Spotify must watch its spending to earn music biz sympathy - plus a prediction that they will pay less to labels once they've floated

http://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/spotify-must-watch-its-spending-to-earn-music-biz-sympathy/

SPOTIFY AT 10: THE CHALLENGING ROAD AHEAD

http://musically.com/2016/05/24/spotify-at-10-the-challenging-road-ahead/

the two Spotify charts you need to see by Mark Mulligan

https://musicindustryblog.wordpress.com/2016/05/25/the-2-spotify-charts-you-need-to-see/

Most Music Tech Startups Didn’t Know Shit About How Labels Worked And other truths about the new music business a response to David Pakman

https://medium.com/cuepoint/david-youre-one-of-the-smartest-guys-on-the-block-and-i-have-massive-respect-for-your-opinions-7454aa874611#.kwv3wwk8x

THE MAN WHO DISCOVERED PRINCE

http://noisey.vice.com/blog/the-man-who-discovered-prince-owen-husney?curator=MusicREDEF

Hits on windowing and Brandon Creed

http://hitsdailydouble.com/news&id=301219 

interview with Michelle Lewis and Kay Hanley, founders of Songwriters of Northern America

http://www.scpr.org/programs/the-frame/2016/05/19/49009/hello-spotify-goodbye-songwriters/

The Dos and Don't of promoting your music on YouTube

https://blog.stem.is/the-dos-and-donts-of-promoting-your-music-on-youtube-4005ad709da1#.xf8ufq7e5

Wayne Hector interview

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/how-to-write-a-one-direction-song-behind-the-curtain-of-the-songwriting-process-ivor-novello-wayne-a7038581.html

YOUTUBE AND THE MUSIC BUSINESS: SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL (PT. 2)

http://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/youtube-and-the-music-business-sympathy-for-the-devil-pt-2/

interview with Stephen Cooper

http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/record-labels/7370414/music-isnt-a-commodity-warner-music-ceo-stephen-cooper-on

the music industry buried more than 150 startups

https://medium.com/@pakman/the-music-industry-buried-more-than-150-startups-now-they-are-left-to-dance-with-the-giants-ecfd0b20243e#.26to6rthf

How UK's Exit From The EU Could Effect Music Industry

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2016/05/how-uks-exit-from-the-eu-could-effect-music-industry-.html

Inside Meghan Trainor’s Y2K Pop Reinvention

http://www.vulture.com/2016/05/ricky-reed-on-meghan-trainors-y2k-reinvention.html?curator=MusicREDEF#

"what I learned from 3 years of working for major labels"

http://pigeonsandplanes.com/2016/04/what-i-learned-from-3-years-of-working-for-major-labels/s/615114/

The music industry seems to love YouTube. Why do they keep saying they hate it?

http://www.recode.net/2016/5/10/11645760/youtube-hank-green-response-irving-azoff-artist-rights?curator=MusicREDEF

Impressive interview with the writer/director of Prince's Purple Rain film

http://www.salon.com/2016/05/05/how_purple_rain_found_its_anthem_we_both_knew_we_needed_to_find_just_the_right_song/?curator=MusicREDEF

when Apple turns off the iTunes store

https://musicindustryblog.wordpress.com/2016/05/06/after-the-download-when-apple-turns-off-the-itunes-store/

another inspiring Scooter Braun interview

http://pigeonsandplanes.com/2016/05/scooter-braun-kanye-west-manager/

Apple Music stole my music

https://blog.vellumatlanta.com/2016/05/04/apple-stole-my-music-no-seriously/?curator=MusicREDEF

THE MOST TIMELESS SONGS OF ALL-TIME: USING SPOTIFY TO MEASURE THE POPULARITY OF OLDER MUSIC.

http://poly-graph.co/timeless/

How Beyonce became an 'albums artist' - and what radio is doing about it

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36160506