Business
Music Sales Hit New Record High in UK
A report from the Entertainment Retailers Association says spending by UK music fans on streaming services exceeded £1B ($1.31B) for the first time in 2019.
Streaming
Business
At CES: Alicia Keys Talks Connecting Through HD Music
By Anthony Savona. 15-time Grammy Award-winning artist Alicia Keys spoke with Emily Lazar, founder and chief mastering engineer, The Lodge, and Andre Stapleton, head of label relations—North America, Amazon Music at CES about the value of HD Music streaming.
Business
Spotify Unveils Most-Streamed for 2019, 2010s
Spotify has released its extensive rundowns of the top streamers for the year and the decade, providing insight into the world’s musical tastes.
Business
Music Streaming is Popular, But So is Stream Ripping
Stream ripping’s popularity continues to grow, according to IFPI.
New Products
Blue Bows Yeti X Mic for Podcasters, Streamers
New USB Microphone includes effect-filled software.
Business
RIAA Releases Mid-Year Music Revenues Report
By Steve Harvey. The US music industry sees double-digit growth at the mid-year mark.
Recording
Capturing Concerts for VR
By Alvin Fernald. Supersphere, an entertainment production company that specializes in immersive and interactive live broadcast events, recently teamed up with mobile production specialist TNDV to create the Audiophile Series, a set of live concerts presented in VR with...
Business
Metadata Gains Momentum
By Clive Young. Collecting and using metadata—information associated with a recording that denotes technical specs, creative information and a list of people involved in a recording’s creation—is an issue that has dogged the industry since consumers began shifting to...
Post and Broadcast
New Atlantic Act Turns to Lewitt
A recent live-streamed performance at Atlantic Studios NYC found Why Don’t We using Lewitt mics.
Post and Broadcast
Full Sail Goes All-In on Esports
By Steve Harvey. Full Sail University’s new $6 million, 11,000-plus-square-foot esports arena, The Fortress, is the largest such facility on a college campus in the United States. It’s part of the media arts and technology college’s Dan Patrick School...
New Products
Neil Young Readies Book on High-Res Streaming
By Clive Young. New book will chronicle rock legend’s efforts to champion high-quality streaming audio, the failed Pono player and more.
Post and Broadcast
Netflix Unveils Audio Streaming Improvements
By Steve Harvey. The streaming provider takes its audio offerings to the next level.
Blogs
Consumed with Music Consumption
By Clive Young. While public accolades recognizing talent and hard work are fulfilling, for many creatives in the industry, whether they’re artists, producers, engineers or something else, their greatest, most gratifying award is something that the rest of the...
Blogs
Evil Audio Engineers Strike Again
Audio pros used to be the good guys in movies and TV shows, but not anymore.
Business
RIAA: U.S. Music Revenues Up Second Year in a Row
By Steve Harvey. Subscriptions and the continued vinyl revival drove U.S. music revenues to a second consecutive year of growth.