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Digital Music TrendsDMT 231: Grooveshark, Simfy, Apple, Instagram, Twitter, BonnarooDMT is brought to you by Gramofon, a small device that can give your ‘old school’ speakers a new lease of life by adding seamless wireless streaming functionality controlled right from the Spotify app. Check it out on http://www.gramofon.com._____It was a real pleasure to welcome Emily White (Whitesmith Entertainment ) and Glenn Peoples (Billboard) to the last weekly recording of Digital Music Trends. If you'd like to be kept up to date with any one-off show recordings do sign up to the newsletter on bit.ly/dmtlistWe start by chatting about the demise of Grooveshark under the weigh...2015-05-0750 minDigital Music TrendsDMT 230: Pandora & CRB, Jay-Z, EU's Copyright Directive, JukelyDMT is brought to you by Gramofon, a small device that can give your ‘old school’ speakers a new lease of life by adding seamless wireless streaming functionality controlled right from the Spotify app. Check it out on http://www.gramofon.com._____This week it was a pleasure to welcome Sophie Goossens (lawyer at August & Debouzy) and Darren Hemmings (founder of Motive Unknown) to the show.On this penultimate instalment of our weekly appointments we start by chatting about a DMT all-time-favourite topic: Pandora’s quest for profitability and we also mention the latest CRB rate-setting procedures.I...2015-04-3057 minDigital Music TrendsDMT 229: Believe Digital, Guvera, TIDAL, EDM, Spotify ads, Furious 7DMT is brought to you by Gramofon, a small device that can give your ‘old school’ speakers a new lease of life by adding seamless wireless streaming functionality controlled right from the Spotify app. Check it out on http://www.gramofon.com._____This week it was a real pleasure to welcome to the show Larry Miller (Associate Professor of Music Business at NYU & host of Musonomics podcast) and Taishi Fukuyama, founder of Japan market entry, business development agency PRTL.We start by talking about an acquisition that caught everyone by surprise, that of Tunecore by Believe Digital, do the two...2015-04-2357 minDigital Music TrendsDMT 228: IFPI, Apple's Music app, Exclusives Debate, Guitar Hero, Spotify's RounDMT is brought to you by Gramofon, a small device that can give your ‘old school’ speakers a new lease of life by adding seamless wireless streaming functionality controlled right from the Spotify app. Check it out on http://www.gramofon.com._____This week it was a real pleasure to welcome to the show Nico Perez (co-founder, Mixcloud) and Olivier de Simone (music industry consultant).We start by chatting about the IFPI's Digital Music Report 2015, which includes some interesting figures on the evolution of the digital music market. We also address Apple's revamped Music app in the iOS 8.4 beta, the...2015-04-1648 minDigital Music TrendsDMT 227: Meerkat, TIDAL, Apple & EU, Smule, Omnifone, Seatgeek, Bicycle Music GrDMT is brought to you by Gramofon, a small device that can give your ‘old school’ speakers a new lease of life by adding seamless wireless streaming functionality controlled right from the Spotify app. Check it out on http://www.gramofon.com._____This week on Digital Music Trends it was a pleasure to welcome Darren Hemmings (Motive Unknown) and Matthew Hawn (Product & Strategy consultant) to discuss the latest news in the music tech space. The show also includes a catch-up with Turner Kirk and Jeannie Yang from Smule.On the show we discuss Madonna's Meerkat premiere and beyond that the...2015-04-091h 06Digital Music TrendsDMT 226: The Tide Turns Against TIDAL, Music on Consoles, Coachella, SynchTankDMT is brought to you by Gramofon, a small device that can give your ‘old school’ speakers a new lease of life by adding seamless wireless streaming functionality controlled right from the Spotify app. Check it out on http://www.gramofon.com._____This week on Digital Music Trends it was a pleasure to welcome Chandler Coyle (Music Geek Services, Berklee), Mark Frieser (Syncsummit) to chat about the week's news. The show also features an interview with Joel T. Jordan from Synchtank.Inevitably we open the show by chatting extensively about TIDAL's press conference. Just 4 days afte...2015-04-0255 minDigital Music TrendsDMT 224: SXSW Calling, Empire, Rhapsody, YouTube for Artists, Lamar most streameThis week's show is brought to you by Gramofon, a small device that can give your 'old school' speakers a new lease of life by adding seamless wireless streaming functionality controlled right from the Spotify app. Check it out on http://www.gramofon.com.__This week on Digital Music Trends a SXSW special recorded with a few attendees who took some time to fill me in on what's going on at this year's event. We discuss what's happening in Austin, the latest from their respective companies and we also cover this week's news.And...2015-03-2053 minDigital Music TrendsDMT 223: Blurred Lines, McDonald's, Rock Band, Bjork, Germany, Songwriter EquityThis week's show is brought to you by Gramofon, a small device that can give your 'old school' speakers a new lease of life by adding seamless wireless streaming functionality controlled right from the Spotify app. Check it out on http://www.gramofon.com._This week on Digital Music Trends a packed show as I welcome Richard Busch, attorney at King & Ballow (who represented the Marvin Gaye estate in the recent suit), Joe Conyers, VP of Technology Downtown Music Publishing and Jim Carroll, journalist at the Irish Times to the show.We start by talking...2015-03-121h 05Digital Music TrendsDMT 222: On Soundcloud, UMG's 2014, the evolution of D2F, Amanda Palmer on PatreThis week's show is brought to you by Gramofon, a small device that can give your 'old school' speakers a new lease of life by adding seamless wireless streaming functionality controlled right from the Spotify app. Check it out on Gramofon.com.This week on Digital Music Trends it was a real pleasure to welcome Benji Rogers (President, Pledge Music) and Jessie Scoullar (Founder, Wicksteed Works).We start by discussing On SoundCloud's $1m payment to partners thanks to high-profile brand partnerships and what that could mean for the company's future.Then we tackle UMG's 2014 de...2015-03-0555 minDigital Music TrendsDMT 221: Snapchat, Apple Editorial, MTV Apps, YouTube & Brands, UK MusicWant to be the first to hear when a new show is out? Subscribe to the newsletter on http://www.bit.ly/dmtlistThis week on Digital Music Trends it was a pleasure to welcome Darren Hemmings (Founder, strategic digital marketing consultancy Motive Unknown).We start by discussing Snapchat's music feature, its potential and the potential headaches it may generate from a licensing point of view.We also chat about Apple's quest for a music journalist/editor in London which seems to confirm earlier reports of a curation-centred strategy, MTV's new Play and Trax apps an...2015-02-2651 minDigital Music TrendsDMT 220: Future of Copyright Pt. 2, Zane Lowe, Songwriters, Pandora, Vessel, AbbWant to be the first to hear when a new show is out? Subscribe to the newsletter on http://www.bit.ly/dmtlistThis week on Digital Music Trends it was a pleasure to welcome Lee Knife, the Executive Director at the Digital Media Association (DiMA - digmedia.org) and Emmanuel Legrand, US Editor at Music Week.On the show we continue the discussion started last week around the "Copyright and the Music Marketplace" released by the US Copyright Office, this time focusing on some of the criticisms brought forward by DiMA.Emmanuel and...2015-02-191h 07Digital Music TrendsDMT 218: Jay-Z & Aspiro, Super Bowl, Guvera, Show.co, Leaks, SoundCloudWant to be the first to hear when a new show is out? Subscribe to the newsletter on http://www.bit.ly/dmtlistThis week on the show it was a real pleasure to welcome Andrew Dubber (musictechfest.org) and Steve Knopper (Rolling Stone) to the show.We start by discussing Jay-Z's acquisition of Aspiro, which includes the WiMP and TIDAL streaming services.We also chat about Spotify's reported fundraise, Missy Elliott's Super Bowl comeback, Show.co's new gating feature, the music industry's relationship with leaks, Music Tech Fest and the Music Bricks project...2015-02-0448 minDigital Music TrendsDMT 217: Zoe Keating & YouTube, PlayStation & Spotify, iHeartRadio, Australia, TWant to be the first to hear when a new show is out? Subscribe to the newsletter on http://www.bit.ly/dmtlistThis week on Digital Music Trends it was a real pleasure to welcome Jay Frank (Digsin) and Ben Sisario (New York Times) to the show.The first part of the show is devoted to a discussion around Zoe Keating's blog from last week, which highlighted some important issues on the terms imposed by YouTube on independent artists if they want to continue to monetise their content on the platform.We also...2015-01-2952 minDigital Music TrendsDMT 216: Apple & Semetric, EU, Deezer US, Primary Wave, Germany, Rdio, FestivalsWant to be the first to hear when a new show is out? Subscribe to the newsletter here.This week on Digital Music Trends a packed show featuring Sammy Andrews (Head of Digital, Cooking Vinyl) and Duncan Geere (Freelance Journalist) as well as an appearance from Deezer US' CMO Beth Murphy to tell us about the Muve acquisition.On the show we tackle the news that Apple has acquired Semetric (better known for the Musicmetric product), the UK Business Secretary's call for a single European digital marketplace, Primary Wave's merger, the amazing resilience of physical sales in...2015-01-2244 minDigital Music TrendsDMT 215: CES Music Gadgets, Deezer's Muve, Spotify growth, Iceland Music ExportThis week on Digital Music Trends I chat with Vickie Nauman (CrossBorderWorks Consulting) who tells me all about the most exciting music-related gadgets she found on the show floor at CES in Las Vegas. We also cover the two biggest news of the week, Deezer's acquisition of Muve Music and Spotify reaching 15 million paid subscribers. Finally on this episode I also a chat with Siggi (Sigtryggur Baldursson), the MD of Iceland Music Export, recorded in Groningen. Iceland is the focus country at 2015's edition of Eurosonic and we discuss Icelanding acts, the live and recorded music markets as well as...2015-01-1631 minDigital Music TrendsDMT 214: Music Sales, Pono Music Store, UMG & Havas, PJ Harvey, MIDI Vinyl, iTunWant to be the first to hear when a new show is out? Subscribe to the newsletter on http://www.bit.ly/dmtlistThis week on DMT it was a real pleasure to welcome Robert Singerman (Dotmusic, Caribbean Music Summit) and J Herskowitz (Tomahawk) to the show to chat about the first music tech news of the year.On this Episode we tackle US music sales for 2014, the launch of the Pono music store as the device is nearing commercial availability, the Caribbean Music Summit, UMG and Havas partnering, PJ Harvey recording her next album in a...2015-01-0844 minDigital Music TrendsDMT 213: 2014 Recap, MixCloud, Beatport, BBC, Shazam, Sony, BoseWant to be the first to hear when a new show is out? Subscribe to the newsletter on http://www.bit.ly/dmtlistThis week on Digital Music Trends it was a pleasure to record the last episode of the year with Darren Hemmings (Motive Unknown). On this show we combine a 2014 year-end recap with some of the news from the past week. We share what we thought were the most interesting (& the most disappointing) news stories of the year and I attempt a 4-minute month-by-month summary.On the news front we cover MixCloud's latest stats...2014-12-181h 14Digital Music TrendsDMT 212: Indian Music Market, Apple, YouTube Rights, Grooveshark, Piracy, SoundCWant to be the first to hear when a new show is out? Subscribe to the newsletter on http://www.bit.ly/dmtlistThis week on Digital Music Trends it was a real pleasure to welcome Glenn Peoples (Sr. Editorial Analyst, Billboard), Andy Malt (Editor, CMU) and Mandar Thakur (COO, Times Music India).We start by talking about Apple's suit including the difficulties the prosecution is having finding plaintiffs and we cover YouTube's new rights database that video creators will be able to consult before using a copyrighted track on their video.Then Mandar...2014-12-111h 14Digital Music TrendsDMT 211: UK Copyright, Apple's iPod suit, Blinkbox, adding up royalties, InstagrWant to be the first to hear when a new show is out? Subscribe to the newsletter on http://www.bit.ly/dmtlistThis week on Digital Music Trends it was a real pleasure to welcome Cliff Fluet (Lewis Silkin and 11 Advisory) and Eamonn Forde (Music Ally, The Guardian & more).We start by examining the copyright exceptions introduced in the UK and talk about the judicial review process that is being initiated by music industry bodies who believe that that these exceptions should have been accompanied by levies on blank media.We also chat...2014-12-0344 minDigital Music TrendsDMT 210: Spotify, IFPI, Windowing, The Orchard, Billboard 200, McCartney on VRWant to be the first to hear when a new show is out? Subscribe to the newsletter on http://www.bit.ly/dmtlistThis week on Digital Music Trends a great chat with Stephen O'Reilly (Shuffler.fm) and Kéra O'Neil (ohkera.com).We discuss Spotify's 2013 earnings, Beyonce and Coldplay's latest albums hitting streaming services and the future of music windowing, The Orchard's deal with SiriusXM cutting out SoundExchange, the Billboard 200 Album chart taking streams into account for the first time and finally Paul McCartney's Virtual Reality experience.I really hope you enjoy the s...2014-11-2754 minDigital Music TrendsDMT 209: YouTube Music Key, Applebeats, VEVO, Gracenote, Bandcamp, LiveOne, AdreWant to be the first to hear when a new show is out? Subscribe to the newsletter on http://www.bit.ly/dmtlistThis week on Digital Music Trends it was a pleasure to welcome Jimmy Chamberlin (CEO, LiveOne & original drummer, Smashing Pumpkins) and Brian Felsen (CEO, AdRev) to the show.We open with the launch of YouTube Music Key, though it can be called a "low-key debut" as it's invite-only for now (drum roll).We also cover the breaking news that Apple may integrate Beats into iOS as early as March 2015 and then discu...2014-11-2032 minDigital Music TrendsDMT 208: YouTube/Merlin, Spotify reacts to Swift, MTV Trax, Kobalt on transparenWant to be the first to hear when a new show is out? Subscribe to the newsletter on http://www.bit.ly/dmtlistThis week on Digital Music Trends it was a real pleasure to welcome Jessie Scoullar (@WicksteedWorks) and Matthew Hawn (@jukevox).Although we recorded a few hours before the announcement of YouTube Music Key (that's one for next week) we do cover YouTube's deal Merlin and ponder whether that may convince more indies to jump on board.We obviously have to chat about the other big story which is Taylor Swift's stance...2014-11-131h 01Digital Music TrendsDMT 207: Web Summit with ROLI, Next Big Sound, WholeWorldBand, InMusik, GigstartThis week on Digital Music Trends a special recorded at the Web Summit 2014 in Dublin featuring Roland Lamb (ROLI), Alex White (Next Big Sound), Stephen Brett (InMusik), Kevin Godley (WholeWorldBand), Donal Scannell (GigStarter) and Oisin Lunny (OpenMarket).I chat with them about their companies are up to, their impressions of the Web Summit and we also tackle the story of the week: Taylor Swift's disappearance from Spotify and Deezer.I really hope you enjoy the show, have a fantastic week and 'till next time!Andrea Leonellihttp://www.digitalmusictrends.comhttp://www...2014-11-0831 minDigital Music TrendsDMT 206: Pandora’s AMP, Deezer & Stitcher, iTunes downloads, TIDAL, ECJ, TaylorThis week on Digital Music Trends a skeleton crew due to flight delays for our third guest, but we managed well as I chat with Barbara Hallama (Hallama.org) about Pandora's AMP Artist Marketing platform, the decline of iTunes downloads and Apple's rumored lower-cost subscription, Deezer buying Stitcher - now that's what I call an interesting disruption, TIDAL launching in the US and UK (we also do a quick demo & talk about their questionable promo video), Taylor Swift's release of 1989, which could sell over 1m copies and is steering clear of streaming services, the European Court of Justice ruling on...2014-10-3045 min
DMT 1-2-1Ep.69: David Dufresne, CEO of BandZoogle, an easy way for musicians to create aIf you'd like to receive weekly alerts on the new shows going live subscribe to the newsletter on http://www.bit.ly/dmtlistThis week on the DMT 1-2-1 show an interview with David Dufresne, CEO of the company BandZoogle (http://www.bandzoogle.com), that for 10 years has been providing musicians with an easy way to create a website and to communicate with their audience without having to learn a line of code. The company has over 22,000 active accounts and price tiers ranging from $10 to $20 per month.We chat about the company's evolution, the recent p...2014-08-0727 min
Interview with Ben Perreau from Synk.io — AIM’s Music Connected 2014Andrea Leonelli from Digital Music Trends interviews Ben Perreau from Synk.io at AIM’s Music Connected 2014. http://digitalmusictrends.com/ http://twitter.com/digimusictrends
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The post Interview with Mark Meharry from Music Glue — AIM’s Music Connected 2014 appeared first on Digital Music Trends.2014-05-2300 minInterview with Stephen Bass from Moshi Moshi — AIM’s Music Connected 2014Andrea Leonelli from Digital Music Trends interviews Stephen Bass from Moshi Moshi at AIM’s Music Connected 2014. http://digitalmusictrends.com/ http://twitter.com/digimusictrends
The post Interview with Stephen Bass from Moshi Moshi — AIM’s Music Connected 2014 appeared first on Digital Music Trends.2014-05-2300 minInterview with Ian Catling from Audio Salad — AIM’s Music Connected 2014Andrea Leonelli from Digital Music Trends interviews Ian Catling from Audio Salad — AIM’s Music Connected 2014 http://digitalmusictrends.com/ http://twitter.com/digimusictrends
The post Interview with Ian Catling from Audio Salad — AIM’s Music Connected 2014 appeared first on Digital Music Trends.2014-05-2300 minInterview with Neil Cartwright from Million Media — AIM’s Music Connected 2014Andrea Leonelli from Digital Music Trends interviews Neil Cartwright from Million Media at AIM’s Music Connected 2014. http://digitalmusictrends.com/ http://twitter.com/digimusictrends
The post Interview with Neil Cartwright from Million Media — AIM’s Music Connected 2014 appeared first on Digital Music Trends.2014-05-2300 minAdam Cardew from Absolute Marketing — AIM’s Music Connected 2014Andrea Leonelli from Digital Music Trends interviews Adam Cardew from Absolute Marketing at AIM’s Music Connected 2014. http://digitalmusictrends.com/ http://twitter.com/digimusictrends
The post Adam Cardew from Absolute Marketing — AIM’s Music Connected 2014 appeared first on Digital Music Trends.2014-05-2200 minSXSW 2014 Hackathon with Travis LaurendineAndrea Leonelli from Digital Music Trends interviews Travis Laurendine at the SXSW 2014 Hackathon.
The post SXSW 2014 Hackathon with Travis Laurendine appeared first on Digital Music Trends.2014-03-2800 minSXSW 2014: Adam WarRock on building a fan base online, the Nerdcore community and moreAndrea Leonelli from Digital Music Trends interviews Adam WarRock.
The post SXSW 2014: Adam WarRock on building a fan base online, the Nerdcore community and more appeared first on Digital Music Trends.2014-03-2800 minSXSW 2014: Vickie Nauman, Pres. of North America at 7Digital.Andrea Leonelli from Digital Music Trends interviews Vickie Nauman from 7Digital.
The post SXSW 2014: Vickie Nauman, Pres. of North America at 7Digital. appeared first on Digital Music Trends.2014-03-2800 minSXSW 2014: Rich Bengloff, President of A2IMAndrea Leonelli from Digital Music Trends interviews Rich Bengloff from A2IM
The post SXSW 2014: Rich Bengloff, President of A2IM appeared first on Digital Music Trends.2014-03-2800 minSXSW 2014: Zya, a new mobile music game – DMT interviews Dean Serletic Head of MarketingAndrea Leonelli from Digital Music Trends interviews Dean Serletic from Zya.
The post SXSW 2014: Zya, a new mobile music game – DMT interviews Dean Serletic Head of Marketing appeared first on Digital Music Trends.2014-03-2800 minSXSW 2014 – A feature on Sounderbox with Anthony Gongora and Henri-Pierre MoussetAndrea Leonelli from Digital Music Trends interviews Anthony Gongora and Henri-Pierre Mousset from Sounderbox
The post SXSW 2014 – A feature on Sounderbox with Anthony Gongora and Henri-Pierre Mousset appeared first on Digital Music Trends.2014-03-2800 minSXSW 2014: Scott Ackerman, President at TunecoreAndrea Leonelli from Digital Music Trends interviews Scott Ackerman from Tunecore.
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The post SXSW 2014 – Matt Adell, CEO at Beatport appeared first on Digital Music Trends.2014-03-2800 minSXSW 2014: Sachin Doshi, Head of Development and Analysis at SpotifyAndrea Leonelli from Digital Music Trends interviews Sachin Doshi from Spotify.
The post SXSW 2014: Sachin Doshi, Head of Development and Analysis at Spotify appeared first on Digital Music Trends.2014-03-2700 minSXSW 2014: Eric Bieschke, Chief Scientist and VP of Playlists at PandoraAndrea Leonelli from Digital Music Trends interviews Eric Bieschke from Pandora.
The post SXSW 2014: Eric Bieschke, Chief Scientist and VP of Playlists at Pandora appeared first on Digital Music Trends.2014-03-2700 minSXSW 2014: Adam Lee, CEO at Bohemian Guitars.Andrea Leonelli from Digital Music Trends interviews Adam Lee from Bohemian Guitar.
The post SXSW 2014: Adam Lee, CEO at Bohemian Guitars. appeared first on Digital Music Trends.2014-03-2700 minSXSW 2014: Henri-Pierre Mousset, CEO at WiseBandAndrea Leonelli from Digital Music Trends interviews Henri-Pierre Mousset from WiseBand.
The post SXSW 2014: Henri-Pierre Mousset, CEO at WiseBand appeared first on Digital Music Trends.2014-03-2700 minSXSW 2014: Erik Ashdown, founder at IndiloopAndrea Leonelli from Digital Music Trends interviews Erik Ashdown from Indiloop.
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The post SXSW 2014: MusicGraph with Bill Hajjar and Jean-Pierre Dodel appeared first on Digital Music Trends.2014-03-2700 minSXSW 2014: Omnifone’s CEO Jeff HughesAndrea Leonelli from Digital Music Trends interviews Jeff Hughes from Omnifone.
The post SXSW 2014: Omnifone’s CEO Jeff Hughes appeared first on Digital Music Trends.2014-03-2700 minSXSW 2014: Bastien Sannac from Meludia – learning music through playAndrea Leonelli from Digital Music Trends interviews Bastien Sannac from Meludia.
The post SXSW 2014: Bastien Sannac from Meludia – learning music through play appeared first on Digital Music Trends.2014-03-2700 minSXSW 2014 – Sophie Halliot from Bobler, a new way of communicating with short audio messagesAndrea Leonelli from Digital Music Trends interviews Sophie Halliot from Bobler.
The post SXSW 2014 – Sophie Halliot from Bobler, a new way of communicating with short audio messages appeared first on Digital Music Trends.2014-03-2700 minSXSW 2014: Homestage DC with Nick DePrey and Catherine WoodiwissAndrea Leonelli from Digital Music Trends interviews Nick DePrey and Catherine Woodiwiss from Homestage DC.
The post SXSW 2014: Homestage DC with Nick DePrey and Catherine Woodiwiss appeared first on Digital Music Trends.2014-03-2700 minSXSW 2014 – An interview with Caktus, a new social music appAndrea Leonelli from Digital Music Trends interviews Dane Regnier from Caktus.
The post SXSW 2014 – An interview with Caktus, a new social music app appeared first on Digital Music Trends.2014-03-2700 minSXSW 2014: SoundWall, a speaker on your wall – DMT interviews Sven CoppomAndrea Leonelli from Digital Music Trends interviews Sven Coppom from SoundWall.
The post SXSW 2014: SoundWall, a speaker on your wall – DMT interviews Sven Coppom appeared first on Digital Music Trends.2014-03-2700 minSXSW 2014: Dave Zierler, President at INgrooves.Andrea Leonelli from Digital Music Trends interviews Dave Zierler from INgrooves.
The post SXSW 2014: Dave Zierler, President at INgrooves. appeared first on Digital Music Trends.2014-03-2700 minFrench Tech Club at SXSW 2014, all the French Music Tech Startups in Austin…Andrea Leonelli from Digital Music Trends interviews the French Tech Club at SXSW 2014.
The post French Tech Club at SXSW 2014, all the French Music Tech Startups in Austin… appeared first on Digital Music Trends.2014-03-2700 minSXSW 2014: Alex White, CEO at Next Big SoundAndrea Leonelli from Digital Music Trends interviews Alex White from Next Big Sound.
The post SXSW 2014: Alex White, CEO at Next Big Sound appeared first on Digital Music Trends.2014-03-2700 minSXSW 2014: Ken Abdo, Vice President at Lommen AbdoAndrea Leonelli from Digital Music Trends interviews Ken Abdo from Lommen Abdo. Timeline: 01:00: What’s your background? 01:45 How was the experience of building an entertainment law firm in Minneapolis? 03:00 How much focus do you place on digital in the firm? 04:10 What’s your attitude when negotiating digital royalty rates for new artists and […]
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The post SXSW 2014: Kjartan Slette, Head of Strategy at Wimp appeared first on Digital Music Trends.2014-03-2700 minSXSW 2014: Lita Rosario, President of WYZ Girl EntertainmentAndrea Leonelli From Digital Music Trends interviews WYZ Girl Entertainment‘s Lita Rosario. 00:55: What is your background? 02:25: What are termination rights and how do they work? 04:40: What is the potential effect of termination rights? 05:30 So this only started becoming available last year right? 09:05 Have there been legal actions from labels disputing the […]
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DMT 173: Beats & Topspin, Ministry & Spotify, Gema & Youtube, Apple in cars, Australia down, AmazonThis 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.2014-03-0600 minA wrap on MIDEM with Emmanuel Legrand (DMT at MIDEM 2014)Digital Music Trends chats with Emmanuel Legrand (@legrandnetwork) about MIDEM 2014: general impressions, the impact of streaming on revenues, the impact of digital for collection societies, publishing revenues and the importance of metadata, the new role of lawyers and managers and much more! Andrea Leonelli www.digitalmusictrends.com http://www.twitter.com/digimusictrends
The post A wrap on MIDEM with Emmanuel Legrand (DMT at MIDEM 2014) appeared first on Digital Music Trends.2014-03-0300 minMIDEM Hack Day with Martyn Davies and Syd Lawrence – DMT at MIDEM 2014And it wouldn’t be MIDEM without my yearly catch-up with Martyn Davies (Sendgrid) organiser of the MIDEM Hack Day and tinkerer Syd Lawrence (Wemakeawesomesh.it). We chat about how the Hack Day went this year, the winner hack, Syd’s VERY serious hack, and in the end just have a laugh… Andrea Leonelli http://www.digitalmusictrends.com http://www.twitter.com/digimusictrends
The post MIDEM Hack Day with Martyn Davies and Syd Lawrence – DMT at MIDEM 2014 appeared first on Digital Music Trends.2014-03-0100 minJulie Knibbe, Platform Evangelist at Deezer – DMT at MIDEM 2014Digital Music Trends at Midem 2014 chats with Julie Knibbe, Platform Evangelist at Deezer. Tune in to find out about the company’s developer strategy, its API, the role of mobile, the music hacking community and much more. Deezer’s developer portal is on http://developers.deezer.com. Andrea Leonelli http://www.digitalmusictrends.com http://www.twitter.com/digimusictrends
The post Julie Knibbe, Platform Evangelist at Deezer – DMT at MIDEM 2014 appeared first on Digital Music Trends.2014-03-0100 minBruno Crolot, Director at MIDEM (DMT at MIDEM 2014)Digital Music Trends interviews the Director of MIDEM Bruno Crolot shortly after the press conference at MIDEM announcing the outcome of this year’s event. Andrea Leonelli http://www.digitalmusictrends.com http://www.twitter.com/digimusictrends
The post Bruno Crolot, Director at MIDEM (DMT at MIDEM 2014) appeared first on Digital Music Trends.2014-03-0100 minAllen Bargfrede, Executive Director, Rethink Music at Berklee College of Music (DMT at Midem 2014)In this interview recorded at Midem 2014 I chat with Allen Bargfrede from Berklee College of music about the Rethink Music initiative and what’s been happening over the past year (including the startup event in Berlin), student’s attitudes towards entrepreneurship, Berklee’s new program in that area and much, much more. Andrea Leonelli http://www.digitalmusictrends.com http://www.twitter.com/digimusictrends
The post Allen Bargfrede, Executive Director, Rethink Music at Berklee College of Music (DMT at Midem 2014) appeared first on Digital Music Trends.2014-03-0100 minNorman Abdul Halim, Recording Industry Malaysia Midem 2014Digital Music Trends speaks with Norman Abdul Halim from Recording Industry of Malaysia. We chat about the different digital services available in Malaysia, and how artists are starting to expand internationally. Andrea Leonelli www.digitalmusictrends.com www.twitter.com/digimusictrends
The post Norman Abdul Halim, Recording Industry Malaysia Midem 2014 appeared first on Digital Music Trends.2014-03-0100 minMarie-Alicia Chang, MusicMetric (DMT at MIDEM 2014)Digital Music Trends at MIDEM 2014 interviews Marie-Alicia Chang, co-founder and Head of Data Partnerships at MusicMetric. The company has been working hard over 2013 to make their data more accessible and meaningful to the music industry so we chat about that process and the company’s milestones in the past 12 months. http://www.musicmetric.com Andrea Leonelli […]
The post Marie-Alicia Chang, MusicMetric (DMT at MIDEM 2014) appeared first on Digital Music Trends.2014-03-0100 minBrian Hamilton, SVP Worldwide Sales & Marketing at Gracenote (DMT at Midem 2014)Digital Music Trends chats with Brian Hamilton, SVP of Worldwide Sales and Marketing at Gracenote. We chat about the Tribune acquisition in 2013, the new Gracenote Rhythm initiative, their involvement in hack days, the partnership with Next Big Sound, the international business and much more. Andrea Leonelli http://www.digitalmusictrends.com/ http://www.twitter.com/digimusictrends
The post Brian Hamilton, SVP Worldwide Sales & Marketing at Gracenote (DMT at Midem 2014) appeared first on Digital Music Trends.2014-03-0100 minMidem 2014 Pledge Music interview with CEO Benji Rogers and A&R Paul BartonAndrea Leonelli from Digital Music Trends interviews Pledge Music. 01:00 What are the updates with Pledge Music on the product front? 02:14 What changes did Pledge Music have to make the service more suitable for the labels. 03:18 Have the artists evolved in the way they approach their campaigns? Specially those who are on their […]
The post Midem 2014 Pledge Music interview with CEO Benji Rogers and A&R Paul Barton appeared first on Digital Music Trends.2014-03-0100 minThorsten Schliesche, Napster – DMT at MIDEM 2014DMT chats with Thorsten Schliesche, SVP & GM Europe at Napster. We talk about the company’s brand, the expansion in Europe, the deal with Telefonica and the company’s subsequent South American expansion and much more. Andrea Leonelli http://www.digitalmusictrends.com http://www.twitter.com/digimusictrends
The post Thorsten Schliesche, Napster – DMT at MIDEM 2014 appeared first on Digital Music Trends.2014-03-0100 minMartin F. Frascogna, Frascogna Law – DMT at Midem 2014Digital Music Trends chats with Martin F. Frascogna of Frascogna Law. We discuss the business challenges that he faces when it comes to internationalization of music, specially digital services. Andrea Leonelli www.digitalmusictrends.com www.twitter.com/digimusictrends
The post Martin F. Frascogna, Frascogna Law – DMT at Midem 2014 appeared first on Digital Music Trends.2014-03-0100 minMartijn Tjho, CEO at SongFlow (DMT at MIDEM 2014)Digital Music Trends chats to the CEO of SongFlow Martijn Tjho. SongFlow is a digital music distribution service based in Amsterdam taking care of everything from song and release management through to reporting and royalty payments, enabling artists to focus on their relationship with fans. http://www.songflow.com Andrea Leonelli http://www.digitalmusictrends.com http://www.twitter.com/digimusictrends
The post Martijn Tjho, CEO at SongFlow (DMT at MIDEM 2014) appeared first on Digital Music Trends.2014-03-0100 minBora Celik, Jukely – DMT at Midem 2014Digital Music Trends speaks with Bora Celik from Jukely. We chat about how Jukely can be used for music fans to connect with each other and go to concerts. Andrea Leonelli http://www.digitalmusictrends.com http://www.twitter.com/digimusictrends
The post Bora Celik, Jukely – DMT at Midem 2014 appeared first on Digital Music Trends.2014-03-0100 minThorsten Schliesche, Napster – DMT at MIDEM 2014DMT chats with Thorsten Schliesche, SVP & GM Europe at Napster. We talk about the company’s brand, the expansion in Europe, the deal with Telefonica and the company’s subsequent South American expansion and much more. Andrea Leonelli http://www.digitalmusictrends.com http://www.twitter.com/digimusictrends
The post Thorsten Schliesche, Napster – DMT at MIDEM 2014 appeared first on Digital Music Trends.2014-03-0100 minUrturn at MIDEM 2014Digital Music Trends chats with Stelio Tzonis, Olivier de Simone and Michael Schneider from Urturn. We chat about the milestones for the company over the past 12 months and plans for the immediate future. Andrea Leonelli www.digitalmusictrends.com www.twitter.com/digimusictrends
The post Urturn at MIDEM 2014 appeared first on Digital Music Trends.2014-03-0100 minDMT 171: Brits, Aviate, IPOs, vKontakte, SXSW, DhinganaHosts: Andrea Leonelli, Neil Cartwright, Tony Hymes This week on Digital Music Trends we chat about Yahoo’s Aviate and its new music functionality, the Brit Awards and the use of Twitter Amplify (sponsored by VO5), Spotify’s rumored IPO – pros and cons?, Russian social network vKontakte getting an earful on piracy from the US and the UK, […]
The post DMT 171: Brits, Aviate, IPOs, vKontakte, SXSW, Dhingana appeared first on Digital Music Trends.2014-02-2100 minDigital Music TrendsDMT 171: Brits, Aviate, IPOs, vKontakte, SXSW, DhinganaHosts: Andrea Leonelli, Neil Cartwright, Tony HymesThis week on Digital Music Trends we chat about Yahoo's Aviate and its new music functionality, the Brit Awards and the use of Twitter Amplify (sponsored by VO5), Spotify's rumored IPO - pros and cons?, Russian social network vKontakte getting an earful on piracy from the US and the UK, streaming service Dhingana shutting in India, the iTunes Festival announcing a SXSW stint and much more...You can find this week's shownotes with links to all the stories here: http://bit.ly/DMT171notesI really hope you enj...2014-02-2158 minDMT 170: 2013 revenues, YouTube, Beats Music & streaming bundles, Shuffler.fm, ASCAP/BMIHosts: Andrea Leonelli, Kristelia Garcia (kristelia.com), Karim Fanous (MusicAlly.com), Darren Hemmings (motiveunknown.com). This week on DMT: a round-up of the recorded music revenues from 2013, an industry for or against YouTube?, Beats Music’s AT&T partnership, Spotify’s deal with The Times, Shuffler.fm‘s new “Pause” app and Sonos integration, the latest on the ASCAP/BMI rate court battles. You can find the show on iTunes, YouTube, SoundCloud, Mixcloud, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio and Spreaker. You […]
The post DMT 170: 2013 revenues, YouTube, Beats Music & streaming bundles, Shuffler.fm, ASCAP/BMI appeared first on Digital Music Trends.2014-02-1300 minDigital Music TrendsDMT 170: 2013 revenues, YouTube, Beats Music & streaming bundles, Shuffler.fm, AHosts: Andrea Leonelli, Kristelia Garcia (kristelia.com), Karim Fanous (MusicAlly.com), Darren Hemmings (motiveunknown.com).This week on DMT: a round-up of the recorded music revenues from 2013, an industry for or against YouTube?, Beats Music's AT&T partnership, Spotify's deal with The Times, Shuffler.fm's new "Pause" app and Sonos integration, the latest on the ASCAP/BMI rate court battles.You can find the show on iTunes, YouTube, SoundCloud, Mixcloud, Stitcher, TuneIn Radio and Spreaker. You can find this week's shownotes with links to all the stories we talked about here.This week's show is brought to you by...2014-02-131h 03DMT 161: Free Spotify for All, Music Gift Guide, Beatport, Pandora’s AlarmThis week on Digital Music Trends from Andrea Leonelli, Duncan Geere (duncangeere.com) Dave Allen (north.com) and Virginie Berger (dbth.fr) chat about Spotify’s NYC announcement revealing free access to both tablet and mobile users and its potential impact as well as the company’s exclusive deal with Led Zeppelin, we also chat about our music tech wish lists for Christmas, Beatport‘s layoffs, Pandora‘s alarm (and the little things that […]
The post DMT 161: Free Spotify for All, Music Gift Guide, Beatport, Pandora’s Alarm appeared first on Digital Music Trends.2013-12-1200 minDigital Music TrendsDMT 161: Free Spotify for All, Music Gift Guide, Beatport, Pandora's AlarmThis week on Digital Music Trends from Andrea Leonelli, Duncan Geere (duncangeere.com) Dave Allen (north.com) and Virginie Berger (dbth.fr) chat about Spotify's NYC announcement revealing free access to both tablet and mobile users and its potential impact as well as the company's exclusive deal with Led Zeppelin, we also chat about our music tech wish lists for Christmas, Beatport's layoffs, Pandora's alarm (and the little things that make a difference), multi-platform music services and much more.Digital Music Trends from this week has a new voluntary subscription option so if you enjoy the show and feel you'd like t...2013-12-121h 11DMT 149: Ministry of Sound vs Spotify, iTunes Radio, Songza, Pono, Xbox MusicOn Digital Music Trends 149 Andrea Leonelli, Lucy Blair (Anjunabeats), Jessie Scoullar (Wicksteed Works) and Eamonn Forde (Music Ally) discuss Ministry of Sound taking Spotify to court over playlists, iTunes Radio’s launch, Songza’s new round, HQ Audio service Pono, Xbox Music on iOS and Android and much more. You can find this week’s shownotes with […]
The post DMT 149: Ministry of Sound vs Spotify, iTunes Radio, Songza, Pono, Xbox Music appeared first on Digital Music Trends.2013-09-1300 minDMT 148: Spotify Connects, Twitter Commerce, Vevo & GEMA, Yahoo! redesigns Music & more…This week on Digital Music Trends Andrea Leonelli, Kevin Breuner (CD Baby Marketing Director) and Mike McCready (MusicXray CEO) discuss the introduction of Spotify Connect, the hypothetical scenario of a musicians strike from streaming, Twitter’s new commerce focus with the appointment of Nathan Hubbard, artists’ demands on live audiences (for example the no mobiles/photos policy), Jay-Z premiering the “Holy Grail” video […]
The post DMT 148: Spotify Connects, Twitter Commerce, Vevo & GEMA, Yahoo! redesigns Music & more… appeared first on Digital Music Trends.2013-09-0600 minDigital Music TrendsDMT 148: Spotify Connects, Twitter Commerce, Vevo & GEMA, Yahoo! redesigns MusicThis week on Digital Music Trends Andrea Leonelli, Kevin Breuner (CD Baby Marketing Director) and Mike McCready (MusicXray CEO) discuss the introduction of Spotify Connect, the hypothetical scenario of a musicians strike from streaming, Twitter's new commerce focus with the appointment of Nathan Hubbard, artists' demands on live audiences (for example the no mobiles/photos policy), Jay-Z premiering the "Holy Grail" video on Facebook, Trent Reznor's Spin interview (he wants $10), Shazam's new Twitter preview, the VMA sales lift for the artists performing (who got the most?) and what happened with Miley Cyrus, Vevo's deal with GEMA, Yahoo Music's redesign and Echo N...2013-09-061h 05Digital Music TrendsDMT 148 Spotify, Vevo, Twitter, Yahoo...This week on Digital Music Trends Andrea Leonelli, Kevin Breuner (CD Baby Marketing Director) and Mike McCready (MusicXray CEO) discuss the introduction of Spotify Connect, the hypothetical scenario of a musicians strike from streaming, Twitter's new commerce focus with the appointment of Nathan Hubbard, artists' demands on live audiences (for example the no mobiles/photos policy), Jay-Z premiering the "Holy Grail" video on Facebook, Trent Reznor's Spin interview (he wants $10), Shazam's new Twitter preview, the VMA sales lift for the artists performing (who got the most?) and what happened with Miley Cyrus, Vevo's deal with GEMA, Yahoo Music's redesign and...2013-09-061h 05DMT 147: Pandora’s cap, the VMAs, finding new releases, Vevo on Apple TV, PledgeMusic and moreOn Episode 147 of Digital Music Trends Andrea Leonelli, Karim Fanous (Music Ally) and Darren Hemmings (Motive Unknown) chat about Pandora’s Q2 earnings as the company decides to drop mobile listening caps, the VMA’s ratings and controversies, VEVO on the Apple TV, how to keep track of new albums released on Spotify and Rdio, Nigel Godrich’s follow-up on streaming, […]
The post DMT 147: Pandora’s cap, the VMAs, finding new releases, Vevo on Apple TV, PledgeMusic and more appeared first on Digital Music Trends.2013-08-3000 minDigital Music TrendsDMT 147: Pandora's cap, the VMAs, finding new releases, Vevo on Apple TV, PledgeOn Episode 147 of Digital Music Trends Andrea Leonelli, Karim Fanous (Music Ally) and Darren Hemmings (Motive Unknown) chat about Pandora's Q2 earnings as the company decides to drop mobile listening caps, the VMA's ratings and controversies, VEVO on the Apple TV, how to keep track of new albums released on Spotify and Rdio, Nigel Godrich's follow-up on streaming, PRS for Music's deal with YouTube and PledgeMusic's catalogue initiative and lots more. You can find this week's shownotes with links to the stories here.We also chat about a few upcoming events including Resonancia Colombia (from Karim) and Hard Worki...2013-08-301h 08Digital Music TrendsDMT 147 Pandora, VMAs, Vevo, PledgemusicOn Episode 147 of Digital Music Trends Andrea Leonelli, Karim Fanous (Music Ally) and Darren Hemmings (Motive Unknown) chat about Pandora's Q2 earnings as the company decides to drop mobile listening caps, the VMA's ratings and controversies, VEVO on the Apple TV, how to keep track of new albums released on Spotify and Rdio, Nigel Godrich's follow-up on streaming, PRS for Music's deal with YouTube and PledgeMusic's catalogue initiative and lots more. You can find this week's shownotes with links to the stories here.We also chat about a few upcoming events including Resonancia Colombia (from Karim) and Hard...2013-08-301h 08Digital Music TrendsDMT 146: Germany, Rdio, iTunes, BandpageThis week on Digital Music Trends Andrea Leonelli, Adam Webb, and Andy Malt chat about Germany's 1.5% rise in recorded revenues in the first half of 2013, iTunes Radio's advertising partners, Beats Electronics looking for alternatives to HTC, Daisy's curation, Bandpage's deal with Xbox Music and Vevo, Soundcloud's Google+ integration, Rdio introducing Stations, Virgin Atlantic's gigs in the air and Google Play Music All Access debuting in Europe!For links to the stories check out the shownotes. I really hope you enjoy the show, have a great week and 'till next time!--This week's show is...2013-08-2357 minDMT 146: Germany’s up, iTunes Radio Ads, Daisy’s playlists, Bandpage, RdioThis week on Digital Music Trends Andrea Leonelli, Adam Webb, and Andy Malt chat about Germany’s 1.5% rise in recorded revenues in the first half of 2013, iTunes Radio’s advertising partners, Beats Electronics looking for alternatives to HTC, Daisy’s curation, Bandpage’s deal with Xbox Music and Vevo, Soundcloud’s Google+ integration, Rdio introducing Stations, Virgin Atlantic’s gigs in the air and Google Play Music All Access debuting in Europe! For links to the stories check […]
The post DMT 146: Germany’s up, iTunes Radio Ads, Daisy’s playlists, Bandpage, Rdio appeared first on Digital Music Trends.2013-08-2300 minDigital Music TrendsDMT 146: Germany's up, iTunes Radio Ads, Daisy's playlists, Bandpage, RdioThis week on Digital Music Trends Andrea Leonelli, Adam Webb, and Andy Malt chat about Germany's 1.5% rise in recorded revenues in the first half of 2013, iTunes Radio's advertising partners, Beats Electronics looking for alternatives to HTC, Daisy's curation, Bandpage's deal with Xbox Music and Vevo, Soundcloud's Google+ integration, Rdio introducing Stations, Virgin Atlantic's gigs in the air and Google Play Music All Access debuting in Europe!For links to the stories check out the shownotes. I really hope you enjoy the show, have a great week and 'till next time!Andrea Leonellihttp://www.digitalmusictrends.comhttp://www...2013-08-2357 minDigital Music TrendsDMT 145: Best of 2013 so far…Daisy, Google Play, Twitter Music, MySpace, iTunesThis week on Digital Music Trends a massive Best Of show spanning January to July 2013. I picked extracts covering the biggest stories of the year so far and created a rumors-to-announcement-to-release summary of the discussions on the likes of Google Play Music All Access, Twitter Music and iTunes Radio. Other stories covered include the upcoming Daisy streaming service, the re-launch of MySpace, Jay-Z's Magna Carta Holy Grail release and the latest on Spotify.Appearing on the show are David Emery (Beggars Group), Duncan Geere, Will Mills (Shazam), Syd Lawrence (Wemakeawesomesh.it), Karim Fanous (Music Ally), Steve Knopper (Rolling...2013-08-162h 09Digital Music TrendsDMT 140: Shazam's round, Daisy and AT&T potential partners, YouTube and Vevo, MaThis week on Digital Music Trends it was a pleasure to welcome Sitar Teli (Connect Ventures), Steve Knopper (Rolling Stone) and Nikke Osterback (Saari Music) to discuss the latest news in the music tech industry. This week we cover Shazam's new round of funding, the rumors of Beats-backed Daisy seeking a carrier partnership for launch in the US, YouTube and Vevo's renewed partnership, Base79's new round of funding, 7Digital first to sell music on the new Firefox Mobile OS and Jay-Z's Magna Carta raising eyebrows from both a UX and privacy point of view.Also as there were a...2013-07-1249 minDigital Music TrendsDMT 129: All about Twitter Music, Grooveshark's woes, Daft Punk Get Lucky on SpoThis week on Digital Music Trends I'm joined by Ben Sisario (New York Times), Eliot Van Buskirk (Evolver.fm) and Andy Malt (CMU).The news of the week of course is Twitter Music so we proceed to review, analyse and ponder the many angles of this story, though I can't promise that is a linear process in any way... Then we chat about Grooveshark's appeal loss in the lawsuit brought by Universal Music pertaining the infringement on pre 1972 tracks, we look at the company Royalty Exchange which creates an interesting "stock market" for publishing rights, we chat about the ne...2013-04-2646 minDigital Music TrendsDMT 109 – Spotify, UMG & HP, 4G, Fan-funding, A&R spendThis week on Digital Music Trends Andrea Leonelli (@digimusictrends), Nancy Baym (@nancybaym) and Eamonn Forde (@eamonn_forde) chat about Spotify, the UMG/HP deal, the rise of 4G and its impact on music services, fan-funded projects versus a label's A&R spending power and much more!You can find the shownotes for this week's podcast here with links to all the stories we talked about and to the ones we didn't get a chance to talk about: http://bit.ly/DMT109notesDigital Music Trends is available on many platforms, you can enjoy it on Youtube, S...2012-11-1648 minDigital Music TrendsDMT 108 – Internet Radio Acts, Pandora, Google's Free matching & moreThis week on Digital Music Trends Andrea Leonelli, Gerd Leonhard (@gleonhard) and Tom Davenport (@tomdavenport) discuss internet radio streaming rates, Pandora's woes, Google's free matching service, the latest on Vevo & Youtube and Facebook Music Apps.Enjoy the show and check out the show-notes below for links to all the articles that were read in the making of the episode:http://bit.ly/DMT108notesAlso check out :http://www.mediafuturist.com - Gerd's sitehttp://www.tomdavenport.co.uk - Tom's siteHave a great week and 'till ne...2012-11-0957 minDigital Music TrendsDMT 106 – Xbox Music, Streaming in Japan, anti-piracy in UK/JP/FR & More!This week on Digital Music Trends Andrea Leonelli (@digimusictrends), Virginie Berger (@virberg), Karim Fanous (@Karim_Fanous) and Taishi Fukuyama (@tshfkym) discuss Microsoft's move into streaming with Xbox music, Spotify's potential launch in Japan as well as the evolution of the market over there, anti-piracy measures and costs in France, Japan and the UK, the problem of accurate reporting from radio & TV and finally are less people trying to make a living as musicians?Here's a link to the week's Shownotes with links to all the stories that we used as reference as well as the stories that we di...2012-10-1749 minDigital Music TrendsDMT 105 – Deezer's round, Soundcloud & Getty, Last.fm, Pandora's (cash) boxThis week on Digital Music Trends Andrea Leonelli (@digimusictrends), Stephen O'Reilly (@steoreilly) and Darren Hemmings (@mr_trick) talk about Deezer's new round of funding, Pandora's royalties revelations, Soundcloud partnering with Getty to offer licensing opportunities to its users, Last.fm's earnings, the Redigi case on second hand music and much more!Here's a link to the week's Shownotes with links to all the stories that we used as reference as well as the stories that we didn't manage to talk about: http://bit.ly/DMT105notesI hope you enjoy the show, have a great week and...2012-10-121h 06Digital Music TrendsDMT 101 – Apple Radio, Spotify's browser, Willis & GagaThis week on Digital Music Trends Andrea Leonelli, Darren Hemmings (@mr_trick), Eliot Van Buskirk (@listeningpost) and Eamonn Forde (@eamonn_forde) discuss the digital music news of the past week.In the show - which also includes a segment on mobile music making apps by Ashley Eldson - we talk about Apple's radio rumours and implications, Bruce Willis and digital music inheritance, Spotify's latest rumours, the importance of Playlists and Lady Gaga's forthcoming album app - this and much more on this week's Digital Music Trends.Here a few links to the stories that we mention...2012-09-131h 02