We look at the initial fallout from coronavirus, hearing stories from across the music sector to discover just how disruptive the pandemic has already been.
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Ben Gilbert
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Over and Over: How the Digital Song Economy is Generating Hit After Hit
by Ben Gilbert Feb 25, 2020Ben Gilbert takes a look at the song economy and how digital platforms and sync placements are allowing classic songs to be hits over and over again.
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All I Want for Christmas: How Much is a Festive Hit Worth in the Digital Age?
by Ben Gilbert Dec 20, 2019Ben Gilbert investigates just how lucrative festive hits are for artists, labels and rights holders in the digital age.
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Think About the Futures: How Can Music Publishers Support Emerging Professionals Across the Industry?
by Ben Gilbert Dec 10, 2019Ben Gilbert chats to professionals involved in the MPA Futures Group, launched by the MPA to nurture and teach the next generation of music publishers.
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Everything’s Gone Green: What Can the Music Business Do to Combat Climate Change?
by Ben Gilbert Oct 23, 2019Ben Gilbert investigates what role the music business has to play in averting environmental catastrophe, speaking to individuals involved in new organisation Music Declares Emergency.
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The Man Machine: How Can Humans and Artificial Intelligence Collaborate to Manage The Explosion of Music Data?
by Ben Gilbert Sep 06, 2019Ben Gilbert takes a deep dive into the subject of AI to explore the increasingly central role technology has to play in the influx of information surrounding digital music.
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Robot Rock: Does Artificial Intelligence Promise a Brave New World or a Dystopian Future for Songwriters?
by Ben Gilbert Sep 04, 2019Ben Gilbert takes a deep dive into the subject of AI to explore how automation and machine learning are changing the traditional craft of music creation.
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This is Happening: How Can the Music Industry Become More Diverse and Inclusive in the Future?
by Ben Gilbert Jul 08, 2019In the second of our two-part analysis, Ben Gilbert speaks to key figures across the music business to examine how issues of representation can be more effectively tackled in the future.
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We Are Unified, We Are Together: How Diverse and Inclusive is the Music Industry Right Now?
by Ben Gilbert Jun 25, 2019In the first of a two-part analysis, Ben Gilbert canvasses the views of figures across the business to find out how representative of society the music industry is in 2019.
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Songs in the Key of Life: Hitting Fast Forward to Discover the Future of Playlists
by Ben Gilbert Apr 01, 2019Are playlists the new albums? And what happens next in this increasingly important area of the music business? Ben Gilbert speaks to three influential figures to find out.
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Ben Gilbert investigates the emerging Indian music market to find out why Spotify is so keen to place a stake in the ground.
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What’s That Coming Over the Hill: Can Facebook’s New Music App Reinvent Zuckerburg’s Monster?
by Ben Gilbert Dec 06, 2018After a humbling 2018, Mark Zuckerburg is reported to be pushing for a realignment of the embattled digital platform’s original intentions, as a social arena to bring people together rather than push them apart. One way of doing this is through music, as Ben Gilbert explains.