On November 12, 2018, MTV expanded its global live events business into the United States. The company acquired SnowGlobe Music Festival. SnowGlobe is one of the nation’s premier outdoor New Year’s Eve music festivals. The annual, three-day event takes place December 29-31 in South Lake Tahoe, California. The event welcomes more...
Remixes will start making money totally legally with a massive new deal between SoundCloud and Dubset clearing licenses. About the SoundCloud- DubSet Partnership SoundCloud has made a name as the online home for creators, producers, DJs, remixers, and anyone musically creative. The company has just signed a major deal that...
Splice has announced that it has paid $10 million to artists who have distributed sounds on its platform. The company is evolving the way musicians make music. Since the inception of Splice Sounds in 2015, the company paid the royalties to music creators who distribute sounds through the sample service....
In keeping with Insomniac’s ongoing international expansion, the company announced it has entered into a partnership with ALDA. Insomniac acquired a 50 percent stake of the Amsterdam-based company. ALDA is a leader in the development, production, and promotion of dance music events and experiences around the world. Together the two...
A team of Canadian journalists from the CBC reported on Wednesday that Ticketmaster has developed a secret tool called TradeDesk. The tool assists professional scalpers with re-selling tickets in ways that seem to violate Ticketmaster's own rules. Previously, over the past decade, Live Nation has markedly changed course in its...
The game really did just change. Spotify has recently launched a new feature which will enable independent artists to upload tracks to the service directly. No longer will there be any requirement for a third-party aggregator or record label. Currently, the feature remains in invite-only beta mode. Only a few select...
The Glitch Mob is an American electronic music group from Los Angeles, California. It's members consists of edIT (Edward Ma), Boreta (Justin Boreta) and Ooah (Josh Mayer). The Glitch Mob's first album Drink the Sea peaked at 57 on the CMJ Top 200 Chart for College Radio. Also, their single...
Audius wants to cut the middlemen out of music streaming so artists get paid their fair share. To accomplish this, Audius is building a blockchain-based alternative to Spotify or SoundCloud. Serial entrepreneur and DJ Ranidu Lankage founded the company. How Audius Works Audius works on a token system. Users can...
Riptide Music Group (Riptide) is a leading synchronization, rights management, and creative company. They provide music to advertising, movie trailers, TV programming and promos, major motion pictures, video games and multimedia productions. Riptide Music Group has joined forces with leading dance music label Armada Music for sync representation in the...
MSO PR (The Mitch Schneider Organization) is moving its Los Angeles headquarters to new offices in Encino, CA on August 1. The new address for the music publicity firm is 17525 Ventura Blvd, #302, Encino, CA 91316. The telephone number and email address will remain the same: (818) 380-0400 and MSOORG@aol.com....
After forming in Buffalo in 2006, Aqueous has earned a reputation as one of the most promising improvisational rock bands in the country. Aqueous is known for their “groove rock” stylings. The band consists of guitarist Mike Gantzer, guitarist/keyboardist David Loss, bassist Evan McPhaden, and drummer Rob Houk. Together, they...
Tencent Holdings Ltd. plans to spin off its online-music business and list shares in the United States. This will help to demonstrate that the recording industry is staging a comeback. The move lets American investors bet on the Chinese music-streaming services market. Previously, music streaming has been plagued by piracy. Tencent’s growth...
Electronic music producer Alluxe, also known as Laura Alluxe Escudé, is constantly pushing the boundaries of live electronic music performance. Her huge sound and fashion-forward look are complemented by her alluring stage presence complete with custom LED controllers, vocals, and violin. In addition to creating live music, she also designs live shows. OneEDM...
Movement: OneEDM Shares Their Tale Once again Paxahau has brought Movement Electronic Music Festival to downtown Detroit. Since it's debut in 2000, the festival has grown to become the biggest electronic music festival in the city of Detroit, and one of the biggest Techno festivals in the world. The festival is always...
YouTube Credits More than half a billion videos on YouTube will carry credits. Such credits will include information about the songwriter, label, and publisher data. That is just the start. Google also announced that it will add credits and music discovery information to premium music videos as well as user-uploaded...
Kobalt Music is a music company, a tech startup, a publishing business and a digital platform. They represent artists and songwriters. In fact, Kobalt founder & CEO Willard Ahdritz, along with President Laurent Hubert, explained what they're achieving. Their optimism for the future of songwriters, artists, streaming, and the music industry overall...
