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The Question: What Will Music Look Like in a Decade?
We asked a half dozen leaders in the music and technology field: What do you think the music industry will look like in five years? How...
Music Tectonics
Mar 2, 2017
The Question: Will Blockchain Solve Our Problems?
We asked a half dozen leaders in the music and technology field: Do you believe that a blockchain solution will come into being? What...
Music Tectonics
Feb 23, 2017
Find Your Music Tech Friends at SXSW
The annual Austin gathering can be overwhelming so we at Music Tectonics and rock paper scissors have identified 39 official meetups and...
Music Tectonics
Feb 22, 2017
The Question: Have Tech Companies Taken Advantage?
We asked a half dozen leaders in the music and technology field: Do you believe that tech companies have taken advantage of artists and...
Music Tectonics
Feb 16, 2017
The Question: How will Increased Transparency in Music Rights Manifest?
This is the second in this series. We asked a half dozen leaders in the music and technology field: How will increased transparency in...
Music Tectonics
Jan 27, 2017
The Question: How to Make the Music Recording Industry Profitable?
This is the first in a series we’re calling The Question. We asked a half dozen leaders in the music and technology field: How can we...
Music Tectonics
Dec 13, 2016
YouTube Through the Ages
Controversy about YouTube in the music industry surged this summer. There were outcries that the company pays less out to artists and...
Nan Rockey
Oct 12, 2016
Streaming Payment Structure is Nearly Impossible to Keep Straight: Part 6, the conclusion of the Mus
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Many of the complaints about payment for music streaming come from artists who signed contracts with...
Dmitri Vietze
Aug 10, 2016
Who is Getting Rich from Streaming: Part 5 of the Music Streaming Debate
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 At the crux of the anti-streaming argument is that certain people or companies are getting rich on the backs...
Dmitri Vietze
Aug 3, 2016
Streaming Emerges but Consumers Adopt Slowly: Part 4 of the Music Streaming Debate
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 When radio emerged, as a society, America decided to allow radio stations to trade radio airplay for record...
Dmitri Vietze
Jul 27, 2016
The Debundling of the Album has Unintended Consequences on Profit: Part 3 of the Music Streaming Deb
Read Part 1 and Part 2 While prices went down for an overall album, over time, the music industry transformed into a singles business....
Dmitri Vietze
Jul 20, 2016
Will Digital Streaming Push Music Into the Background?
A recent online discussion asked: Is the rise of streaming services as the dominant delivery method making music more of a background...
Stephen Hill, Producer, Hearts of Space
Jul 13, 2016
New Technology Players Emerged and Kept a Greater Share: Part 2 of the Music Streaming Debate
Read Part 1 Physical retailers struggled under the weight of a growing catalog of CDs. There was an upswing in the creation of new titles...
Dmitri Vietze
Jul 6, 2016
Technology Evolves Faster Than Business Models: Part 1 of the Music Streaming Debate
In the music industry, there’s not a more contentious issue than the fairness or viability of music streaming as the economic driver for...
Dmitri Vietze
Jun 29, 2016
Music Tectonics: The Ground Beneath the Music Industry is Shifting
Tech-fueled earthquakes have shaken the music industry and it’s easy to point fingers about who’s at fault, from streaming services to...
Dmitri Vietze
Jun 8, 2016
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