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Viberate crypto platform introduces rewarding system The Viberate crypto platform wants to compensate its contributors. Viberate helps musicians get paid via a decentralised cryptocurrency, enabling music enthusiasts from all corners of the earth to help shape a music industry where all parties are compensated for their efforts. The company doesn’t solely focus on musicians, but […]
Forbes highest paid female artists in music for 2017 The Forbes highest paid female artists in music list for 2017 was revealed and unlike male electronic music artists, the list is pretty much your stock-standard group of high profile pop stars. The list admittedly does include some of the most iconic females currently rocking the […]
Gramatik raises 7,500 ETH ($2.48 million) in grmtk token sale As cryptocurrency continues to evolve, Gramatik adopts tokenisation in an epic way. Soon the word ‘cryptocurrency’ will be added to the dictionary, ridding it of the red ‘spell mistake’ squiggle. Anyways, breaking news comes as funk/soul electronic maestro Gramatik becomes the first artist ever to […]
Can the AudioCoin cryptocurrency be the answer to music royalties? AudioCoin cryptocurrency is the latest ploy regarding fair payment in the music industry. With rights, streaming, digital downloads and all these new forms of buying music, it’s become a cacophony regarding payment. Imagine a world where these payments can be automated and perfectly tracked. Artists […]
Facebook allegedly offering millions for music rights Facebook is said to be offering major record labels and publishers hundreds of millions of dollars for music rights. Video uploading has boomed and Facebook wants its users to be able to upload videos that contain songs, without it being flagged or removed. Music rights owners have been […]
Your social media data is being used to predict the next big thing in music If data is power then your social media data is the mecca, giving power to industry. It’s estimated that we produce more information every 60 seconds than what the whole human race was able to generate from 10 000 BC […]
Viberate is bringing crypto currency to musicians Viberate is a new company that is changing the way musicians get paid. Musicians are no strangers to how fickle it is to get paid for your craft. There can often be issues regarding payment, especially if you are not a headliner and even if you are, there’s […]
Is YouTube ruining or improving the music industry? YouTube: Your source of music videos, fail compilations, cat videos and tutorials. We all know how it goes when you ‘quickly’ want to watch a video on YouTube; you will find yourself sitting there hours later watching the most random videos. The video hosting channel is used by […]
Streaming takes the lead in the music industry’s revenue Streaming music is now king when it comes to the revenue stakes for music sales. With the evolution of the music industry regarding the internet, a lot has changed. Following the 1999 development of file-sharing programs such as Napster, the music business took a major dip […]
