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Universal Music Group: Decades of Masters Lost

Universal Music Group: Decades of Masters Lost

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...
The Death Of iTunes Impacts Southern Gospel Fans

The Death Of iTunes Impacts Southern Gospel Fans

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...
CD’s vs Streaming (Part Two): The Artist or The Song?

CD’s vs Streaming (Part Two): The Artist or The Song?

by Kyle Boreing | Feb 26, 2019 | Commentary & Observations, Music Business, Music Tech

TRIVIA: What was the first southern gospel album to be released on CD? Answer is below…. Last week, I wrote (rather extensively) about what I saw as a short-term gain, long-term loss in the argument over physical music sales vs streaming. If you missed that...
CD’s vs Streaming (Part Two): The Artist or The Song?

CD’s vs Streaming (Part One) – Short-Term Gain, Long Term Loss?

by Kyle Boreing | Feb 23, 2019 | Commentary & Observations, Music Business, Music Tech

Spotify’s current pay rate per stream is around $0.006 per complete play. The average cost of a CD is $12 with around 10 songs per CD (or $1.20 per song). So one CD purchase is worth 200 album streams (this is not counting any kind of royalty and/or cost of...
MusicScribe Reviews, Changing Times, and YouTube Links

MusicScribe Reviews, Changing Times, and YouTube Links

by David Bruce Murray | Nov 14, 2018 | Music Business, Music Tech

Sharp-eyed readers may have noticed a link to YouTube at the bottom of my review of the new Kevin Williams product yesterday (just above the rating). I was critical of Spotify a few days ago, so now I’ll say something nice about streaming music. From a music...
Music Biz Monday: Why Melodyne Is A Blessing And A Curse

Music Biz Monday: Why Melodyne Is A Blessing And A Curse

by Kyle Boreing | Aug 27, 2018 | Commentary & Observations, Music Business, Music Tech

One of my most common complaints any time I do an album review is the level of auto-tuning involved. Nearly every album I review includes SOMETHING about tuning being too high (to the point that I actually started using a “tune-o-meter” scale when rating...
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