Sunrise Records Bidding For HMV
I spoke with Doug Putnam a few years ago when he acquired many of the HMV locations in Canada and vowed to keep vinyl front and center in more than …
Yup – Vinyl Sales Continue to Climb
The RIAA mid-year sales report is good news for the music industry and for those who love vinyl records since vinyl sales continue to rise. For the first half of …
Billboard’s Hot 100 Chart
I heard a very interesting piece on CBC’s Q with Tom Power about the history of Billboard’s Hot 100 Chart. From jukeboxes to streaming: A brief history of the Billboard …
Discogs Marketplace Continues to Grow
Discogs released its 2017 State of Discogs report and it is all good news. If you’re reading this you probably know what Discogs is and may have used it. If …
Vinyl Sales Continue to Rise
In the US, retail sales of music continued to grow year over year based on data collected by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). According to the latest RIAA …
More About Music Creators’ Revenue
The more I read about the compensation that music creators receive for their work, the more frustrated I get with the seemingly myopic perspective of the streaming music services like …
Micro Payment and Musician Revenues
It’s a well writing article, but also a rehashing of the same story for musicians in the streaming world – “The Reports Of The Record Industry’s Rebirth Are Greatly Exaggerated”. …
Streaming Music and Musician Revenue
Very interesting article that follows up nicely to a post on where streaming music subscriptions go. Sharky Laguana presents a case for a new revenue sharing/distribution model for musicians and …
Streaming Music – Where Does My Monthly Subscription Go?
I pay ten bucks a month to my streaming music service. This is the going rate for services such as Apple Music, Spotify, Deezer or Google Play Music. From my perspective, that’s great …
Grammy Album of the Year – What Do the Reviews Predict?
The Grammy are about to happen, so I thought it would be interesting to see if I could predict the album of the year based on what the reviews of …