Month: May 2018

HOW STREAMING WILL CONTINUE TO CHANGE EVERYTHING IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS

In the backdrop of Spotify becoming a publicly traded company, streaming is working for a majority of stakeholders in today’s music industry. After over a decade of being ravaged by piracy, the industry as a whole has finally returned to growth, as shown by upward trends across local trade body data globally. Like any entity…


Massive Attack Encoding Album Into DNA

Today marks the 20-year anniversary of Massive Attack’s beloved album Mezzanine. To celebrate, the band has announced they’re putting it on a new format: DNA. According to a press release, this marks the first time an entire album has been encoded into DNA and it’s “an acknowledgement that it could be an answer to the…


Gibson Files For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection

Gibson Brands of Nashville, Tennessee, issued a statement this morning outlining its plan to restructure its core business and reorganize under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. As outlined in the statement “… [Gibson] and its U.S. subsidiaries today filed pre-negotiated reorganization cases under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. The filings will…