Musikbusinessnews: Rdio, eMusic, Spotify, AllMusic und mehr

Weitere Musikbusinessnews der letzten Tage:

• Which music subscription service should you use? – TechHive Beta Blog Übersicht über den US-Markt für On-Demand-Musikstreaming.
• Rdio launches in the UK and France | The Verge
• Internet-Law » GEMA-Vergütung für Freiluftveranstaltungen
• De:Bug Musik » “Real Music Comes From Real People” „Eine Alternative könnte die ungewöhnliche Aktion des House-Duos Spieltrieb bieten, die zu einer Fan-Sourced Single aufgerufen haben. Seit einigen Tagen ist die Soundcloud-Dropbox der Londoner offen für alle, die ihre eigenen Sounds zum nächsten Spieltrieb-Track beisteuern wollen.“
• Brazil’s copyright societies indicted for fraud, new law demands efficient, transparent collecting societies – Boing Boing „The part that I’m excited about is „principles of transparency, efficiency and tech improvement.“ Collecting societies are based on the idea of statistically sampling music usage and remitting funds based on the analysis. Given that we live in the age of analytics, it’s unforgivable that the basic algorithm for collection distribution is „all the money goes to the big four labels, except for some scraps that we give to a few indies, and the rather titanic rake we keep for ourselves.“ I think the 21st century is waiting for a collecting society run with the institutional transparency of GNU/Linux and the analytic efficiency of Google.“
• eMusic Adds Impressive Android Music Player
• Spotify for Android now available for preview – Spotify
• 30 under 30 – Forbes.com Über Spotify-CEO Daniel Ek: „“He’s the only tech entrepreneur who’s had the patience to achieve what he has with the record business,” says Sean Parker, now a Spotify board member, who helped open the door to U.S. deals, including one with Facebook. “He has this Zen-like patience and an ability not to crack under pressure or get frustrated. Over and over again he puts himself in a situation where a normal person would have thrown in the towel.” As I talk with Ek in his office, he sits straight and motionless like a Swedish Buddha; the only thing moving is his mouth, not even blinking his icy blue eyes.“
• AllMusic : Music Search, Recommendations, Videos and Reviews AllMusic bekommt einen Relaunch mit unter anderem Rdio-/Spotify-Verknüpfungen.
• As Investors Offer Millions, Can Electronic Dance Music Survive A Corporate Takeover? „EDM has become extremely popular in recent years, with huge festivals selling out in minutes and high profile artists like Tiesto and Deadmau5 commanding fees of more than $1 million.“
• Music News Site Asks for Help Fending Off Music Service „Grooveshark, a music service fighting lawsuits filed by the big music labels, is going after Digital Music News. The trade site had published anonymous comments accusing Grooveshark of deliberately violating copyright law.“
• Neues aus der bunten Welt der Internet-Musik-Industrie | Spreeblick Interessante Gerüchte.