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Tag: guest columns

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Dispelling the utopian dream: the complex reality of music royalties (Guest column)

by Virginie Berger May 18, 2023May 22, 2023

This is a guest column from Virginie Berger (below), a music and tech industry executive with over 20 years experience in rights management and digital transformation, and currently an international […]

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Reclaiming Fame: as an artist, who’s your customer? (guest post)

Avatar photo by Music Ally May 9, 2023May 12, 2023

This is a guest post from Piers Henwood, a GRAMMY and JUNO-nominated artist manager and musician. Here, he writes about the implications of the pressure placed on artists to succeed in a needy industry and an always-on culture – and he also picks apart our own expectations, as fans.

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The localisation of Western pop music in China (guest column)

Joe Sparrow by Joe Sparrow May 3, 2023May 11, 2023

This is a guest post by XinYue, Editor of Kanjian Music, the Chinese music services company which is Music Ally’s partner for our Music Ally China arm. We asked XinYue […]

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Debating the upsides of Universal Music Group’s recent AI attack (guest post)

Avatar photo by Music Ally May 2, 2023May 11, 2023

This is a guest post by Markus Schwarzer, CEO of AI-powered music analysis and recommendation platform Cyanite. He addresses the concern that major labels and other large music companies have […]

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Sink or swim: the urgent need for advanced tools to navigate the inundation of music content (guest column)

Avatar photo by Music Ally April 20, 2023May 11, 2023

This guest post is written by Martin Nedved, co-founder of AIMS, a platform of AI-based products designed to search and tag catalogues of music, and which is a supporter of next week’s NEXT […]

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In China, traditional opera and pop music is combining to find a new audience (guest column)

Joe Sparrow by Joe Sparrow April 19, 2023May 11, 2023

This is a guest post by XinYue, Editor of Kanjian Music, the Chinese music services company which is Music Ally’s partner for our Music Ally China arm. We asked XinYue […]

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The first step to artist-centric streaming? Start listening to artists… (Guest column)

Avatar photo by Music Ally April 14, 2023May 11, 2023

This is a guest column by David Martin, CEO of the Featured Artists Coalition – the UK trade body that represents the rights and interests of music artists. In this […]

Posted inNews

We deserve better: no artist should be in the dark about their financial status (guest column)

Avatar photo by Music Ally March 19, 2023May 11, 2023

This is a guest post by Tracey Melnick, VP, Royalty Services at music distributor and payments firm Stem. She believes that finance teams like hers can “be the engine” that can power a […]

Posted inNews

The Long Tail’s Sting: The political battle over content moderation and music’s dilemma (Guest column)

by Music Ally February 24, 2023May 11, 2023

The below guest post is by Tristra Newyear Yeager, Chief Strategy Officer of music/tech PR firm Rock Paper Scissors. In it, she joins the dots between some potentially meaningful and high-profile […]

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Improving representation in music – and what Youth Music is doing to create change (Guest column)

Avatar photo by Music Ally February 10, 2023May 11, 2023

This is a guest post from Matt Griffiths, CEO of UK charity Youth Music. He discusses diversity and representation in the UK music industry, explores the challenges that still exist, and explains […]

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Marrying art and science: the challenges and opportunities of curation for the music industry today (Guest column)

Avatar photo by Music Ally January 26, 2023May 11, 2023

In light of NY:LON CONNECT 2023, we asked Alex Kisch, EVP, Business Development & Affairs, General Counsel at Vevo – sponsor of the event’s “Changing nature of music formats” track – to […]

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Streaming services need to do better by listeners and artists — HiFi is the way (Guest column)

Avatar photo by Music Ally January 19, 2023May 11, 2023

This is a guest post by Nigel Harding, VP Artist Relations at Deezer. He argues that hi-fi audio shouldn’t be a luxury extra – but instead should be a fundamental part […]

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