La population québécoise appuie massivement une régulation des services d’écoute de musique en ligne

Alors que l’ADISQ témoignait plus tôt cette semaine devant le comité chargé d’étudier le projet de loi visant la modernisant la Loi sur la radiodiffusion
(C-11), elle dévoilait les résultats exclusifs d’une enquête menée par Léger selon laquelle 90% de la population adulte québécoise trouve important que l’État protège la culture. Forte de cet appui massif, l’ADISQ a fait valoir qu’il est essentiel que les plateformes de musique en ligne comme Spotify, Apple Music et YouTube contribuent, à l'instar des radios traditionnelles, au financement et à la mise en valeur de la musique d’ici.

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How NFTs Are Shaping the Way Music Sounds

Holding back our skepticism for a minute, let’s consider a future in which NFTs are a normalized way of releasing music, no different from uploading your songs to Spotify or selling a record on Bandcamp. What effect might that have on the actual music itself? And what might it mean for artists looking to sustain their work?

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CISAC reports global progress on metadata and plans wider access to ISWC music identifier

CISAC has reported “steady progress” for the extension of the ISWC music identifier and improvements in music data reporting. It follows a major upgrade to the system completed in 2020.
The ISWC is a unique, permanent and internationally recognised reference number for the identification of musical works. The upgrade has been rolled out globally amid concerns about the scale of unallocated royalties from streaming.

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How the Billboard Music Awards (BBMAs) Affects Artists

We thought it would be interesting to examine what happens to those key fan interactions in the week running up to the awards ceremony — maybe a BBMA performance is more fruitful for artists than an actual award nomination. Or, maybe digital signals are constrained to the night-of or the day after. Our hunch? It depends on the artist.

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The Woes of Being Addicted to Streaming Services

After a decade under the influence of music algorithms, a look at what streaming services afford the most engaged fans and what lingers below the surface.

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Will Economic Uncertainty Slow Down the Music Catalog Boom?

The Financial Times struck a more cautionary tone in their analysis of this speculative news, addressing the uncertainty that surrounds the international financial markets in 2022. They state that “music prices have softened in recent months as interest rates rise and the global economy slows”. It is a view that was amplified last month by Bloomberg UK in a piece entitled: “The Music Catalog Boom May Be Coming to an End”.

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Justin Timberlake sells song catalog to Hipgnosis and its $1bn-backed Blackstone fund

Hipgnosis says it has acquired “100% of all of Timberlake’s copyright, ownership and financial interests of the Writer and Publisher’s Share of Public Performance income, and the catalog of musical compositions written by Justin Timberlake”.

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YouTube, TikTok Amp Up Creator Monetization Race

YouTube Shorts will now incorporate an expanded array of ads on its short-form video feed, Business Insider reported Tuesday, which could potentially lead to Shorts creators receiving a cut of ad revenues. Meanwhile, TechCrunch reported yesterday that TikTok is beta-testing LIVE Subscription, a new model which allows fans to directly compensate creators.

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Innovation et musique, un perpétuel renouveau

Internet a profondément rebattu les cartes de l’expérience même qu’est la musique. Les artistes peuvent aujourd’hui contrôler toute la chaîne de production d’une œuvre musicale, de la création jusqu’à la diffusion et parler directement à leurs fans, leur proposer du contenu exclusif, vendre leurs fameux NFTs, se faire sponsoriser à travers des plateformes comme Patreon ou même créer de la musique avec l’aide de l’intelligence artificielle.

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