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Midem 2010: Six Things To Shake Up The Music Industry This Year

KellieK — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:18:09 +0000

The Midem conference is the annual convergence of the brightest and best minds in the music industry today. It is there that the ideas and advancements which will undoubtedly shape the industry throughout the coming year are announced, discussed and debated.

MusicRadar.com has compiled a list of six of the most preeminent topics from Midem 2010, and given a few reasons why everyone in the industry should take notice.

1. MusicDNA

MusicDNA is billed as an “enhanced, unified media format” that enables music to be tagged with lots and lots of metadata. Attributes such as tempo, instrumentation, mood and ‘colour’ can be added, which has consequences for the way people search for music, create playlists and discover similar material. Rather than being added manually, this data (or DNA) is generated through an automated analysis process of an existing audio file.

2. Utopian Streaming

The rise and rise of the likes of Spotify, We7 and streaming music is hardly a new revelation, but you’ll be hard pushed to find any Midem 2010 coverage that doesn’t mention at least one aspect of its effect (good and bad) on the future of the music industry.

3. The UK Government To Pass Anti-Piracy Bill Before The General Election

Odds are very much on for PM Gordon Brown to call a general election as early as May this year but, despite the tight deadline, the BPI (the body representing UK labels) is convinced Britain’s Digital Economy Bill will be passed in time.

What this means is that, while the original ‘three strikes and your out’ proposal was deemed too harsh, naughty file sharers can expect a slap on the wrist in the form of a warning letter.

4. Even More Fan Engagement

“To me, the more the fan is interacting with you and feels part of the community, the more interested they will be in buying your music or coming out to your shows,” said Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz during the Artists and Social Media – What’s Next in Fan Engagement discussion.

The adoption of social networking tools like Twitter and Facebook by artists and record labels alike is set to continue in 2010. But, clearly, there’s still a complete lack of unity between the two parties.

5. MySpace?

You might have jumped the MySpace ship at some point in 2007 but, according to Billboard: “MySpace Music, the social network’s dedicated music joint venture with the major labels, had 92% growth in unique users year on year, and 30% growth in the past month.”

Without getting bogged down in percentages, MySpace’s diversification into multiple revenue streams – selling gig tickets and merchandise, integrating iTunes and Amazon download links and pulling in big-spending major brands to sponsor the popular Secret Shows – means we probably shouldn’t write off the original kings of horrible DIY profile pages just yet. Not again, anyway.

6. Ignoring The Middle Man, Self-Marketing and Chasing The Pay Check

All-round modern music guru and entrepreneur Pharrell Williams was one of this year’s big artist draws. While not entirely dissing the approaches of traditional records – “the majors still have a purse that the average kid doesn’t have” – the NERD/Neptunes mainman was pretty direct in his advice for young bands starting out today.

“I would probably build a site, a home for my music, a destination where people could come and see me and what I do and what I’m thinking about. And then I’d probably assemble a team of kids that would go and bug the hell out of advertising agencies and marketing companies to use my music.”

iMeem acquired by Myspace? Well, shit.

Daniel Zarick — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:48:39 +0000

Over on TechCrunch Michael Arrington is reporting that Myspace has acquired iMeem, which is confirming the rumors they reported on yesterday. Word on the street is that Myspace is only paying a paltry $1million. This is an incredibly low price to pay for a well-respected service, but they aren’t acquiring all of their assets either. Whether iMeem continues as a standalone service in the future is up to the labels, says TechCrunch’s sources.

Either way, this doesn’t really matter in the long run. I am not sure if I really saw iMeem sticking around for much longer anyway. They have had far too many strokes with death to outlast it forever. Plus, with Spotify hopefully launching stateside in the near future, and Rdio coming soon from the creators of Kazaa, Skype, and Joost, we shouldn’t have too many problems with finding a great music service.

No matter what, it is foolish to think that cloud-based streaming music services aren’t the future. I have over 50gb of music on my hard drive at this instant, and with today’s technology it is far too easy for me to lose it all. LaLa’s Music Mover service is a step in the right direction, but we will have to see where things keep moving. Whenever I can listen to my music library instantly on my computer, phone, or anywhere else in the world, then things will be right. Also, this is going to happen sooner than I think most people realize.

Artist Rankings Increase with New MySpace Charts

Laura — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:27:59 +0000

MySpace is yet again attempting to increase its music listeners and make MySpace a more pleasant catalog of music. We all complain how hard it is to sort through the clutter of music that is available to us all over the internet and MySpace is working not to eliminate the amount of music but to make it easier to navigate through and find what appeals to the listener. You can find page rankings of musical artists on MySpace, each separated by signed, unsigned and indie on a list from 1 to 100 allowing you to see the most viewed pages. Interestingly enough, the most played songs were not necessarily at the top of the most viewed pages, hence the new existence of MySpace Charts. This will allow MySpace users and music fans to see which artists, songs, albums and videos are at the top of the rankings,views and plays throughout the site as well as mention the fastest growing new music that listeners are catching on to.

I admit, I still check out the back pages of “top artists” on MySpace to find new music and although I have not come across anyone worth mentioning in quite some time, I think these new charts will make an interesting contribution to the build up of MySpace as a musical hub. Looks like FaceBook has some catching up to do. For more information check out, the article at Web Pro News.

Tuberadio.fm Saves Music Videos!

Laura — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:19:04 +0000

No...not this kind

TUBERADIO.fm, the next generation YouTube for music fans. It seems like everyone is trying to come up with something better and more easy to use in terms of streaming music. iTunes, Internet radio, social networking sites and YouTube are some of the top ways music listeners stream their favorite tunes or sift through to find new likings. Each of these sites is constantly going through rennovations and re-launches in order to accommodate to the latest technology and needs of music consumers. Tuberadio.fm to the rescue!!!

Tuberadio.fm takes special characteristics from all these favorable sites into one. It allows music fans to look up artists and stream videos, hard to find tracks, exclusive content (whatever that means) as well as album listings coordinating with the videos in the search results. You are able to create play lists with just the click of a button. And just like all the rest of these site types…your play list can be accessed from any computer hooked to the internet! WOW!!! There are also several social networking features.

Tuberadio.fm seems like a great idea and will probably suit the needs of many music fans who enjoy watching official music videos. It feel the idea is rather redundant. I went to the site and was very impressed by the design and navigation…it is set up to resemble rather a more polished YouTube with more emphasis on play list itself. I expected to have a plethora of music videos pop up in my search results but it displayed the same videos I could find on YouTube with less choices. Everyone has their preferences on streaming music so who knows maybe in the next few months yours will be Tuberadio.fm….OR it could flop just like MTV’s, aka RTV (R=reality) attempt to broadcast live concerts again…it just did not happen…is the music video dead?!

Check out the whole article from Mi2N