

http://www.rookiemag.com/2014/01/lorde-interview/