Le Conseil des arts du Canada lance son nouveau Fonds d’innovation stratégique.

Quel problème aimeriez-vous résoudre? Que vous souhaitiez créer un nouveau modèle d’affaires, prendre le virage numérique, contribuer à écologiser le secteur artistique ou faire avancer les questions d’équité, de diversité et d’inclusion, le Fonds d’innovation stratégique du Conseil des arts du Canada peut vous soutenir à toutes les étapes du processus.

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Des changements sont nécessaires : bâtissons-les ensemble

Dans l’univers inéquitable et gravement déséquilibré des plateformes en ligne, la qualité de notre production musicale et les efforts imposants déployés pour la commercialiser ne peuvent suffire. Il faut réviser les règles du jeu. Entre le public et notre musique, se dressent de nouveaux partenaires obligés, puissantes entreprises, presque toujours étrangères, face auxquelles nous avons bien peu de poids.

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Do algorithms keep playing the same old song?

What is the impact of algorithmic recommendations on the diversity of the music being streamed? Using data made available by Deezer, the researchers of the Records project have formulated an initial detailed view of the question.

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How 40 years of music videos on TV taught marketers about context and nuance

Music videos are an art form that have been on the forefront of TV distribution and media development since their first airing in August 1981. While TV distribution and the overall media landscape have changed since that time, consumer behaviors and viewing contexts have changed even more.

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Why do old people hate new music?

There could be a biological explanation for this. There’s evidence that the brain’s ability to make subtle distinctions between different chords, rhythms and melodies gets worse with age. So to older people, newer, less familiar songs might all “sound the same.”

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Out with viral, in with niche: TikTok’s impact on music changes form

TikTok is now over-saturated with music, and has simultaneously continued to build user numbers. The cumulative effect: It is becoming difficult for any one song to overtake TikTok the same way that tracks like “Death Bed” and “Laxed” once did. Does this spell the end of TikTok’s dominance in the music industry? No. Viral music moments still happen, but increasingly, TikTok’s influence on music is showing up in less obvious, less mainstream ways – and artists can use this to their benefit.

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Présentation du plan de lutte contre les violences et le harcèlement sexistes et sexuels dans le spectacle vivant

Elaboré en lien avec l’ensemble des acteurs de la filière, ce plan a vocation à protéger l’ensemble du personnel des structures du spectacle vivant, soutenues par le ministère de la culture, qu’il soit permanent ou non.

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Record labels really, really don’t like a new Bill that could – eventually – change how artists get paid in the UK

Record companies, both majors and indies, are up in arms over suggestions from a British politician that signed artists should see a portion of their UK streaming royalties bypass the label system entirely, and be paid to performers directly via a collection society.

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Why Spotify is turning its attention to Africa

As African artists such as Nigeria’s Burna Boy and South Africa’s Black Coffee are streamed across the world, the continent was seen as an obvious choice and is the home to more than a third of the company’s 85 new markets.

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Believe prend le contrôle de l'indien Think Music

Believe renforce sa position de leader sur le marché indien en forte croissance grâce à l'acquisition de Think Music, un leader dans le segment des bandes originales de films d’Inde du Sud. Le groupe français a acquis une participation initiale de 76 % pour un montant de l'ordre de 13 millions d'euros.

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Can NFTs Challenge the Traditional Music Industry?

Altogether, the goal of these NFT-based musicians isn’t to top the charts, but to push technological boundaries and carve out a living outside of the record label system, which has dominated the music industry for decades.

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Spotify becomes latest to experiment with a TikTok-style video feed

Spotify is testing a new TikTok-style video feed that shows fullscreen video clips as songs are played. When available, the video feed is accessible from a new fourth tab in the navigation bar labelled “Discover.” Individual tracks can then be liked as you scroll through the feed, and there’s also a three dot menu icon to bring up options for each song.

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