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Monthly Archives: October 2018

Consumers Worldwide Still Listen To A Lot Of Music According To An IFPI Study

IFPI Music Consumer Report on the Music 3.0 Blog

The IFPI released its annual Music Consumer Insight Report, and as usual, it has data that confirms suspicions and also surprises. This is a truly a global look at music consumption since the data was collected by AudienceNet from a wide demographic aged 16-64 from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, […]

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Westlake’s Al Machera, Money Pouring Into Music, And Geoff Emerick’s Legacy On The Latest Inner Circle Podcast

Al Machera on the Music 3.0 Blog

My guest today is Al Machera, who started off engineering in Miami before moving back to his home city of New York, where he stepped into the middle of the hip hop revolution as the main engineer for Salt n Peppa. Eventually Al made his way to Los Angeles where he worked for Radio and […]

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Here’s Why The SiriusXM Pandora Deal Makes So Much Sense

SiriusXM buys Pandora on the Music 3.0 Blog

Now that some of the dust has settled on SiriusXM’s $3.5 billion acquisition of streaming service Pandora, things have become a little clearer on why the deal makes sense for both parties. Although the all-stock transaction was announced last month, it’s expected to close in the first quarter of 2019. This is a win/win if […]

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Spotify Wants Your GPS Location If You’re Signed Up For A Family Plan

Spotify family plan GPS info on the Music 3.0 Blog

Recently I posted about how the streaming services are losing subscribers through family plans, when a user invites people into a plan from outside the family. This is especially the case for Spotify, who reportedly is suffering from this problem more than other streaming services. Now the company has taken the unusual attempt to stop […]

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The Most Stressful Job In Music, Used Guitar Market, And NASA Engineer And Bassist Mike Paul Hughes

Mike Paul Hughes on the Music 3.0 Blog

My guest on the Podcast this week is Mike Paul Hughes, who spends his days as a NASA aerospace engineer in the middle of some some of the most advanced space projects the world has ever seen, but after work becomes a bassist, producer, and even a composer for a number of Bollywood films. He also […]

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The “Stairway To Heaven” Copyright Lawsuit Headed Back To Court Yet Again

Spirit Zep on the Music 3.0 Blog

Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway To Heaven” is certainly one of the the era’s most iconic rock songs but it’s been wrapped up in a lawsuit that can’t seem to come to a close. The estate of the late Randy California of the band Spirit sued the members of Led Zep for stealing parts of “Stairway To Heaven” from […]

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