by Kyle Boreing | Dec 4, 2019 | Commentary & Observations, Music Business, Music Tech
Yeah, yeah, I know that I’ve written a few articles about the merits of streaming music, especially in an environment where streaming makes up 80% of all music consumption (individual genre stats are not available, but I’m guessing it’s safe to say...
by David Bruce Murray | Nov 15, 2019 | Commentary & Observations, Music Business, Music Tech
Yesterday, I shared thoughts about the National Quartet Convention’s announcement regarding the cancellation of their online webcast starting in 2020. Today, I wanted to mention a couple of possible ways it could continue. I hope the various parties involved...
by Kyle Boreing | Sep 10, 2019 | Commentary & Observations, Music Business, Music Tech
A recent article in Rolling Stone postulates that vinyl records are on track to outsell compact discs for the first time in over 30 years. They cite as evidence the Recording Industry Association of America’s 2019 mid-year report, which indicates CD sales have...
by Kyle Boreing | Jul 3, 2019 | Commentary & Observations, Music Tech
First of all, here is a quick intro for those of you who might be unfamiliar with Netflix (and who most likely still have “12:00” flashing on your VCR). Netflix began as a mail-order movie rental service, offering customers the ability to select from a...
by Kyle Boreing | Jun 11, 2019 | History, Music Business, Music Tech, News
Last year, I wrote an article detailing how record companies have a checkered past when it comes to properly archiving their master recordings. Among some of the revelations noted (thanks to a brilliant piece by Bill Holland) were: A large number of masters are...
by David Bruce Murray | Jun 1, 2019 | Music Business, Music Tech
UPDATE (June 4, 2019): After a newspaper printed his obituary, Mark Twain said, “The rumors of my death are greatly exaggerated,” and that appears to be the case with iTunes…sort of. iTunes IS going away, as we reported, and the current Apple Music...