Why indie labels are mastering the art of reissuing music

Arthur Verocai, Mary Clark, Gloria Ann Taylor, William Onyeabor, The Supreme Jubilees, — all artists that, before recent reissues, you’d likely never heard of. Thanks to the relentless devotion of independent labels and crate diggers, these artists and countless others have seen a second wave of renown and success.

With their music being remastered and redistributed, these old-school gems have found their way to DJs, dancefloors and streaming algorithms, which are letting them shine decades past their original release.

Música Mexicana is getting its own series of Spotify Singles

According to Spotify, streams of Música Mexicana grew by 440% between 2018 and 2023, while streams of this regional Mexican music from Gen-Z listeners spiked by nearly 60% in the last year. You can thank the likes of Peso Pluma, Fuerza Regida and Grupo Frontera for that.

The MLC partners with Beatdapp for streaming fraud detection services

The services offered by Beatdapp will now supplement The MLC’s existing internal processes.

Campfire Audio Launches Astrolith IEMs For Serious Music Lovers

Probably one of my favorite earphone makers—Campfire Audio—has just announced its latest high-end IEMs for serious music lovers. It’s always exciting when Campfire launches a new model and the Portland-based company take such exquisite care in designing and making multi-driver IEMs, you just know they’re going to sound great.

Booking-Agent·io wants to help artists play more concerts

Startup Innovation Syndicate has launched a new service that aims to help musicians and DJs book more concerts.

BandLab Partners with Strongroom Studios to Offer Exclusive Free Sample Packs

Strongroom Studios, known for recording big names like Lorde, Dua Lipa, Charli XCX, and Radiohead, is now opening its doors to the global music community. This partnership is the first time in its 30-year history that Strongroom is offering sample packs.

Rolling Stones to launch their own trading cards with Panini

You can’t always got, got, got, need, need, got, got what you want, eh? A reference that will make no sense at all unless you spent your youth swapping Panini stickers or cards with schoolfriends AND have already twigged that the Rolling Stones have just signed a deal with the company.

Will AI Disrupt The Music Industry? Reasons to Be Skeptical

The real threat of AI to the music world lies in the large number of jobs that will be replaced by it, although that’s rarely what the people at the top of the industry are thundering on about.

Sony generated $2.54bn from recorded music and publishing in calendar Q2, up 11.4% YoY

Sony’s global music rights operation – across recorded music and music publishing – generated USD $2.54 billion in the three months to end of June 2024.

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