Electronic Dance Music News, DJ Gear & Tech, South Africa
Bandcamp to waive its revenue shares for sales made this Friday Bandcamp waiving revenue will provide a massive financial boost for artists in a much needed time. With travel bans, event postponements and tour cancellations caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, artists and musicians are losing their biggest avenues for revenue. In a world where living […]
Woolworths in talks to renew license with SAMPRA, play local music Woolworths received backlash over plan to play royalty-free music rather than support local artists. Last month Woolies made a very un-South African announcement about opting to play royalty-free music rather than pay for a license to play local music. I get that saving money […]
Khuli Chana’s Maftown Heights Creative Community Workshop was a huge success The inaugural Maftown Heights Creative Community Workshop took place last Friday. Leaders in the music and events industry descended in the North West Province in Mahikeng this past Friday for the inaugural workshop. A wealth of knowledge was shared that the North West creative […]
Here’s how to get playlisted on Spotify Spotify’s head of music shares how to get playlisted on Spotify- it’s simpler than you think. Playlists are ‘novels’ for music aficionados, where they can step into their ideal realities. For artists, playlists can catapult your earnings and career to new heights- literally putting you on the map. […]
DJ Black Coffee explains why he isn’t taking many gigs in SA DJ Black Coffee feels that SA’s music industry needs more promoters. In terms of artists going around the block, there’s no bigger than Black Coffee. SA’s house master has been on the international circuit for years and knows a thing or two about […]
Major labels earn $1milion per hour from streaming And so the major labels continue their stronghold on the music industry. A report by Music Business Worldwide has revealed the most recent figures from Universal, Sony and Warner pertaining to revenue generated from music streaming. What they detail isn’t shocking, although it does highlight the monopoly […]
From 2021 EU DJs will need a visa to play in the UK EU DJs and their crews will require a Tier 5 visa to perform in the UK. The Brexit consequence feared by European DJs and artists has come to light. From January 2021, artists from the EU will require visas to perform in […]
Spotify origin story announced by Netflix The Spotify origin story will focus on co-founders Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon. On Tuesday, 11 December Netflix announced a new and exciting project; an untitled scripted series about the Swedish start-up that shook the music industry to its core and paved the way for a new music business […]
Soundcloud revokes upload limit amidst user backlash SoundCloud revokes upload limit that would have cut free users’ upload time drastically. Last week SoundCloud announced plans to bring lossless HD storage and downloads ‘to all,’ which sounds fantastic, right? Well, not so much as hidden in the announcement lurked a change that would affect free users’ […]
IMS Ibiza 2020 relocates to new venue IMS Ibiza 2020 has a new venue for a new decade for its May 20-22 gathering. International Music Summit (IMS), the premier platform for business, culture and education in global electronic music returns to Ibiza in 2020 for its thirteenth edition, uniting the entire ecosystem of the genre […]
