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To Cut the Cord or Not? TikTok Behind Increase in Streams

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Similar to cable TV “cord-cutting,” media executives do not feel threatened by the increasing popularity of the social media app: TikTok.

For more than a decade, cable and broadcast executives brushed aside the threat of cable TV “cord-cutting” (ditching traditional cable TV) as either a nonexistent threat or a temporary phenomenon. There were endless reports about how these users were poor and unimportant (they weren’t), or how the phenomenon would end once Millennials bought homes and started procreating (it didn’t).

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Aslice: A New Service Aiming To Equalize The Disparity Between DJs And Producers

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Zak Khutoretsky (aka DVS1, US producer, DJ, and Berghain resident) conceptualized and founded Aslice in 2020 and recruited music and media veteran Ethan Holben (former Global Head of Red Bull Radio and Vice President at Yadastar) to serve as the CEO.

Empowering DJs to share earnings with producers directly, Aslice is a community-focused service dedicated to creating a fairer music ecosystem with software that facilitates easy and accurate reporting.  Seeking to revolutionize the relationship between DJs and producers, Aslice creates a service that makes it easy for producers to get paid when DJs play at music gigs — with the potential for music producers to be paid an estimated $55 Million annually.

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Youtube is Launching Free Background Listening

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YouTube has announced customers will be able to use the platform’s background listening function, without needing a premium membership. Starting on November 3 in Canada, listeners will be able to stream their music while using other apps on their phones or while the screen is off, a feature that has not been made free by the platform before.

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Clubbing TV & The Future of Live Streaming

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Streaming is bigger than ever before in the world of electronic music, a fact that’s been heightened as we’ve been made to stay at home for much of this year. But while many of us think of Boiler Room when we think of streams, there are in actual fact a glut of companies who’ve been around long before the streaming behemoth. One such company is Clubbing TV, itself a streaming giant which has gathered new momentum during the pandemic. And what’s more, it looks like they’re here to stay for some yet, as they continue to leave an inimitable mark of the scene.

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In Interview with Anja Schneider: Watergate Set to Reopen… Virtually

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Berlin’s Watergate is back to hosting club nights again with artists such as Anja Schneider and Pan-Pot performing, but this time it’s virtually!

For the first time since the club was forced to close in March due to the COVID-19 lockdown, the Berlin hot spot is bringing a new type club night, this time to your screens. The doors are closed – but the windows are open!

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Music Documentaries Worth Binging On, Grab the Popcorn

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Every show and festival-goer needs their downtime away from all the noise and dancing. It can’t always be: eat, sleep, rave, repeat. Sorry, Fatboy Slim. We’ve rounded up a list of music documentaries that teach us about the lives of DJs, the history of electronic dance music and its rave culture. Hang up your shoes and kick your dancing feet in the air to learn about our music roots:

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Blockchain Technology Meets Electronic Music Streaming

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DJ and producer Gareth Emery is set to take on a unique modern-day challenge as he enters not only in the music streaming business but also in the cryptocurrency blockchain sector through a single new venture called Choon.

A venture cofounded along with partners John Watkinson, Bjorn Niclas, and Matt Hall, Choon is set to be launched next year. While it is considered a music startup, it also has a clear component in financial technology since it aims to try solving many of the issues many artists have right now with streaming services utilizing cryptocurrency-based solutions.

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As Vinyl Sales Rise, Digital Music Sales Continue to Drop

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Surprised? We’re not.

This week Billboard reported the information and sales tracking numbers provided by Nielsen Music, who released its Q3 report and revealed that 2017 vinyl sales have already done better than 2016’s numbers, with a quarter to spare.

Nielson analyzed data from album sales in the United States and proclaimed that while physical and digital album sales have dropped, vinyl has not. Unsurprisingly CD sales have continued to fall, dropping 19.9 percent this year, while vinyl sales increased by 3.1 per cent, nearing 10 million unites sold.

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SoundCloud Allegedly Doesn’t Have Enough Money To Survive Past 80 Days

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Reports have begun surfacing that SoundCloud may truly be on its last leg.

Truth be told, things haven’t looked well for the streaming company for the entirety of 2017. Despite still being hugely popular and ahead of its competitors as far as some of its offerings go, the company has had financial problems for years now and they have only been getting worse. This resulted in 40 percent of its staff getting laid off last week and statements from its founders that it may not have enough money to see it through the year.

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Is SoundCloud Making Moves to Delete and Block All Uncleared DJ Mixes?

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Is SoundCloud slowly deleting all uncleared DJ mixes? It appears that may be the case.

According to Digital Music News, SoundCloud has made plans to delete all DJ mixes that haven’t been fully cleared yet, a move that is bound to affect a large portion of the files uploaded to the platform by its 185 million active users.

Users have now begun to notice massive amounts of DJ mixes disappearing from their playlists. Several high-profile users such as Morgan Page and L’Affaire Musicale have already had their entire accounts or uploads deleted, with SoundCloud making it clear that DJ mix or live sets contains popular tracks that belong to another artist will be deleted. If a music file is deleted, the user sees all the statistics racked up through that upload also disappear.

UPDATE: SoundCloud issued a statement today replying and denying that any measures have been taken to delete DJ sets off the platform. The statement reads:

“The story has no truth to it. At SoundCloud, we’re on a mission to create a place where all creativity can live. SoundCloud’s creator community, including DJs, is incredibly important to us.”

 

Source: Pulse