Qobuz Taps Wayne Coyne as Artist-Approved Sound Spokesperson; AmazeVR Adds $15M to Forge the Future of VR Concerts

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Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips has become the first artist-approved sound spokesperson for Qobuz. Is Hi-res going mainstream?

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AmazeVR gets another $15M to forge the future of immersive concerts

AmazeVR, a virtual reality concert platform that enables users to experience their favorite artists’ VR concerts through content generation tools, announced today it has secured $15 million, which was oversubscribed within three weeks.

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✖️ How the emerging Web3 WILL and WON’T disrupt music streaming

And: Crypto & Black cultural momentum; Where is Spotify HiFi?; TikTok as Spotify’s biggest threat?; Top web3 experiments of 2021

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At least $5 billion was spent on music rights acquisitions in 2021. Could 2022 be even bigger?

MBW rifles back through our 2021 headlines to get a grip on just how huge a year it was for music rights buyouts

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YouTube’s Head of Hip-Hop Music Discusses How Streaming Services Changed the Genre Forever

YouTube’s Head of Hip-Hop Music Discusses How Streaming Services Changed the Genre Forever: Tuma Basa told HYPEBEAST that hip-hop has become even bigger and more connected in the digital age.

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Why I Stream ALL My Radio Listening

Twelve year ago, radio broadcast engineer Tom Ray, penned these words: “Unless we give Joe Consumer a reason to go out and purchase an HD Radio for his car – until he can obtain it easily and at a reasonable cost, and a device that works – I fear HD Radio is going to go…

dicktaylorblog.com

MoonwalkerFM music NFTs include a share of streaming profits

Fed up with cartoon monkeys competing to be the kings of the music-NFT swingers? Maybe it’s time we let cartoon bears have a go.

musically.com

Deluxe albums: Commerce before art?

In the modern music landscape, there seems to be one constant: an influx of ever-growing “deluxe” albums that have little reason to exist.

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Spotify is searching for a new Head of Global Hits… as SoundCloud seeks a new Global Head Of Music

The companies are hiring for two significantly influential global roles.

www.musicbusinessworldwide.com

Minm launches €5-a-month user-centric streaming service

Focused on independent artists, it promises that 90% of revenues are “split fairly between the artists you’ve listened to each month”.

musically.com

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