Inside-out and outside-in strategies for artists. Too much focus on authenticity might limit commercial success bzzz.us/outside-in Carlo Kiksen

Music’s 3 Futures - The disruptive changes coming to artist funding, music marketing, and commerce & consumption bzzz.us/3-futures Song Sommelier PDF D/L >>> bzzz.us/3-futures-pdf

Music Inside Video Games - Rights & Discovery bzzz.us/games-music @musicxnetwork Maarten Walraven Clearing the rights? “The five songs had 11 rightsholders and 29 writer’s shares, and three of those writer shares were from non-society, unadministered writers.”

Winamp is releasing a version of Winamp for Creators, making it an all-in-one suite of tools for artists, covering everything from distribution, copyright and licensing, to collectables, fan engagement, collaboration and marketing. bzzz.us/winamp-creator

Music's Three Paths Forward: Unpicking Keith Jopling's vision for the music industry's future. Darren Hemmings 🎧 Mr Trick 🎧 unpicks Jopling's recent paper “Music’s Three Futures” bzzz.us/3-paths-forward

Problems are opportunities and the music industry has plenty. So, I asked 35,245 people “what’s the biggest problem to solve in music?”. Here are the most common answers: (Plus my thoughts below)

What is the future of the DAW? Declan DJ Mag Emerging technology has left the DAW at a crossroads. Declan McGlynn asks: will the DAW adapt or die? bzzz.us/future-daw

Self-releasing in 2024. A guide designed for anyone releasing their own music or running a small record label. bzzz.us/self-release Brian d’Souza/Auntie Flo

Revolutionizing Vinyl—Sonopress Leads the Charge with EcoRecords bzzz.us/sonopress-ecor… VRMA GROUP

Anti-algorithm, anti-perfection – the rise of a music counter-culture bzzz.us/counter-culture Mark_Mulligan "...there is a thriving underground that both looks and feels different.  Its home is SoundCloud."

Forget Spotify – I’m going all-in on Bandcamp for music in 2025, here’s why you should too bzzz.us/forget-spotify TechRadar

Victrola's new turntable with Auracast and aptX might be the most future-proof deck on the planet bzzz.us/victrola-deck TechRadar

Most useful department. Klippr. Klippr enables electronic music artists to create shareable track release videos from Traxsource or Beatport links in just 30 seconds. Ideal for Insta etc bzzz.us/klippr

The Water & Music 2025 guide to music tech's new power players bzzz.us/music-tech-own… The takeaway: Private equity firms and major labels are locked in a battle for control over independent music infrastructure.

fair play to Blood Records because this is one of the most beautiful vinyl pressings I’ve ever seen in my entire life

How we made Shaun Carey colour in colour design 🎶 #vinylrecords #vinylpressing #vinylcommunity #vinyl #splattervinyl #vinyladdict #vinylpressing #satisfyingvideo #satisfying

A new vinyl record pressing plant has opened in Clane, Co Kildare, as vinyl sales in Ireland continue to rise jrnl.ie/6675114

Sonopress EcoRecords Employ Near Field Communication Technology #vinylrecord #sonopress #makingvinyl Sonopress Bertelsmann_com hughsnews.ca/sonopress-ecor…