Blog: music innovation

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Hip hop fandom is driving the music business' future in gaming, live streaming and beyond

Blog post by Kriss Thakrar

17 Aug 2021

Fortnite

Fandom

gaming

The music industry is at a pivot point as new ways of interacting and monetising music arise with unprecedented speed. Kanye West’s Donda live stream generating $7 million in merch sales demonstrates...

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The Future of Music: A Vision of Post-Format

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

18 Sep 2019

adele

artists

Edison

Formats have shaped and dictated the evolution of recorded music. The constraints that formats set have, in turn, become the creative frameworks within which music has operated. Now, in the internet era,...

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