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This week on Digital Music Trends it was a pleasure to have Kristelia Garcia (University of Colorado Law) and Darren Hemmings (Motive Unknown) on the show, I also chat with Beth Murphy, CMO of Deezer North America about Deezer Elite.

On the show we cover Clear Channel's rebranding into iHeartMedia, the U2 album situation one week later, Jay Z speaking out on samples and copyright, Alt-J's album app, Facebook & Videos, Pandora's evolving attitude towards artists and much more.

I really hope you enjoy the show, have a fantastic week and 'till next time!

Andrea Leonelli

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A special show today as DMT reaches its 200th Episode, and I couldn't think of a better way to celebrate than spending an hour chatting with Olivier de Simone (Urturn), Brian Zisk (Sf Music Tech Summit) and Kevin Breuner (CD Baby). This week's week show also contains appearances from Peter Tondstad, Chief Commercial Officer at WiMP, and Mike McCready, CEO at Musicxray.

We kick off by chatting about Apple distributing U2's new album 'Songs of Innocence' for free to anyone with an iTunes account at the end of the company's keynote announcing the new iPhones and the Apple Watch. Does this contribute to the perception of music being free? Was it "creepy" to see an album appear in your library without requesting it? We discuss this and much more, including whether the Apple Watch will end up on our wrists...

This show is not an Apple fest though as we had a tonne of news from other services including the announcement of a new high-quality audio service called TIDAL (developed by WiMP) debuting in the US and UK later this fall. Deezer also announced its own high-quality Deezer Elite service that will launch internationally on Sonos devices and will also be available in the US.

We cover Rdio's redesign and its conversion to freemium, Spotify's introduction of video adverts and 'sponsored' listening and finally Twitter testing a BUY button. A game changer or something people don't really want?

Mike McCready from Musicxray jumps on for a few minutes as well to talk about the latest at the Future Music Forum event which is happening next week in Barcelona (futuremusicforum.com).

As you can see, a packed show so I really hope you enjoy it,

Have a fantastic week and 'till next time!

Andrea Leonelli

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This week I recorded Digital Music Trends live at Berlin Music Week 2014 and it was a pleasure to be joined by Michael Krause, Managing Director GSA (Germany Switzerland Austria) at Deezer, Janine Wuelker, Strategic Marketing and Digital Media Services at Finetunes , Phiona Okumu, founder of Afripop and Benjamin Lebrave, founder of Akwaaba Music.

This show combines a few news items with a look at some of the most interesting topics being addressed at the Berlin Music Week Conference.

We chat about the decline in album sales in the US, the situation in Germany, the issue of discoverability on digital services from an artist's perspective, startup hubs in Germany and in Africa, This Is My Jam's new Song Graph, the issues of transparency and fairness in digital music today, CD Baby's Free service, YouTube's new donation button and more.

Hosting this episode in front of a live audience was a great experience and I'd like to thank the organizers of the Berlin Music Week Conference for making it happen.

I really hope you enjoy the show and 'till next time.

Andrea Leonelli

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This week on Digital Music Trends it was a pleasure to welcome Jeff Price (Audiam) and J Herskowitz (Tomahawk, Hatchet).

We kick off by chatting about SoundCloud's announcement: the company unveiled the first step in its new monetisation strategy ("On Soundcloud") which involves brand advertising and launched a Premier Partner program for a selected number of artists.

We also discuss Medium's upcoming music magazine, I show off the Gramofon box, and finally we cover Denmark's latest recorded music revenues figures and the UK's music video age rating test.

During the show Jeff brings us up to speed on the latest at Audiam and J on latest at Tomahawk.

I really hope you enjoy this week's show, next week DMT will be recorded live at Berlin Music Week and may be released on Friday morning rather than Thursday (just FYI)...

'Till next time.

Andrea Leonelli

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This week on Digital Music Trends I chat with Sammy Andrews, Head of Digital at independent label Cooking Vinyl, and Steve Rennie, the founder of Renman Music and Business and former manager of Incubus.

We start by discussing the recent deal between BandPage and Spotify to showcase merch items on artists' Spotify pages. We also discuss the recent SFX earnings and the long-term prospects of the company, Pono's super-successful new Crowdfunder campaign, we have Mixcloud's co-founder Nico Perez join us with some exciting news from the company and chat about the latest at Vevo.

Sammy and Steve also chat about their latest projects.

I'd like to thank Play MPE® for supporting this week's episode of Digital Music Trends. Play MPE® is used by major and independent labels in over 45 countries and can help you to securely promote your artist with a rich multimedia experience. Find out more on http://www.plaympe.com

I really hope you enjoy the show, have a great week and 'till next time!

Andrea Leonelli

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This week on Digital Music Trends it was a real pleasure to welcome Emily White, co-founder of Whitesmith Entertainment and Kevin Wortis, head of label services at Girlie Action Media & Marketing.

We chat about SESAC's latest announcements and the acquisition of Rumblefish, the NAB's opposition to a review of the consent decrees, Merlin's deal with Pandora, Smule's new artist program and the potential adoption of a global street date for music releases.

We also discuss the latest developments in music distribution services for independent artists and the evolution of crowdfunding services.

I really hope you enjoy the show, have a great week and 'till next time.

Andrea Leonelli

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This week on Digital Music Trends it was a real pleasure to welcome direct-to-fan expert Jessie Scoullar (Wicksteedworks.com) and supreme tinkerer Syd Lawrence (Wemakeawesomesh.it) to the show.

We start by chatting about Beats, as the acquisition gets regulatory approval in Europe and Vivendi declares the sale of its 13% share in the company to Apple, Ian Rogers is reportedly going to head both Beats Music and iTunes Radio, what could that mean for the company?

We also chat about Samsung finally introducing a premium tier for Milk (with a twist), Shazam's Mac app - creepy or cool? - and its new Resonate product, Rhapsody's mini acquisition spree with Exfm and Soundtracking and what Apple's acquisition of Swell could mean - do we need more integration between spoken word and music content?

On top of that my guests chat about their latest projects which are very very cool. Syd talks about Basement Jaxx's Power To The People project that just launched today, allowing users to contribute to the track and remix the contributions that will go towards the release of a charity single - check it out on http://www.powertothepeople.fm.

Jessie chats about her "Which Platform?" report that compares the most prominent direct to fan platforms analysing pretty much every aspect of what they offer so you can make an informed decision. Check out http://www.wicksteedworks.com/report/ for more info and to get a free sample.

And that's all for this week. I really hope you'll enjoy the show, have a fantastic week and 'till next time!

Andrea Leonelli

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This week on Digital Music Trends a special show focused on independent music featuring Senior Editorial Analyst at Billboard Glenn Peoples (billboard.com), cellist and composer Zoë Keating (zoekeating.com) and solo bass guitarist Steve Lawson (stevelawson.net).

We chat about:

- Bandcamp, why does the platform work well for artists and why do artists identify with it? Zoë and Steve share how they got started on the platform and what it is about the service that works for them.

- How platforms like Patreon, Bandcamp and Pledge can facilitate an artist's relationship with fans and what that relationship can mean to artists on both a human level and on a practical level.

- Streaming: how is it affecting "middle class" musicians and is the mainstream narrative of people's shift to services like Spotify correct? Should artists have more of a say on the rates they are paid from streaming services or at least the ability to negotiate them?

- David Byrne's latest comments on copyright review published by Glenn in a Billboard article this week.

- The Content Creators Coalition: can collective organisations help artists increase their bargaining power? Are there downsides?

- YouTutube's music service: after a high-profile staff departure and several stumbling blocks what's next for the yet-to-be announced service?

I really hope you enjoy this show, have a fantastic week and 'till next time!

Andrea Leonelli

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This week on Digital Music Trends it was a pleasure to welcome Ralph Christoph (Head of Program, C/O Pop Convention) and Darren Hemmings (Founder, Motive Unknown).

We cover Facebook's new Save function and its music-related implications, Spotify's plans for Asia and Daniel Ek's statements on an IPO, Ultra's lawsuit against Michelle Phan, the upcoming C/O Pop conference, Samsung's high-end headphones, Senzari's new MusicGraph.ai and the iTunes Festival heading back to London in September.

I really hope you enjoy the show, have a great week and 'till next time!

Andrea Leonelli

http://www.digitalmusictrends.com

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This week on Digital Music Trends it was a real pleasure to welcome Eric MacKay (My Media Insider), Andrew Dubber (Music Tech Fest), Paul Fakler (Arent Fox LLP) and Aidan Sliney (Soundwave).

We start off the show by discussing the latest news around the review of the ASCP and BMI consent decrees by the US Department of Justice. The DOJ is now said to be looking into whether Sony/ATV, UMPG and ASCAP “coordinated” their negotiations with Pandora and in the meantime Sony/ATV’s Chairman is threatening to pull out of ASCAP and BMI completely, but is that actually feasible for the publisher?

We also discuss the “Fair Digital Deals Declaration” by the Worldwide Independent Network, Rhapsody’s unRadio product, SoundCloud’s rumoured equity deal with the majors and PONO gets a new CEO and new back-end service provider.

During the show I also chat with the CTO of Soundwave Aidan Sliney and he demonstrates the brand new version of the app which includes a messaging service.

Finally don't forget to go check out the Music Tech Fest website for news on the event (musictechfest.org) and the My Media Insider website for Eric's latest news (mymediainsider.com).

I really hope you enjoy the show, have a great week and ‘till next time!

Andrea Leonelli

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