This week on Digital Music Trends Andrea Leonelli, Darren Hemmings (@mr_trick), Eliot Van Buskirk (@listeningpost) and Eamonn Forde (@eamonn_forde) discuss the digital music news of the past week.
In the show – which also includes a segment on mobile music making apps by Ashley Eldson – we talk about Apple’s radio rumours and implications, Bruce Willis and digital music inheritance, Spotify’s latest rumours, the importance of Playlists and Lady Gaga’s forthcoming album app – this and much more on this week’s Digital Music Trends. Below Youtube and Soundcloud streams, click on the links at the top of the page for RSS and iTunes or search for the show on the itunes store!
Here a few links to the stories that we mention/talk about:
Apple & Music Streaming / iRadio?
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/07/technology/apple-plans-to-challenge-pandora-in-web-radio.html?_r=3
http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2012/09/08/links-08-sept-apple-eyes-up-internet-radio-and-pandora/
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443589304577637861146885218.html
Bruce Willis and the lifespan of digital rights
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/shortcuts/2012/sep/03/bruce-willis-v-apple-owns-music-ipod?newsfeed=true
http://musicindustryblog.wordpress.com/2012/09/03/bruce-willis-and-the-when-owning-doesnt-actually-mean-owning-conundrum/
Various Spotify stories of this week:
http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/05/spotify-is-said-to-profit-from-its-subscribers-but-lose-more-luring-them/
http://evolver.fm/2012/09/06/music-is-still-too-expensive-to-be-free-too-free-to-be-expensive/
http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/09/spotifys-da-wallach-explains-how-spotify-pays-artists.html
http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2012/120905streaming
http://musically.com/2012/09/10/spotify-tipped-for-web-client-and-mobile-apps-platform/
Gaga incites fans to ask for iPads for Christmas so they can experience her new album in full. Is the Bjork-like experience a fad or can artists use apps as a viable distribution method?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/sep/07/lady-gag-artpop-interactive-app?newsfeed=true
http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/digital-and-mobile/lady-gaga-says-new-album-artpop-will-also-1007936852.story
Have a great week and ’till next time!
Andrea Leonelli
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