Digital Music Trends Audio

This week on Digital Music Trends it was a real pleasure to welcome Theda Sandiford, VP of Digital Marketing at Republic record, and Dave Haynes, Head of Business Development at Makeshift.io, to the show. We chat about: – The latest figures released by Nielsen Soundscan on US music sales for the first 6 months of 2014 – The evolution […] The post DMT 191: US Sales, MCNs, Ariana Grande breaking Twitter, Taylor Swift’s editorial, Milk, RapGenius appeared first on Digital Music Trends.

Subscribe to DMT’s weekly newsletter on bit.ly/dmtlist This week on Digital Music Trends a special episode featuring Emmanuel Legrand and David Downs as well as the executive chair of IMPALA Helen Smith and the CMO of Soundrop Thomas Ford. We open the show by talking with Helen about the antitrust complaint IMPALA recently filed against YouTube with the European Commission, we discuss what the […] The post DMT 190: IMPALA vs YouTube, Show.co, Songza, Rdio, SoundCloud appeared first on Digital Music Trends.

Subscribe to Digital Music Trends’ weekly newsletter here. This week on Digital Music Trends it was a pleasure to welcome Darren Hemmings (Motive Unknown) and Jules Parker (Polaroid Management) as we power through the week’s news in digital music including: – a lengthy debate on the inclusion of streaming data in the UK’s streaming chart – an analysis of T-Mobile’s […] The post DMT 189: UK Charts, T-Mobile Music Freedom, YouTube contract leaks, BBC, Patreon appeared first on Digital Music Trends.

This week on Digital Music Trends it was a pleasure to welcome Duncan Geere (duncangeere.com) and Dan Koplowitz (friendlyfirerecordings.com) to chat about the latest music tech news. The show also features an appearance from Eric Jones, founder of merch startup Sidestep. This week we start by tackling reports stating that YouTube is about to “pull” independent music videos from the […] The post DMT 188: YouTube’s block, Prime Music, SideStep, Spotify’s Web API, BitTorrent, Deezer appeared first on Digital Music Trends.

Subscribe to Digital Music Trends’ weekly newsletter on http://www.bit.ly/dmtlist This week on Digital Music Trends a special show focusing on the Brazilian Music Industry. It was an absolute pleasure chat about the state and evolution of the music market in Brazil with Luciana Pegorer, founder of label Delira Musica and Managing Director of ABMI – the Brazilian Independent […] The post DMT 187: Brazilian Music Industry Special appeared first on Digital Music Trends.

This week on Digital Music Trends it was a real pleasure to welcome Ben Sisario (New York Times) and Eriq Gardner (The Hollywood Reporter) to the show as we discuss – at long last – Apple’s official announcement of the Beats Acquisition, WWDC, independent label associations coming down hard on YouTube and preparing to file a complaint with the […] The post DMT 186: Apple buys Beats, WIN vs YouTube Pt.2, Amazon’s music, Megaupload’s cash, Consent Decree appeared first on Digital Music Trends.

Subscribe to DMT’s newsletter on http://www.bit.ly/dmtlist This week on Digital Music Trends I chat with Vickie Nauman – former President of 7Digital in North America and now at CrossBorderWorks consulting – about her experience at Music Matters in Singapore, the independent music organisations lashing out against YouTube, the so-almost-closed deal between Apple and Beats (which closed a few […] The post DMT 185: Indies vs YouTube, Apple & Beats, LyricFind, Next Big Book, Audiam, Twitter Charts appeared first on Digital Music Trends.

Subscribe to the Digital Music Trends weekly newsletter on http://bit.ly/dmtlist This week a really packed episode of Digital Music Trends: my guests are Christiane Kinney (http://musicalredhead.com & partner at LeClairRyan) and Alejandro Marin (http://lamasmusica.com & http://themusicpimp.com), but on this show we also have appearances from Andreas Liffgarden co-founder of Soundtrack Your Brand who talks to us about Spotify Business, the CEO […] The post DMT 184: Spotify Business, SoundCloud & Twitter, Deadmau5 subs, Digital Medieval, Lovelive TV appeared first on Digital Music Trends.

Subscribe to DMT’s weekly newsletter on http://www.bit.ly/dmtlist This week on Digital Music Trends a real pleasure to have Lucy Blair and Darren Hemmings as guests on the show, which also features interviews with the CEO of Dubset Media Bob Barbiere and the CEO of Yonder Adam Kidron. Of course we open with a discussion on the Beats Electronics/Music and Apple acquisition story, which has […] The post DMT 183: Beats & Apple, Yonder, Aphex Twin, Dubset, piracy, Last.fm & more appeared first on Digital Music Trends.

Subscribe to DMT’s weekly newsletter http://bit.ly/dmtlist This week DMT was recorded in front of a live audience at the Great Escape Festival in Brighton. During the show we alternate the week’s news stories with discussions around the main subjects being tackled at the conference. I’m joined on stage by Chris Carey (Media Insight Consulting), Fred Bolza (Sony Music), Cliff Fluet (Lewis Silkin, Eleven) and Andy […] The post DMT 182: Live at the Great Escape – Kobalt, Muve Music, D2C, Dubset, breakage, Revolt.tv appeared first on Digital Music Trends.

Subscribe to DMT’s weekly newsletter on http://bit.ly/dmtlist This week on Digital Music Trends a feature-film length show featuring both the week’s news with the help of Chandler Coyle (Musicgeekservices.com) and eight short interviews recorded AIM‘s Digital Music conference Music Connected with the likes of Moshi Moshi, Music Glue, Million Media, Play MPE, Synkio, Absolute Marketing and the Secretly Label Group. In the news we chat […] The post DMT 181: AIM’s Music Connected, Bloom.fm, Rdio, Pandora, Facebook, Deezer, the Glove & more appeared first on Digital Music Trends.

Subscribe to DMT’s weekly newsletter on http://bit.ly/dmtlist This week on Digital Music Trends two great guests: Stephen O’Reilly (CMO at Shuffler.fm) and Stuart Dredge (Journalist at Music Ally, The Guardian) as well as an appearance by Spencer Hickman (Death Waltz Records, UK Coordinator of Record Store Day). This week on the show we talk about Beat Music’s introduction of in-app […] The post DMT 180: Beats Music, Shazam & iOS8, RSD 2014, Pre-1972 suit, Premium Milk, Rock in Rio USA appeared first on Digital Music Trends.

Subscribe to DMT’s weekly newsletter on http://bit.ly/dmtlist This week on Digital Music Trends a packed show featuring Steve Knopper (Rolling Stone), Andy Malt (CMU) as well as a contribution from Deborah Newman (MusicStrat) on the US rate court proceedings. We discuss the new Gramofon hardware project that debuted on Kickstarter this week and that is closely tied to Fon, news from Deezer as the company announces […] The post DMT 179: Gramofon, Deezer, Sprint, Rate Courts, Pono, Megaupload, Smule appeared first on Digital Music Trends.

This week on Digital Music Trends a massive show spanning several continents and featuring Jasper Donat (Music Matters) from Hong Kong and Nick O’Byrne (AIR, Big Sound) from Melbourne as well as appearances from Ty Roberts (co-founder & CTO at Gracenote) from San Francisco and Paul Springer (SVP of Americas and Chief Product Officer at Rhapsody) from Seattle. […] The post DMT 178: YouTube Music, Gracenote, Rhapsody, Music Matters, Australia, Beggars Group, Big Sound appeared first on Digital Music Trends.

A dense show this week on Digital Music Trends featuring J Herskowitz and Brian Felsen as well as – for the first few minutes – J Sider CEO at BandPage talking about their latest funding round. This week we also discuss Spotify’s redesign for its desktop and iOS apps, Rdio on the Chromecast, the launch of the Amazon Fire TV box, Last.fm axing […] The post DMT 177: BandPage, Spotify, TV boxes, Last.fm, Topspin Platform, Ultra Music appeared first on Digital Music Trends.

This week on Digital Music Trends I chat with Matthew Ogle (This Is My Jam) and Sitar Teli (Connect Ventures). We discuss Rhapsody deciding against using the Echo Nest moving forward, Shazam’s partnership with Juno Records, music piracy on mobile, UK taxes and the closure of a loophole, the Pono’s success, Beats Music’s first (unofficial […] The post DMT 176: Rhapsody, UK Taxes, Mobile Piracy, Shazam & Juno, Spotify Apps, Linkin Park’s Game appeared first on Digital Music Trends.

This week on Digital Music Trends I chat with Darren Hemmings, Ashley Elsdon and Oisin Lunny about Sonos’ app update with universal search, Pandora’s rates win and price increase, MusikMesse, the IFPI’s latest report on 2013 recorded music sales, Lady Gaga at SXSW and the festival’s brand presence. You can find the show notes here. The show ends with two of […] The post DMT 175: Sonos, Pandora, IFPI, MusikMesse, SXSW & Brands + interviews with Pandora and A2IM appeared first on Digital Music Trends.

A live show! Digital Music Trends 174 was recorded live at SXSW 2014 with Brian Zisk (SFMusicTech), Jim Carroll (Irish Times) and Kevin Breuner (CD Baby). We chat about Spotify’s acquisition of the Echo Nest, Neil Young launching the Pono as a Kickstarter, Samsung launching MILK and Balcony.tv’s acquisition by The Orchard. At the end of the show I added two […] The post DMT 174: Echo Nest and Spotify, Pono, MILK + interviews with Spotify and OpenAura appeared first on Digital Music Trends.

This week on Digital Music Trends I chat with Eric Eitel, Steffen Holly and Taishi Fukuyama. Find out the show notes here http://bit.ly/DMT173 Andrea Leonelli http://www.digitalmusictrends.com http://www.twitter.com/digimusictrends The post DMT 173: Beats & Topspin, Ministry & Spotify, Gema & Youtube, Apple in cars, Australia down, Amazon appeared first on Digital Music Trends.

Joining me on Digital Music Trends this week Eliot Van Buskirk from Evolver.fm and Jay Coyle from MusicGeekServices.com, we chat about Warner’s deal with Shazam, 19 Recordings’ suit against Sony Music on American Idol royalties, YouTube’s new playlist features, SongCoin (what is it?), SoundFocus raising capital to save our ears, the Brits ratings drop, the World Mobile Congress […] The post DMT 172: Warner & Shazam, American Idol, SongCoin, SoundFocus, wearables appeared first on Digital Music Trends.