Digital Music Trends

DMT is brought to you by Gramofon, a small device that can give your ‘old school’ speakers a new lease of life by adding seamless wireless streaming functionality controlled right from the Spotify app. Check it out on http://www.gramofon.com._____It was a real pleasure to welcome Emily White (Whitesmith Entertainment ) and Glenn Peoples (Billboard) to the last weekly recording of Digital Music Trends. If you'd like to be kept up to date with any one-off show recordings do sign up to the newsletter on bit.ly/dmtlistWe start by chatting about the demise of Grooveshark under the weight years of controversies and lawsuits as well as the closure of Simfy, the first streaming service to open in Germany back in 2008.The week we also had a flurry of Apple news to discuss as rumors around the company's music streaming service continue to pour in, will it launch in June? Does Apple have the licenses it needs? And what about this DOJ investigation?Finally we address Instagram's launch of the @music content vertical, the future of Twitter and Live Nation's majority stake in Bonnaroo.I really hope you enjoy this week's show, have a fantastic week and 'till next time!__Andrea Leonellihttp://www.digitalmusictrends.comhttp://www.twitter.com/digimusictrends

DMT is brought to you by Gramofon, a small device that can give your ‘old school’ speakers a new lease of life by adding seamless wireless streaming functionality controlled right from the Spotify app. Check it out on http://www.gramofon.com._____This week it was a pleasure to welcome Sophie Goossens (lawyer at August & Debouzy) and Darren Hemmings (founder of Motive Unknown) to the show.On this penultimate instalment of our weekly appointments we start by chatting about a DMT all-time-favourite topic: Pandora’s quest for profitability and we also mention the latest CRB rate-setting procedures.In other news, another round of Tidal-ness as we talk about Jay-Z’s tweets and wonder: should the company just stop with the hollow PR talk and come back in a couple of months with a more substantial plan?We also discuss the EU Copyright Directive and the Digital Single Market initiative as PoliticoEU leaked some of the talking points of the upcoming announcement on the matter.Finally we chat about live music subscriptions startup Jukely, as the company closes an $8m round and is set to expand to more cities.I really hope you enjoy this week's show, have a fantastic week and 'till next time!__Andrea Leonellihttp://www.digitalmusictrends.comhttp://www.twitter.com/digimusictrends

DMT is brought to you by Gramofon, a small device that can give your ‘old school’ speakers a new lease of life by adding seamless wireless streaming functionality controlled right from the Spotify app. Check it out on http://www.gramofon.com._____This week it was a real pleasure to welcome to the show Larry Miller (Associate Professor of Music Business at NYU & host of Musonomics podcast) and Taishi Fukuyama, founder of Japan market entry, business development agency PRTL.We start by talking about an acquisition that caught everyone by surprise, that of Tunecore by Believe Digital, do the two companies complement one another?Also on the show we discuss TIDAL's slide the iOS apps chart, Guvera announcing reaching 10m users, the value of dance music in the US estimated to be $1.9bn, Spotify's advertising growth and new publishing appointment and finally the incredible performance of the Furious 7 soundtrack and a question, why the resurgence of OSTs over the past couple of years?I really hope you enjoy this week's show, have a fantastic week and 'till next time!__Andrea Leonellihttp://www.digitalmusictrends.comhttp://www.twitter.com/digimusictrendsPS. if you're based in London come down to DMT's one-off meetup on the 6th of May, sign up on http://digitalmusictrends.eventbrite.co.uk

DMT is brought to you by Gramofon, a small device that can give your ‘old school’ speakers a new lease of life by adding seamless wireless streaming functionality controlled right from the Spotify app. Check it out on http://www.gramofon.com._____This week it was a real pleasure to welcome to the show Nico Perez (co-founder, Mixcloud) and Olivier de Simone (music industry consultant).We start by chatting about the IFPI's Digital Music Report 2015, which includes some interesting figures on the evolution of the digital music market. We also address Apple's revamped Music app in the iOS 8.4 beta, the renewed focus on exclusives for music streaming services - - a good or a bad thing?, Spotify's new round, Guitar Hero's resurgence in a "live" setting, the UK's vinyl chart, UMG's 11.5m settlement in downloads royalties lawsuit, the latest from Mixcloud and much, much more.I really hope you enjoy the show, have a great week and 'till next time.Andrea Leonellihttp://www.digitalmusictrends.comhttp://www.twitter.com/digimusictrendsPS. if you're based in London come down to DMT's one-off meetup on the 6th of May, sign up on digitalmusictrends.eventbrite.co.uk

DMT is brought to you by Gramofon, a small device that can give your ‘old school’ speakers a new lease of life by adding seamless wireless streaming functionality controlled right from the Spotify app. Check it out on http://www.gramofon.com._____This week on Digital Music Trends it was a pleasure to welcome Darren Hemmings (Motive Unknown) and Matthew Hawn (Product & Strategy consultant) to discuss the latest news in the music tech space. The show also includes a catch-up with Turner Kirk and Jeannie Yang from Smule.On the show we discuss Madonna's Meerkat premiere and beyond that the potential of apps like Meerkat and Periscope for artists, we address the latest news on the TIDAL front, Omnifone's partnership with Samsung, Apple's EU issues, the new Concord Bicycle Group and Seatgeek raising $62m (& what's happening in the ticketing space?).I also chat with Smule about the company's work with artists (both established and up-and-coming), the latest video-based features, the internationalisation of their catalogue and the latest developments in the music gaming space which appears to be heating up right now.I really hope you enjoy the show, have a great week and 'till next time.Andrea Leonellihttp://www.digitalmusictrends.comhttp://www.twitter.com/digimusictrends

DMT is brought to you by Gramofon, a small device that can give your ‘old school’ speakers a new lease of life by adding seamless wireless streaming functionality controlled right from the Spotify app. Check it out on http://www.gramofon.com._____This week on Digital Music Trends it was a pleasure to welcome Chandler Coyle (Music Geek Services, Berklee), Mark Frieser (Syncsummit) to chat about the week's news. The show also features an interview with Joel T. Jordan from Synchtank.Inevitably we open the show by chatting extensively about TIDAL's press conference. Just 4 days after the (in)famous event the tide seems to have turned against the company given the many obvious issues with the service.We also discuss the upcoming Syncsummit London event, the integration of Spotify into the Playstation and what the console market means for music subscriptions and finally Coachella's renewed partnership with YouTube to livestream the festival.The show also incorporates an interview with Joel T. Jordan, the founder of the company Synchtank, specialised in online catalogue management & licensing software for publishers, labels and other industry professionals.I really hope you enjoy this week's podcast, have a great week and 'till next time!(Andrea Leonelli)http://www.digitalmusictrends.comhttp://www.twitter.com/digimusictrends

DMT is brought to you by Gramofon, a small device that can give your ‘old school’ speakers a new lease of life by adding seamless wireless streaming functionality controlled right from the Spotify app. Check it out on http://www.gramofon.com.___This week on the show a feature on Landr (from the company until recently known as MixGenius), an online automated music mastering service.Unfortunately the usual news-based show suffered from a severe audio corruption issue, I restored it the best I could and you can find it at 26:00 but the quality is still compromised so have a listen and see if you can live with it. If featured Jenn Miller Audiosocket), Mark S Berry (Attack Media Group) and Syd Lawrence (wemakeawesomesh.it).We chat about Universal Music Group and Spotify, the YouTube Music Awards, Vessel's launch and The Orchard becoming wholly owned by Sony.I really hope you enjoy the show (at least the first half), apologies for the audio issues, have a fantastic week and 'till next time.http://www.digitalmusictrends.comhttp://www.twitter.com/digimusictrends

This week's show is brought to you by Gramofon, a small device that can give your 'old school' speakers a new lease of life by adding seamless wireless streaming functionality controlled right from the Spotify app. Check it out on http://www.gramofon.com.__This week on Digital Music Trends a SXSW special recorded with a few attendees who took some time to fill me in on what's going on at this year's event. We discuss what's happening in Austin, the latest from their respective companies and we also cover this week's news.And it was a pleasure to welcome to the show James Hamlin from WhoSampled, Darryl Ballantyne from LyricFind, Kevin Breuner from CD Baby, Paul Anthony from Rumblefish and Mark Steiner from Gigsalad.We also chat about Kendrick Lamar’s Spotify streaming record, the Empire soundtrack taking the N.1. spot on the Billboard 200 thanks to streaming, Rhapsody’s Twitter feature and Rdio’s new social features, YouTube for artists and much more…I really hope you enjoy the show, have a fantastic week and 'till next time!Andrea Leonellihttp://www.digitalmusictrends.comhttp://www.twitter.com/digimusictrends

This week's show is brought to you by Gramofon, a small device that can give your 'old school' speakers a new lease of life by adding seamless wireless streaming functionality controlled right from the Spotify app. Check it out on http://www.gramofon.com._This week on Digital Music Trends a packed show as I welcome Richard Busch, attorney at King & Ballow (who represented the Marvin Gaye estate in the recent suit), Joe Conyers, VP of Technology Downtown Music Publishing and Jim Carroll, journalist at the Irish Times to the show.We start by talking about "Blurred Lines" and the jury finding against Pharrell and Robin Thicke who are to pay $7.4 million to the Marvin Gaye estate for infringing on the copyright of "Got to give it up". First up we hear the Gaye estate attorney who talks us through some key issues of this trial and then we comment on its potential repercussions.On the show we also tackle McDonald's faux pas with the band Ex Cops and subsequent backtracking, Rock Band's return - can console music games make a comeback?, Bjork's exhibition at MOMA which from the reviews appears to be a tech #fail, the German music industry's 2014 results, Spotify's desktop tweaks, the Songwriter Equity Act, Kobalty's new round and quite a few tips from our guests about SXSW.I really hope you enjoy the show, have a fantastic week and 'till next time!Andrea Leonellihttp://www.digitalmusictrends.comhttp://www.twitter.com/digimusictrends

This week's show is brought to you by Gramofon, a small device that can give your 'old school' speakers a new lease of life by adding seamless wireless streaming functionality controlled right from the Spotify app. Check it out on Gramofon.com.This week on Digital Music Trends it was a real pleasure to welcome Benji Rogers (President, Pledge Music) and Jessie Scoullar (Founder, Wicksteed Works).We start by discussing On SoundCloud's $1m payment to partners thanks to high-profile brand partnerships and what that could mean for the company's future.Then we  tackle UMG's 2014 decline in revenues which, alongside the recent management shake-up, could see the label revisiting its attitude towards freemium services.I also take advantage of the expertise of this week's guests in everything direct to fan to talk about the evolution of D2F experiences. We debate whether they are being successfully deployed by the majority of artists or whether we're still looking at a missed opportunity. In that context we also discuss Amanda Palmer's new Patreon page which at the time of the recording had hit $14k and is now approaching $20k per 'thing' released.Finally, we discuss SXSW 2015 and what my guests have planned so far for the festival which kicks off in just a few day's time in Austin, Texas.I really hope you enjoy the show and 'till next time.Andrea Leonellihttp://www.digitalmusictrends.comhttp://www.twitter.com/digimusictrends

Want to be the first to hear when a new show is out? Subscribe to the newsletter on http://www.bit.ly/dmtlistThis week on Digital Music Trends it was a pleasure to welcome Darren Hemmings (Founder, strategic digital marketing consultancy Motive Unknown).We start by discussing Snapchat's music feature, its potential and the potential headaches it may generate from a licensing point of view.We also chat about Apple's quest for a music journalist/editor in London which seems to confirm earlier reports of a curation-centred strategy, MTV's new Play and Trax apps and other low-cost streaming options, YouTube's move against channels bypassing its ads network with embedded sponsored spots, the GoFundMe campaign to support the 'Amen Break' songwriter and UK Music's manifesto released ahead of the UK's general election.I really hope you enjoy the show,Andrea Leonellihttp://www.digitalmusictrends.comhttp://www.twitter.com/digimusictrends

Want to be the first to hear when a new show is out? Subscribe to the newsletter on http://www.bit.ly/dmtlistThis week on Digital Music Trends it was a pleasure to welcome Lee Knife, the Executive Director at the Digital Media Association (DiMA - digmedia.org) and Emmanuel Legrand, US Editor at Music Week.On the show we continue the discussion started last week around the "Copyright and the Music Marketplace" released by the US Copyright Office, this time focusing on some of the criticisms brought forward by DiMA.Emmanuel and I then go on to chat about the news of the week including Zane Lowe's move to Apple and what that means for the approach to curation of the upcoming iTunes streaming service, songwriters voicing their concerns around royalties in Sweden and elsewhere, Pandora's new Artist Audio Messaging feature, Vessel's deal with Universal Music for video exclusives, UMG's investment to make sure the recording facilities at Abbey Road Studios remain state of the art for decades to come and much more.I really hope you enjoy the show,Andrea Leonellihttp://www.digitalmusictrends.comhttp://www.twitter.com/digimusictrends

Want to be the first to hear when a new show is out? Subscribe to the newsletter on http://www.bit.ly/dmtlistThis week on the show it was a real pleasure to welcome Andrew Dubber (musictechfest.org) and Steve Knopper (Rolling Stone) to the show.We start by discussing Jay-Z's acquisition of Aspiro, which includes the WiMP and TIDAL streaming services.We also chat about Spotify's reported fundraise, Missy Elliott's Super Bowl comeback, Show.co's new gating feature, the music industry's relationship with leaks, Music Tech Fest and the Music Bricks project, SoundCloud's iPad app and much more.Andrea Leonellihttp://www.digitalmusictrends.comhttp://www.twitter.com/digimusictrends

Want to be the first to hear when a new show is out? Subscribe to the newsletter on http://www.bit.ly/dmtlistThis week on Digital Music Trends it was a real pleasure to welcome Jay Frank (Digsin) and Ben Sisario (New York Times) to the show.The first part of the show is devoted to a discussion around Zoe Keating's blog from last week, which highlighted some important issues on the terms imposed by YouTube on independent artists if they want to continue to monetise their content on the platform.We also talk about Spotify's coup in securing a partnership with Sony PlayStation that will see the company scrap its Music Unlimited Service (that never really took off...), the positive and negative aspects of the new Touch Preview feature on iOS, the decline of the Australian music market which registered another 10% drop in 2014, iHeartRadio's latest numbers and Pandora's next move, Sly Stone's royalties lawsuit, transparency in the music industry and much more.I really hope you enjoy the show, have a great week and 'till next time!Andrea Leonellihttp://www.digitalmusictrends.comhttp://www.twitter.com/digimusictrends

Want to be the first to hear when a new show is out? Subscribe to the newsletter here.This week on Digital Music Trends a packed show featuring Sammy Andrews (Head of Digital, Cooking Vinyl) and Duncan Geere (Freelance Journalist) as well as an appearance from Deezer US' CMO Beth Murphy to tell us about the Muve acquisition.On the show we tackle the news that Apple has acquired Semetric (better known for the Musicmetric product), the UK Business Secretary's call for a single European digital marketplace, Primary Wave's merger, the amazing resilience of physical sales in Germany, Rdio's executive hires in Europe, Sonisphere's cancellation and the Rock In Rio Vegas line-up, Placebo's deal with Kobalt and TLC's Kickstarter campaign.I really hope you enjoy the show, have a fantastic week and 'till next time!Andrea Leonellihttp://www.digitalmusictrends.comhttp://www.twitter.com/digimusictrends

This week on Digital Music Trends I chat with Vickie Nauman (CrossBorderWorks Consulting) who tells me all about the most exciting music-related gadgets she found on the show floor at CES in Las Vegas. We also cover the two biggest news of the week, Deezer's acquisition of Muve Music and Spotify reaching 15 million paid subscribers. Finally on this episode I also a chat with Siggi (Sigtryggur Baldursson), the MD of Iceland Music Export, recorded in Groningen. Iceland is the focus country at 2015's edition of Eurosonic and we discuss Icelanding acts, the live and recorded music markets as well as Iceland Airwaves.I really hope you enjoy the show, have a fantastic week and 'till next time!Andrea Leonellihttp://www.digitalmusictrends.comhttp://www.twitter.com/digimusictrends

Want to be the first to hear when a new show is out? Subscribe to the newsletter on http://www.bit.ly/dmtlistThis week on DMT it was a real pleasure to welcome Robert Singerman (Dotmusic, Caribbean Music Summit) and J Herskowitz (Tomahawk) to the show to chat about the first music tech news of the year.On this Episode we tackle US music sales for 2014, the launch of the Pono music store as the device is nearing commercial availability, the Caribbean Music Summit, UMG and Havas partnering, PJ Harvey recording her next album in a box in front of an audience, DJ Qubert's vinyl/MIDI controller and iTunes' 14-days return policy in Europe.I really hope you enjoy the show, have a fantastic week and 'till next time!Andrea Leonellihttp://www.digitalmusictrends.comhttp://www.twitter.com/digimusictrends

Want to be the first to hear when a new show is out? Subscribe to the newsletter on http://www.bit.ly/dmtlistThis week on Digital Music Trends it was a pleasure to record the last episode of the year with Darren Hemmings (Motive Unknown). On this show we combine a 2014 year-end recap with some of the news from the past week. We share what we thought were the most interesting (& the most disappointing) news stories of the year and I attempt a 4-minute month-by-month summary.On the news front we cover MixCloud's latest stats as I'm joined by the company's co-founder Nico Perez, we discuss Beatports' reported entry in the streaming space, the BBC Music On The Beat conference, Shazam's app overhaul, Sony's hack and Snapchat, Bose reportedly working on a music streaming offering and much more.DMT will resume the first week of January, in the meantime have a great holiday break and 'till next time.Andrea Leonellihttp://www.twitter.com/digimusictrendshttp://www.digitalmusictrends.com

Want to be the first to hear when a new show is out? Subscribe to the newsletter on http://www.bit.ly/dmtlistThis week on Digital Music Trends it was a real pleasure to welcome Glenn Peoples (Sr. Editorial Analyst, Billboard), Andy Malt (Editor, CMU) and Mandar Thakur (COO, Times Music India).We start by talking about Apple's suit including the difficulties the prosecution is having finding plaintiffs and we cover YouTube's new rights database that video creators will be able to consult before using a copyrighted track on their video.Then Mandar Thakur from Times Music joins me to chat about the evolution of the digital music market in India over the past 12 months.After that interview we chat about Grooveshark's new radio service, the Pirate Bay raid, SoundCloud reportedly working on another funding round, the vinyl boom and the iPod Classic's price soaring.I really hope you enjoy the show.Have a great week and 'till next time.Andrea Leonellihttp://www.twitter.com/digimusictrendshttp://www.digitalmusictrends.com

Want to be the first to hear when a new show is out? Subscribe to the newsletter on http://www.bit.ly/dmtlistThis week on Digital Music Trends it was a real pleasure to welcome Cliff Fluet (Lewis Silkin and 11 Advisory) and Eamonn Forde (Music Ally, The Guardian & more).We start by examining the copyright exceptions introduced in the UK and talk about the judicial review process that is being initiated by music industry bodies who believe that that these exceptions should have been accompanied by levies on blank media.We also chat about Apple's class action antitrust lawsuit that is unfolding in an Oakland court this week, Tesco's attempts to offload Blinkbox with Vodafone as a potential buyer, Cooking Vinyl launching a new royalty company and Kobalt opening up its Portal to its Label Services Clients. Finally we discuss artist's use of Instagram to promote a release.I really hope you enjoy the show, have a great week and 'till next time.Andrea Leonellihttp://www.digitalmusictrends.comhttp://www.twitter.com/digimusictrends

Want to be the first to hear when a new show is out? Subscribe to the newsletter on http://www.bit.ly/dmtlistThis week on Digital Music Trends a great chat with Stephen O'Reilly (Shuffler.fm) and Kéra O'Neil (ohkera.com).We discuss Spotify's 2013 earnings, Beyonce and Coldplay's latest albums hitting streaming services and the future of music windowing, The Orchard's deal with SiriusXM cutting out SoundExchange, the Billboard 200 Album chart taking streams into account for the first time and finally Paul McCartney's Virtual Reality experience.I really hope you enjoy the show, have a fantastic week and 'till next time.Andrea Leonellihttp://www.digitalmusictrends.comhttp://www.twitter.com/digimusictrends

Want to be the first to hear when a new show is out? Subscribe to the newsletter on http://www.bit.ly/dmtlistThis week on Digital Music Trends it was a pleasure to welcome Jimmy Chamberlin (CEO, LiveOne & original drummer, Smashing Pumpkins) and Brian Felsen (CEO, AdRev) to the show.We open with the launch of YouTube Music Key, though it can be called a "low-key debut" as it's invite-only for now (drum roll).We also cover the breaking news that Apple may integrate Beats into iOS as early as March 2015 and then discuss Gracenote's Entourage, Bandcamp considering a subscription feature, Uber's partnership with Spotify, BitTorrent Bundles opening up to everyone and much more.We also hear from Jimmy and Brian about their respective companies, LiveOne and Adrev, so this is a show you shouldn't miss!Have a fantastic week and 'till next time.Andrea Leonellihttp://www.digitalmusictrends.comhttp://www.twitter.com/digimusictrends 

Want to be the first to hear when a new show is out? Subscribe to the newsletter on http://www.bit.ly/dmtlistThis week on Digital Music Trends it was a real pleasure to welcome Jessie Scoullar (@WicksteedWorks) and Matthew Hawn (@jukevox).Although we recorded a few hours before the announcement of YouTube Music Key (that's one for next week) we do cover YouTube's deal Merlin and ponder whether that may convince more indies to jump on board.We obviously have to chat about the other big story which is Taylor Swift's stance on streaming and Daniel Ek's response on the Spotify blog.During the show we also cover the launch of the MTV Trax app as a partnership between MTV and MusicQbed, Kobalt's CEO talking about transparency, SoundCloud's deal with Warner, the BMI reassuring Pandora that the major publishers will stay on as clients, SoundHound's redesigned app, the new Composed classical music streaming service, Amanda Palmer's "The Art of Asking" and much more...I really hope you enjoy this episode, have a fantastic week and 'till next time!Andrea Leonellihttp://www.digitalmusictrends.comhttp://www.twitter.com/digimusictrends

This week on Digital Music Trends a special recorded at the Web Summit 2014 in Dublin featuring Roland Lamb (ROLI), Alex White (Next Big Sound), Stephen Brett (InMusik), Kevin Godley (WholeWorldBand), Donal Scannell (GigStarter) and Oisin Lunny (OpenMarket).I chat with them about their companies are up to, their impressions of the Web Summit and we also tackle the story of the week: Taylor Swift's disappearance from Spotify and Deezer.I really hope you enjoy the show, have a fantastic week and 'till next time!Andrea Leonellihttp://www.digitalmusictrends.comhttp://www.twitter.com/digimusictrends

This week on Digital Music Trends a skeleton crew due to flight delays for our third guest, but we managed well as I chat with Barbara Hallama (Hallama.org) about Pandora's AMP Artist Marketing platform, the decline of iTunes downloads and Apple's rumored lower-cost subscription, Deezer buying Stitcher - now that's what I call an interesting disruption, TIDAL launching in the US and UK (we also do a quick demo & talk about their questionable promo video), Taylor Swift's release of 1989, which could sell over 1m copies and is steering clear of streaming services, the European Court of Justice ruling on video embedding and much more.I really hope you enjoy the show, have a fantastic week and 'till next time!Andrea Leonellihttp://www.digitalmusictrends.comhttp://www.twitter.com/digimusictrends

This week on Digital Music Trends it was a real pleasure to welcome Kyle Bylin (SoundHound, Promised Land book) and Christopher Moon (Noisetrade) to the show.We discuss Guy Oseary's launch of management super-group Maverick, Playlists.net being acquired by Warner Music, AT&T dropping Beats Music, Apple considering cutting down the price of subscriptions, Spotify's new Family Plan, Twitter's Audio Cards, Xbox Music Deals and the latest from Lyor Cohen's 300 Entertainment.I really hope you enjoy the show, have a great week and 'till next time!Andrea Leonellihttp://www.digitalmusictrends.comhttp://www.twitter.com/digimusictrends

This week on Digital Music Trends we're easing back into the swing of things after a short break and this episode features myself and Darren Hemmings (Founder, Motive Unknown) chatting about some of the key stories from the past two weeks: Thom Yorke releasing his new album as a BitTorrent bundle, SoundCloud's reported issues with major labels and 2013 financials, Spotify becoming a profitable company in the UK in 2013, Tidal's hardware partnerships, the latest on US music sales as Nielsen Soundscan releases the Q3 figures (it's not pretty...) and finally a debate around the BBC's God Only Knows video.Just the two of us but still (hopefully) plenty to keep you entertained.I really hope you enjoy the show, have a great week and 'till next time!Andrea Leonellihttp://www.digitalmusictrends.comhttp://www.twitter.com/digimusictrends

If you'd like to receive DMT's weekly newsletter sign up on bit.ly/dmtlist.This week on Digital Music Trends a special pre-recorded show on music product design featuring Hannah Donovan, co-founder and design director of This Is My Jam and Rob Hampson, digital designer at We Make Awesome Shit.Through the course of the show we talk about what drew them to designing for music products, some of the key challenges of the field, we discuss the advent of iOS7 and how that influenced the evolution of design for mobile.We also look at some of the guest's most recent projects, Hannah talks us through the latest iterations of This Is My Jam and Rob talks us through the design of projects like the Jaguar Skills game, the NOW Music iOS app and the Tinie Tempah app.All-in-all an unmissable episode if you're a fan of design or if you - like me - know very little about it!The next Digital Music Trends show will be on the 16th of October - I'm taking a week's break - but hopefully there is enough back catalogue on the site to keep you going until then!I really hope you enjoy the show, have a fantastic week and 'till next time.Andrea Leonelliwww.digitalmusictrends.comwww.twitter.com/digimusictrends

If you'd like to receive DMT's weekly newsletter sign up on bit.ly/dmtlist. This week's show is brought to you by Play MPE® on www.plaympe.com.This week on Digital Music Trends I'm joined by Jim Carroll (Irish Times) and Chandler Coyle (MusicGeekServices, Berklee Online).On the show we chat about the rumors around how Apple will be re-inventing Beats Music over the next few months but we also tackle Michelle Phan countersuing Ultra Records, the first decision in the Pre-1972 master recordings war, Ticketmaster acquiring Ticketjoy and Sherpa.be, Splice opening up its beta and raising $4.5m, bands & brands and much, much more.Next week there will be a pre-recorded episode of Digital Music Trends focused on music product design, it's a good one so make sure you check it out, this is going to be available on October the 2nd.I really hope you enjoy the show, have a fantastic week and 'till next time!Andrea Leonellihttp://www.digtialmusictrends.comhttp://www.twitter.com/digimusictrends

If you'd like to receive DMT's weekly newsletter sign up on bit.ly/dmtlist. This week's show is brought to you by Play MPE® on www.plaympe.com.This week on Digital Music Trends it was a pleasure to have Kristelia Garcia (University of Colorado Law) and Darren Hemmings (Motive Unknown) on the show, I also chat with Beth Murphy, CMO of Deezer North America about Deezer Elite.On the show we cover Clear Channel's rebranding into iHeartMedia, the U2 album situation one week later, Jay Z speaking out on samples and copyright, Alt-J's album app, Facebook & Videos, Pandora's evolving attitude towards artists and much more.I really hope you enjoy the show, have a fantastic week and 'till next time!Andrea Leonelliwww.digitalmusictrends.comwww.twitter.com/digimusictrends

If you'd like to receive DMT's weekly newsletter sign up on http://bit.ly/dmtlist. This week's show is brought to you by Play MPE® on http://www.plaympe.com.A special show today as DMT reaches its 200th Episode, and I couldn't think of a better way to celebrate than spending an hour chatting with Olivier de Simone (Urturn), Brian Zisk (Sf Music Tech Summit) and Kevin Breuner (CD Baby). This week's week show also contains appearances from Peter Tondstad, Chief Commercial Officer at WiMP, and Mike McCready, CEO at Musicxray.We kick off by chatting about Apple distributing U2's new album 'Songs of Innocence' for free to anyone with an iTunes account at the end of the company's keynote announcing the new iPhones and the Apple Watch. Does this contribute to the perception of music being free? Was it "creepy" to see an album appear in your library without requesting it? We discuss this and much more, including whether the Apple Watch will end up on our wrists...This show is not an Apple fest though as we had a tonne of news from other services including the announcement of a new high-quality audio service called TIDAL (developed by WiMP) debuting in the US and UK later this fall. Deezer also announced its own high-quality Deezer Elite service that will launch internationally on Sonos devices and will also be available in the US.We cover Rdio's redesign and its conversion to freemium, Spotify's introduction of video adverts and 'sponsored' listening and finally Twitter testing a BUY button. A game changer or something people don't really want?Mike McCready from Musicxray jumps on for a few minutes as well to talk about the latest at the Future Music Forum event which is happening next week in Barcelona (futuremusicforum.com).As you can see, a packed show so I really hope you enjoy it,Have a fantastic week and 'till next time!Andrea Leonellihttp://www.digitalmusictrends.comhttp://www.twitter.com/digimusictrends

If you'd like to receive DMT's weekly newsletter sign up on http://bit.ly/dmtlist. This week's show is brought to you by Play MPE® on http://www.plaympe.com.This week I recorded Digital Music Trends live at Berlin Music Week 2014 and it was a pleasure to be joined by Michael Krause, Managing Director GSA (Germany Switzerland Austria) at Deezer, Janine Wuelker, Strategic Marketing and Digital Media Services at Finetunes , Phiona Okumu, founder of Afripop and Benjamin Lebrave, founder of Akwaaba Music.This show combines a few news items with a look at some of the most interesting topics being addressed at the Berlin Music Week Conference.We chat about the decline in album sales in the US, the situation in Germany, the issue of discoverability on digital services from an artist's perspective, startup hubs in Germany and in Africa, This Is My Jam's new Song Graph, the issues of transparency and fairness in digital music today, CD Baby's Free service, YouTube's new donation button and more.Hosting this episode in front of a live audience was a great experience and I'd like to thank the organizers of the Berlin Music Week Conference for making it happen.I really hope you enjoy the show and 'till next time.Andrea Leonellihttp://www.digitalmusictrends.comhttp://www.twitter.com/digimusictrends

If you'd like to receive DMT's weekly newsletter sign up on http://bit.ly/dmtlist. This week's show is brought to you by Play MPE® on http://www.plaympe.com.This week on Digital Music Trends it was a pleasure to welcome Jeff Price (Audiam) and J Herskowitz (Tomahawk, Hatchet).We kick off by chatting about SoundCloud's announcement: the company unveiled the first step in its new monetisation strategy ("On Soundcloud") which involves brand advertising and launched a Premier Partner program for a selected number of artists.We also discuss Medium's upcoming music magazine, I show off the Gramofon box, and finally we cover Denmark's latest recorded music revenues figures and the UK's music video age rating test.During the show Jeff brings us up to speed on the latest at Audiam and J on latest at Tomahawk.I really hope you enjoy this week's show, next week DMT will be recorded live at Berlin Music Week and may be released on Friday morning rather than Thursday (just FYI)...'Till next time.Andrea Leonellihttp://www.digitalmusictrends.comhttp://www.twitter.com/digimusictrends

If you'd like to receive DMT's weekly newsletter sign up on http://bit.ly/dmtlist. This week's show is brought to you by Play MPE® on http://www.plaympe.com.This week on Digital Music Trends I chat with Sammy Andrews, Head of Digital at independent label Cooking Vinyl, and Steve Rennie, the founder of Renman Music and Business and former manager of Incubus.We start by discussing the recent deal between BandPage and Spotify to showcase merch items on artists' Spotify pages. We also discuss the recent SFX earnings and the long-term prospects of the company, Pono's super-successful new Crowdfunder campaign, we have Mixcloud's co-founder Nico Perez join us with some exciting news from the company and chat about the latest at Vevo.Sammy and Steve also chat about their latest projects.I'd like to thank Play MPE® for supporting this week's episode of Digital Music Trends. Play MPE® is used by major and independent labels in over 45 countries and can help you to securely promote your artist with a rich multimedia experience. Find out more on http://www.plaympe.comI really hope you enjoy the show, have a great week and 'till next time!Andrea Leonellihttp://www.digitalmusictrends.comhttp://www.twitter.com/digimusictrends

If you'd like to receive DMT's weekly newsletter sign up on http://bit.ly/dmtlist.This week on Digital Music Trends it was a real pleasure to welcome Emily White, co-founder of Whitesmith Entertainment and Kevin Wortis, head of label services at Girlie Action Media & Marketing.We chat about SESAC's latest announcements and the acquisition of Rumblefish, the NAB's opposition to a review of the consent decrees, Merlin's deal with Pandora, Smule's new artist program and the potential adoption of a global street date for music releases.We also discuss the latest developments in music distribution services for independent artists and the evolution of crowdfunding services.I really hope you enjoy the show, have a great week and 'till next time.Andrea Leonellihttp://www.digitalmusictrends.comhttp://www.twitter.com/digimusictrends

If you'd like to receive weekly alerts on the new shows going live subscribe to the newsletter on http://www.bit.ly/dmtlist.This week on Digital Music Trends it was a real pleasure to welcome direct-to-fan expert Jessie Scoullar (Wicksteedworks.com) and supreme tinkerer Syd Lawrence (Wemakeawesomesh.it) to the show.We start by chatting about Beats, as the acquisition gets regulatory approval in Europe and Vivendi declares the sale of its 13% share in the company to Apple, Ian Rogers is reportedly going to head both Beats Music and iTunes Radio, what could that mean for the company?We also chat about Samsung finally introducing a premium tier for Milk (with a twist), Shazam's Mac app - creepy or cool? - and its new Resonate product, Rhapsody's mini acquisition spree with Exfm and Soundtracking and what Apple's acquisition of Swell could mean - do we need more integration between spoken word and music content?On top of that my guests chat about their latest projects which are very very cool. Syd talks about Basement Jaxx's Power To The People project that just launched today, allowing users to contribute to the track and remix the contributions that will go towards the release of a charity single - check it out on http://www.powertothepeople.fm.Jessie chats about her "Which Platform?" report that compares the most prominent direct to fan platforms analysing pretty much every aspect of what they offer so you can make an informed decision. Check out http://www.wicksteedworks.com/report/ for more info and to get a free sample.And that's all for this week. I really hope you'll enjoy the show, have a fantastic week and 'till next time!Andrea Leonellihttp://www.digitalmusictrends.comhttp://www.twitter.com/digimusictrends

To subscribe to Digital Music Trends' weekly newsletter visit http://www.bit.ly/dmtlistThis week on Digital Music Trends a special show focused on independent music featuring Senior Editorial Analyst at Billboard Glenn Peoples (billboard.com), cellist and composer Zoë Keating (zoekeating.com) and solo bass guitarist Steve Lawson (stevelawson.net).We chat about:- Bandcamp, why does the platform work well for artists and why do artists identify with it? Zoë and Steve share how they got started on the platform and what it is about the service that works for them.- How platforms like Patreon, Bandcamp and Pledge can facilitate an artist's relationship with fans and what that relationship can mean to artists on both a human level and on a practical level.- Streaming: how is it affecting "middle class" musicians and is the mainstream narrative of people's shift to services like Spotify correct? Should artists have more of a say on the rates they are paid from streaming services or at least the ability to negotiate them?- David Byrne's latest comments on copyright review published by Glenn in a Billboard article this week.- The Content Creators Coalition: can collective organisations help artists increase their bargaining power? Are there downsides?- YouTutube's music service: after a high-profile staff departure and several stumbling blocks what's next for the yet-to-be announced service?I really hope you enjoy this show, have a fantastic week and 'till next time!Andrea Leonellihttp://www.digitalmusictrends.comhttp://www.twitter.com/digimusictrends

Subscribe to DMT's weekly newsletter to know when the show are released on http://bit.ly/dmtlist.This week on Digital Music Trends it was a pleasure to welcome Ralph Christoph (Head of Program, C/O Pop Convention) and Darren Hemmings (Founder, Motive Unknown).We cover Facebook's new Save function and its music-related implications, Spotify's plans for Asia and Daniel Ek's statements on an IPO, Ultra's lawsuit against Michelle Phan, the upcoming C/O Pop conference, Samsung's high-end headphones, Senzari's new MusicGraph.ai and the iTunes Festival heading back to London in September.I really hope you enjoy the show, have a great week and 'till next time!Andrea Leonellihttp://www.digitalmusictrends.comhttp://www.twitter.com/digimusictrends

This week on Digital Music Trends it was a real pleasure to welcome Eric MacKay (My Media Insider), Andrew Dubber (Music Tech Fest), Paul Fakler (Arent Fox LLP) and Aidan Sliney (Soundwave).We start off the show by discussing the latest news around the review of the ASCP and BMI consent decrees by the US Department of Justice. The DOJ is now said to be looking into whether Sony/ATV, UMPG and ASCAP “coordinated” their negotiations with Pandora and in the meantime Sony/ATV’s Chairman is threatening to pull out of ASCAP and BMI completely, but is that actually feasible for the publisher?We also discuss the “Fair Digital Deals Declaration” by the Worldwide Independent Network, Rhapsody’s unRadio product, SoundCloud’s rumoured equity deal with the majors and PONO gets a new CEO and new back-end service provider.During the show I also chat with the CTO of Soundwave Aidan Sliney and he demonstrates the brand new version of the app which includes a messaging service.Finally don't forget to go check out the Music Tech Fest website for news on the event (musictechfest.org) and the My Media Insider website for Eric's latest news (mymediainsider.com).I really hope you enjoy the show, have a great week and ‘till next time!Andrea Leonellihttp://www.digitalmusictrends.comhttp://www.twitter.com/digimusictrends

This week on Digital Music Trends it was a real pleasure to welcome Theda Sandiford, VP of Digital Marketing at Republic record, and Dave Haynes, Head of Business Development at Makeshift.io, to the show.We chat about: - The latest figures released by Nielsen Soundscan on US music sales for the first 6 months of 2014- The evolution of MCNs and Rightster's acquisition of Base79 for £50 million- Ariana Grande's campaign which recently drove over a billion Twitter impressions in 24 without spending any money on advertising- Makeshift.io and Dave's interest in tech startups related to music creation- Taylor Swift's editorial on the future of the music industry, reactions?- Samsung pushing hard on Milk with slick advert, reveals the app reached 2 million downloads- RapGenius closing a deal with Warner/Chappell: with all three major publishers signed, what next?Thanks as always for tuning in and I hope you enjoyed the show, have a great week and 'till next time!Andrea Leonellihttp://www.digitalmusictrends.comhttp://www.twitter.com/digimusictrends

Subscribe to DMT's weekly newsletter on bit.ly/dmtlistThis week on Digital Music Trends a special episode featuring Emmanuel Legrand and David Downs as well as the executive chair of IMPALA Helen Smith and the CMO of Soundrop Thomas Ford.We open the show by talking with Helen about the antitrust complaint IMPALA recently filed against YouTube with the European Commission, we discuss what the complaint is all about, the timeline, potential outcomes and lots more.After that we hear from the Chief Marketing Officer of Soundrop Thomas Ford who tells us all about the company's new product aimed to support artist's marketing efforts called Show.co.Finally in the news section we tackle Google's acquisition of Songza, Rdio's acquisition of TastemakerX, Soundcloud's new app (pros and cons), RIAA Digital Platinum certifications and lots more.I really hope you enjoy the show, have a great week and 'till next time!Andrea Leonellihttp://www.digitalmusictrends.comhttp://www.twitter.com/digimusictrends

Subscribe to Digital Music Trends' weekly newsletter here.This week on Digital Music Trends it was a pleasure to welcome Darren Hemmings (Motive Unknown) and Jules Parker (Polaroid Management) as we power through the week's news in digital music including:- a lengthy debate on the inclusion of streaming data in the UK's streaming chart- an analysis of T-Mobile's Music Freedom initiative: does it endanger Net Neutrality?- another development in the YouTube Music saga as the contract proposed to independent labels leaks, is the fight becoming too public?- the BBC's new music strategy- Patreon's new round of funding.... and much more....I really hope you enjoy the show, have a fantastic week and 'till next time!Andrea Leonellihttp://www.twitter.com/digimusictrendshttp://www.digitalmusictrends.com

This week on Digital Music Trends it was a pleasure to welcome Duncan Geere (duncangeere.com) and Dan Koplowitz (friendlyfirerecordings.com) to chat about the latest music tech news. The show also features an appearance from Eric Jones, founder of merch startup Sidestep.This week we start by tackling reports stating that YouTube is about to "pull" independent music videos from the service (and debate what that "pulling" may look like...), talk about Amazon's new Prime Music service, BitTorrent Bundles reaching 100m downloads and Streams, Spotify's new Web API and tighter Echo Nest integration, Deezer's new round, Samsung integrating Spotify Connect in its new Series M speakers and much more...I really hope you enjoy the show, have a great week and 'till next time!Andrea Leonellihttp://www.digitalmusictrends.comhttp://www.twitter.com/digimusictrends

Subscribe to Digital Music Trends' weekly newsletter on http://www.bit.ly/dmtlistThis week on Digital Music Trends a special show focusing on the Brazilian Music Industry. It was an absolute pleasure chat about the state and evolution of the music market in Brazil with Luciana Pegorer, founder of label Delira Musica and Managing Director of ABMI - the Brazilian Independent Music Association - Marcelo Soares, the CEO of Som Livre - the biggest independent music label in Brazil - and Robert Singerman, head of the Brazil Music Exchange in North America.We cover a huge variety of topics including the evolution of the Brazilian music market over the past 20 years, the impact of digital services and the different approaches seen so far in terms of commercial partnerships, licensing local catalogue to new international services, collection societies, the importance of music videos, the importance of YouTube for digital music revenues and the current indie battle around its streaming service, the impact of the World Cup and the upcoming 2016 Olympic Games on the local music industry.I really hope you enjoy this show, it was really great fun preparing it and researching the Brazilian market.Have a fantastic week and 'till next time!Andrea Leonellihttp://www.digitalmusictrends.comhttp://www.twitter.com/digimusictrends

This week on Digital Music Trends it was a real pleasure to welcome Ben Sisario (New York Times) and Eriq Gardner (The Hollywood Reporter) to the show as we discuss - at long last - Apple's official announcement of the Beats Acquisition, WWDC, independent label associations coming down hard on YouTube and preparing to file a complaint with the European Union, Amazon's possible entry in the on-demand streaming space, the Department of Justice reviewing ASCAP and BMI's consent decree, MPAA and RIAA working to make sure Megaupload's assets stay frozen, Ticketmaster's tentative settlement and Stubhub launching a music app.I really hope you enjoy the show, have a great week and 'till next time.Andrea Leonellihttp://www.digitalmusictrends.comhttp://www.twitter.com/digimusictrends

Subscribe to DMT's newsletter on http://www.bit.ly/dmtlistThis week on Digital Music Trends I chat with Vickie Nauman - former President of 7Digital in North America and now at CrossBorderWorks consulting - about her experience at Music Matters in Singapore, the independent music organisations lashing out against YouTube, the so-almost-closed deal between Apple and Beats (which closed a few hours after our recording), the launch of Next Big Book, Audiam moving beyond YouTube, the new real-time Billboard charts powered by Twitter.In the show I also interview the CEO of LyricFind Darryl Ballantyne on the company's recent deal with UMPG and its partnership with BandPage.Finally we also mention the new app Tunepics and the release of Dejay 2 for iPad and iOS with Spotify integration.I really hope you enjoy the show, have a fantastic week and 'till next time!Andrea Leonellihttp://www.digitalmusictrends.comhttp://twitter.com/digimusictrends

Subscribe to the Digital Music Trends weekly newsletter on http://bit.ly/dmtlistThis week a really packed episode of Digital Music Trends: my guests are Christiane Kinney (http://musicalredhead.com & partner at LeClairRyan) and Alejandro Marin (http://lamasmusica.com & http://themusicpimp.com), but on this show we also have appearances from Andreas Liffgarden co-founder of Soundtrack Your Brand who talks to us about Spotify Business, the CEO of Upfront Ray Lee the company that created the Deadmau5 subscription app and an extract from my interview with Jeremy Silver on his new book Digital Medieval.On this week's show of course the we cover the short-lived possibility of Twitter acquiring SoundCloud, the lawsuit against Beats Music, the Michael Jackson hologram at the Billboard Music Awards, the majors making an investment in Shazam, and Lovelive tv launching on LG smart TVs.I really hope you enjoy the show and please do send any feedback you may have on what we talked about or on stories we may have missed out on to [email protected] or to @digimusictrends on Twitter.Have a fantastic week and 'till next time!Andrea Leonellihttp://www.digitalmusictrends.comhttp://twitter.com/digimusictrends

Subscribe to DMT's weekly newsletter on http://www.bit.ly/dmtlistThis week on Digital Music Trends a real pleasure to have Lucy Blair and Darren Hemmings as guests on the show, which also features interviews with the CEO of Dubset Media Bob Barbiere and the CEO of Yonder Adam Kidron.Of course we open with a discussion on the Beats Electronics/Music and Apple acquisition story, which has generated a significant amount of press whilst unconfirmed by either company.We also chat about the successful Kickstarter for a limited release of a rare Aphex Twin record, news on the anti-piracy front as we look at a study from Sweden that shows the impact of the iPRED law, the new HADOPI guidelines and the UK ISPs considering sending some letters to naughty customers.Finally we chat about Last.fm as it just emerged that Spotify tried to acquire the company before it got hold of The Echo Nest. In between these stories of course the interviews with Yonder and Dubset Media.I really hope you enjoy the show, have a fantastic week and 'till next time!Andrea Leonellihttp://www.digitalmusictrends.comhttp://www.twitter.com/digimusictrends

Subscribe to DMT's weekly newsletter on http://bit.ly/dmtlistThis week on Digital Music Trends a feature-film length show featuring both the week's news with the help of Chandler Coyle (Musicgeekservices.com) and eight short interviews recorded AIM's Digital Music conference Music Connected with the likes of Moshi Moshi, Music Glue, Million Media, Play MPE, Synkio, Absolute Marketing and the Secretly Label Group.In the news we chat about Bloom.fm's uncertain future as a key investor pulls funding, Rdio aiming for higher quality audio, Pandora's Q1, Deezer losing its CEO, Facebook's music-related news from F8, the numbers of Spotify's deal with Sprint, Imogen Heap's Kickstarter and much more. Find show notes & links here.Below a list of the speakers I interviewed at Music Connected.I really hope you enjoy the show, have a fantastic week and 'till next time!Stephen Bass, Co-founder of Moshi MoshiMark Meharry, CEO at Music GlueNeil Cartwright, Million MediaIain Catling, AudioSaladAlen Vitasovic, PlayMPEAdam Cardew, Head of Digital at Absolute Marketing & distributionBen Perreau, Founder of SynkioHannah Overton, Secretly Label GroupAndrea Leonellihttp://www.digitalmusictrends.comhttp://www.twitter.com/digimusictrends