As digital streaming has become the preferred method of consuming music, machine learning has taken its place at the heart of the music world. Where does that leave Sony Music?
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Music Curation: Finding Quality When We Get Quantity Over Quality
In an age where music is readily available via streaming music services, how is Spotify using machine learning to find music that is right just for you?
How Spotify Beat Apple, Amazon, and Google Using Machine Learning
In an era in which Apple, Amazon, and Google are dominating the technology world, Spotify has succeeded in besting all of them in the music streaming industry. The question is then, how is Spotify able to fend off its major competitors, who are much more established in the technology industry?
DIGITALIZATION RADICALLY CHANGES THE MUSIC INDUSTRY
Digitalization has brought radical changes to the music industry. At a supply chain management standpoint, digitalization removed raw materials, such as CDs and LPs, and transformed traditional distribution channels to online thus making substantial cost savings. It also increased the […]
Pono No More? Neil Young’s Crowdfunded Attempt to Restore the Magic in Digital Music
can a music-industry superstar reclaim the soul of music through advances hardware and software technology?
“MONEY AIN’T A THANG”: WARNER MUSIC GROUP IN THE STREAMING ERA
Warner Music Group in the Spotify and YouTube era
Sony’s struggle with Music
Sony is a household name when it comes to entertainment – films, TV, music, video games, you name it. But for some reason Sony’s becoming an antiquated name and doesn’t show up in the new digital music space. What happened?
Turn In Your Phone, and Tune In to Life
Musicians, comedians and fans are fed up with excessive cellphone use at performances. Yondr, a new start-up, has an innovative product for creating “phone-free zones,” and is trying to return authenticity, privacy and exclusivity to venues and artists.
A Studio in Every Home: DAWs, Plug-ins and the democratization of the recording studio
Ever wondered why the music economy has shifted to a singles-driven ecosystem? Although digital distribution platforms have affected consumption, do not underestimate the technological revolution in home recording and the proliferation of quality music.
Spotting and Taking Advantage of the Digitization of Music, Why Spotify is Winning the Digital Music Delivery Battle
With 100+ million subscribers, Spotify has gotten out to a big lead in the digital music delivery space by understanding digital trends before others