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Documentary: John Mayer - Someday I'll fly
John Mayer: Someday I'll Fly chronicles the musical evolution of one of the most influential solo artists of his generation. Featuring...
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Nov 4, 20231 min read


Back in time (V)
Consider the challenges of promoting a new song on radio. By the 1950s, radio had become one of the major channels available to record...
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Oct 31, 20234 min read


Back in time (IV)
For most of the twentieth century, the basic structure of the music industry remained the same. A group of businesses that had arisen...
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Oct 24, 20234 min read


Back in time (III)
That kind of domination led to big profits – but also a vulnerability to the Next Big Thing, which arrived in the 1950s in the form of...
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Oct 17, 20234 min read


Back in time (II)
In 1889, both Edison and a new jukebox producer called the Columbia Phonograph Company began to sell music recorded on wax cylinders, and...
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Oct 10, 20233 min read


Back in time (I)
Don’t bet your future on one roll of the dice/ Better remember lightning never strikes twice Huey Lewis and the News, “Back in Time” Not...
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Oct 3, 20234 min read


Discussion: Kevin Kelly – 12 Inevitable Tech Forces That Will Shape Our Future (SXSW Interactive 2016)
In a few years we’ll have artificial intelligence that can accomplish professional human tasks. There is nothing we can do to stop this....
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Oct 2, 20231 min read


House of cards (V)
This is an issue that affects us all. If you are a leader in the motion-picture industry, the music industry, or the publishing industry,...
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Sep 26, 20232 min read


House of Cards (IV)
Perhaps this all means that Netflix will be the “winner” in digital motion-picture delivery. But perhaps not. Netflix, after all, faces...
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Sep 19, 20234 min read


House of cards (III)
However, in order for price discrimination to work effectively, you must be able to control the availability, quality, and usability of...
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Sep 12, 20233 min read


House of cards (II)
The decision to bypass a pilot episode wasn’t the only difference between Netflix’s approach and that of the “suits.” Instead of...
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Sep 5, 20235 min read


House of cards (I)
For the creative industries – music, film, and publishing – these are the best of times and the worst of times. New technologies have...
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Aug 29, 20234 min read


Documentary: Searching for Sugar Man
Searching For Sugar Man is a 2012 documentary film about a South African cultural phenomenon, written and directed by Malik Bendjelloul,...
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Aug 26, 20231 min read


#Discussion - Indies' new business models
From creating innovative digital activations to developing new distribution models, indies are changing the way music and artists reach...
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Jul 22, 20231 min read


Documentary - Sound city
Sound City is a 2013 American documentary film produced and directed by Dave Grohl, in his directorial debut, about the history of...
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Jun 23, 20232 min read


#Discussion: Music Cities When Music Drives Economic Development - Midem 2019
Music is everywhere in our cities. It not only brings citizens together and makes places come alive, but it is also deeply embedded in...
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May 27, 20231 min read


Documentary - Trentemøller: The science of fixion (a music documentary)
On 16th September 2017, exactly one year after the release of Trentemøller's fourth album Fixion we are happy and proud to present a...
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Feb 26, 20231 min read


#Discussion - Creating the Modern Media Company (SXSW Interactive 2016)
When Apple released their infamous 1984 commercial during the Super Bowl, it in many ways encapsulated the media landscape at that time:...
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Jan 29, 20231 min read


Documentary - Sound of Berlin
The documentary ’Sound of Berlin – a journey through the capital of electronic music’ explores the myths around Berlin and its club...
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Dec 31, 20221 min read


The bilious stew of the music business at the turn of the millennium – and hope for deliverance (VI)
Some artists will have larger ambitions, and we need artists like this. We need the Green Days of the world, the U2s, even the Hawthorne...
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Jun 29, 20213 min read
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