LANDR – Replacing the human touch to feel-good music
LANDR seeks to make human song mastering a moot point.
digital music
SoundCloud – Pay me what you owe!
SoundCloud is a different kind of streaming disruptor where fans are in control
Pandora Media – from winner to loser – and back?
What went wrong at the once most popular online music streaming service? What did Pandora miss? And is there a chance for a comeback?
Bandcamp: leveling the platform for indie artists
“We want a music platform to exist where the playing field is level, where artists are compensated fairly and transparently, and where fans can both stream and own their music collections.” -Ethan Diamond, Bandcamp founder and CEO. (1)
Kobalt: Transforming the Music Industry through Transparency and Accountability
Music’s digital revolution has not only transformed the way we consume, but also paved the way for new business models to develop on the back-end.
NEXT BIG SOUND | Think Moneyball, But For Music
There is more science to creating a musician’s career that meets the eye, and Next Big Sound has been cracking the code for the past ten years.
Spotify uses listener data to predict, test, and create hit songs.
Spotify uses listener data to predict, test, and create hit songs. "By the time a song lands on Todays Top Hits or other equally popular sets, Spotify has so relentlessly tested it that it almost cant fail.
PledgeMusic: A Way for Fans to Participate in Album Creation
PledgeMusic, a direct-to-fan funding platform for music artists, hopes to create a closer connection between musicians and fans by providing unique experiences in exchange for pledging to artist campaigns.
Tidal: How to Lose the Music Streaming War
Tidal, never understanding its late market entrant position, never understood the market dynamics of the streaming music service well enough capture share.
WaveVR: The Future of Live Music
WaveVR has created a compelling app to experience live music in a virtual world.