by David Bruce Murray | Jan 21, 2020 | Commentary & Observations, Music Business, News, Singing News
Some Southern Gospel DJs are expressing disappointment with new reporting requirements for the Singing News Top 80 airplay chart. They must now turn in a computer-generated spin count of songs played on their station along with their report. Some complaints include:...
by Kyle Boreing | Jan 16, 2020 | Commentary & Observations, Music Business, Music Tech
When an album “drops,” it’s industry slang for saying an album has been released to the public. It’s origins come from the newspaper industry, where delivery trucks would drop bundles of newspapers off at news stands on city streets. It’s...
by Kyle Boreing | Dec 9, 2019 | Commentary & Observations, Music Business, Music Tech, Streaming Video
Since I’m apparently on a physical media kick as of late, I thought I might share a video I recently found that gives a rather interesting look at the history of vinyl – specifically the 12″ LP format (33 1/3 RPM) and the 7″ single format (45...
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...
