Why ‘Gen A’ is Consuming Music so Differently; DistroKid Launches a Free Spotify Canvas Generator; Music Publishers, Streaming Services Avoid Another Battle Royale

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Why ‘Gen A’ is consuming music so differently

Gen Alpha represents a distinct switch in the norm, powering a more ‘lean-in’ music consumption from earlier ages.

Meet the Texas woman behind one of Spotify's most-popular Tejano playlists

If you’re a Spotify subscriber who needs a Tejano jam for a 1990s-esque Sunday cleaning session, chances are you’ve probably cued up “Best Tejano Mix” by default.

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Music Publishers, Streaming Services Avoid Another Battle Royale by Setting Royalty Rates for Next Four Years

The announcement comes as a surprise, as the NMPA has been saying for months that it would push for a 20% rate for the forthcoming period.

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DistroKid launches a free Spotify Canvas Generator

DistroKid has launched a free Spotify Canvas Generator that enables the 2 million artists using the flat fee distributor to pick from thousands of videos to create clips for use on Spotify.

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How Tonic Audio’s CTO decided to move the music tech startup to London

Allison Clift-Jennings, chief technology officer of remote music collaboration app Tonic Audio, is in the midst of a move from Reno, Nevada, to London, England. For the seasoned entrepreneur and Techstars participant, the decision came down to following the customer.

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Twickets and Gaydio announce new partnership

Twickets has announced details of a partnership with Gaydio that will give listeners the chance to win tickets to live events.

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Distributed First Contributes to Spotify’s Strength

Enter a meeting room in any Spotify office and you’ll see a reminder on the screen, a mantra to keep in mind as you turn on the monitor to start your meeting: “We are distributed first,” it reads. “Does everyone in the room and on-screen have an opportunity to speak?”

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Kate Bush tops Spotify's 2022 Songs of Summer List with hit from 1985

The 64-year-old singer enjoyed a career resurgence when her 1985 track Running Up that Hill (A Deal With God) was used in a season four episode of hit Netflix series ‘Stranger Things.

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FUGA partners with Germany-based Odyssey Music Network; inks deal with Austria’s Phat Penguin

Deal with Odyssey will see FUGA providing both digital and physical distribution for the company’s roster…

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Bring that beat back: why are people in their 30s giving up on music?

It would have been unimaginable in our 20s, but these days more and more friends are disengaging from a passion we once shared. Surely this is premature?

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Opulous invests in catalogue to couple with DeFi and music copyright NFTs

Opulous - Ditto’s spin-off crypto company – offers a platform for the creation and exchange of music copyright NFTs (or “MFTs”), and also offers DeFi loans for musicians, amongst other things.

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Lindsay Conlin Promoted To SVP Of Revenue At Exactuals

In her new role, Conlin will oversee all sales and marketing operations for the company and its suite of products, including flagship platform, PaymentHub, and royalty calculation and statement generation service SR1.

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Exactuals Promotes Bryan Walley to CEO, Mike Hurst Transitions to Chairman

Walley is based in Los Angeles and will report directly to Verna Grayce Chao, Executive Vice President at City National Bank, the parent company of Exactuals.

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4 Digital Tools every music producer should have

The modern sampling producer has so many tools available to them. It can almost be overwhelming knowing how to choose which ones will best suit your music production needs.

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Mailchimp Powers New Björk Podcast; Bandcamp Fridays are Coming Back; Magroove App Promises to Reveal Your New Favorite Artist

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