Apple Music Mais de 13 Milhões de Assinantes

Apple Music Up To 13 Million Subscribers

It looks like all the naysayers were wrong. Apple reported on its recent earnings call that its Apple Music streaming service was now up to 13 million paid subscribers and still growing.

Much of that growth has come recently in fact, as it was reported that 2 million subscribers signed up since February alone.

The present growth looks to be at around 1 million a month, which means that the tech giant should be battling Spotify for the top space in the streaming industry by the end of year.

Spotify claims to have 20 million current subscribers, but many are on a "student discount" tier at half the $9.99 monthly price.

One advantage that Apple Music has over Spotify is that it's available in 58 more countries than Spotify, including Russia, China and Japan. All in all, the service is available in a total of 113 countries, leaving Spotify to play catch-up.

One reason for AM's growth spurt has been albums from Drake, Coldplay, The 1975 and Gwen Stefani, where were releases to AM for a period before Spotify. Having an advert with Taylor Swift was also a big help.

Despite the recent hype around Tidal, it's Apple Music that seems to be making the most headway.

O Que as Pessoas Estão Escutando em Seus Smartfones?

What Do People Listen To On Their Smartphones?

First of all thanks to my friend Bobby Owsinski



Edison Research recently completed a study on smartphone usage and discovered that the listening habits of users isn't quite what we believed it to be. in fact, the results were pretty surprising.

• 54% listened to a radio channel
• 16% listened to music they own
• 15% listened to Pandora or other radio-like streaming services
• 7% listen to Sirius XM
• 5% to TV music channels
• 2% listen to podcasting

Heavy listeners (those defined by listening to 2 hours or more per day) have a slightly different consumption pattern.

• 43% listen to music they've downloaded and own
• 37% listen to streaming audio
• 9% listen to AM/FM radio
• 7% listen to podcasts

Finally, 87% of adults from 18 to 34 never let their smartphones leave their sides.

All that said, we're under the impression that the listening world belongs to exclusively to streaming, but that's far from the case, according to the study. While radio listening and downloads may be dropping, they're still a vital portion of our listening day.

EXCLUSIVO: Este é o Contrato Que os Compositores Estão Assinando Com Spotify

Exclusive: This Is the Contract Songwriters Are Signing With Spotify

Sign this, and you sign away some of your rights.

Early last month, Digital Music News broke the story of a broad-reaching agreement between Spotify and music publishers to resolve tens of millions in unpaid royalties.  That agreement, forged by major publishing organization NMPA, would involve a one-time, $5 million penalty payment by Spotify as well as the construction of an interface to properly match payments back to songwriters and publishers.

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Now, all of those details have been confirmed and codified into a blank contract between Spotify and individual publishers and songwriters.  That includes the $5 million fee, as well as details related to Spotify’s matching database and efforts to issue payments on unpaid, accumulated mechanical licenses.  “NMPA has been engaged in negotiations over the failure by several digital music services to license and pay songwriters and music publishers appropriately,” Israelite confirmed to DMN last month.   “I am hopeful that we can reach a just settlement that provides a framework for moving forward as business partners – as it should be.”

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That agreement is now locked-and-loaded, with publishers offered a number of ways to move forward.  In an undated letter sent to member publishers and songwriters and shared with Digital Music News, the NMPA outlined the details of the ‘Spotify Pending and Unmatched Usage Agreement,’ including the $5 million, one-time fee.  “I am not excusing the decision by any interactive streaming company not to obtain the proper licenses prior to using your songs,” Israelite informed NMPA members.  “I also will not criticize copyright owners who choose to protect their property rights in any manner they see fit — they are THEIR property rights.  However I believe this settlement (and more to come) strike the proper balance.”

“First, Spotify will pay $5,000,000 on top of all of the royalties owed as a bonus pool for participating publishers.”

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The agreement also gives publishers and songwriters the ability to view all of their songs, and correct any data issues to unleash payments (past and future).  But the last part will be the most controversial: the letter indicates that after a set period of time, all unclaimed royalties will be divided amongst NMPA participating publishers and songwriters, even if the royalties don’t belong to them.

“Third, any remaining royalties owed that have not been properly claimed will then be liquidated and shared with participating publishers based on each participating publisher’s Spotify market share.”

Check the link below for full sample of contract.

http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2016/04/27/exclusive-spotify-establishing-direct-publisher-contracts-to-solve-mechanicals-issues/

Minha Trilha Sonora e Efeitos Para Uma "Demo" Ford GT - Assista ao Vídeo.

My Soundtrack and Sound Design For a "Demo" Ford GT - Watch the Video

The soundtrack it was easy to compose, but the sound design with Ford GT it is not easy at all.

As you know my studio is in Brazil, so, we don't have so many car on the streets to record some sounds, then my option was to teach in internet to look for some samples. 

I found then, but all of sounds of the engine were a little strange, but anyway I did a mix of couple of sounds and apply a equalisation. Cutting some high frequencies and bust some low frequencies.

That is it. I hope you enjoy the video.

Amazon Prime Music Dá Mais Um Pequeno Passo

Amazon Prime Music Takes Another Baby Step

If you've been following this blog for any length of time, you know that I've been saying all along to watch out for Amazon Prime Music as the next big disrupter in the streaming music space.

Why? Prime Music is part of the popular Amazon Prime subscription service that already has a reported 75 million subscribers (although Amazon isn't saying just how many). Amazon is also dabbling in its own record label, and is generally getting into the mainstream music distribution waters one toe at a time.

Well, maybe two toes, as the company recently dropped a few new nuggets of what might come next.

First of all, T-Mobile must added Amazon Music to its data-free music streaming program called Music Freedom. This is the first instance of Prime Music being available to off-the-platform users.

What might be more an indicator of the future is the fact that Amazon just made it's Prime Video service available as a stand-alone product for $9 a month. For $11 a month you could also buy the full Amazon Prime membership complete with Amazon Prime Music and 2 day shipping (which is more expensive than just paying the $99 a year fee for the same thing).

Although this last move has little to do directly with Prime Music, it's another baby step in the direction that we inevitably know Amazon will take. Don't be surprised if there's a big announcement about a free-standing Prime Music service in the next few months.

Os Assinantes do Tidal Estão Processando Kanye West Por Postar Em Outros Serviços

Tidal Subscribers Sue Kanye West For Posting On Other Services


First of all thanks to my Friend Bobby Owsinski for this article 



Here's an interesting twist in the Kanye West/Tidal story. He's getting sued by Tidal subscribers who claimed they were duped into paying for the service.

It all stems from when the performer released his latest album The Life of Pablo exclusively on Tidal. At the time, West claimed that the album would never appear on another streaming services, and as a result, some two million people flocked to Tidal to pay at least $9.99 a month to have a listen.

Alas, that exclusivity was to be short lived as TLOP is now available on both Apple Music and Spotify - for free.

That's part of the reason why West has been named in a class action suit against him. Perhaps because that might be a flimsy case to present, the plaintiff's attorneys are leaning more heavily on a privacy issue instead.

"Mr. West's promise of exclusivity also had a grave impact on consumer privacy," the lawsuit states, mostly because user credit card information, music preferences and other personal information were collected.


The lawsuit contends the value of new subscribers and their personal information could be as much as $84 million for Tidal.

The album was reportedly streamed some 250 million times within 10 days of its release.

This will be an interesting one to watch.

Disco De Vinil Continua Sendo Mais Popular No Reino Unido

Vinyl records keep getting more popular in the UK

The number of vinyl records sold in the UK just keeps increasing, and the sales growth is continuing to beat industry expectations.

Engadget reports that 637,056 vinyl records were sold in the UK between January and March this year. That's up 62% on the same quarter last year.

The British Phonographic Industry also expects sales to hit 3 million in 2016 — an impressive level for a format long-considered dead by many consumers.

Sales of vinyl records have been exploding in recent years. The market was worth £3 million in 2009, but in 2014 its was estimated to be worth £26 million.

It's not just small record stores and online distributors that are selling vinyl records — they're also being stocked in supermarkets. It was announced in December 2015 that British supermarket chain Tesco would stock vinyl records in its stores.