We take a deep dive into the Revelator’s Original Works platform and, specifically, the RPS (revenue per stream) estimation model that allows Revelator to provide artists with daily advances against their future streaming cashflows.
Recently, my fellow Stuart Lorde has asked me what I think about Spotify’s Discovery Mode — a new feature (currently in beta), allowing artists and labels to promote chosen tracks… Read More »Monetizing Discoverability: Our Take on Spotify’s Discovery Mode
This piece is a follow-up to the panel discussion with streaming executives on Fairness in Discovery Algorithms, which I’ve organized for Réseau MAP’s JIRAFE Paris event in September 2021. Even… Read More »Fairness in Question: Do Music Recommendation Algorithms Value Diversity?
The live industry is the subset of the music business that suffered the most throughout the (some might say still ongoing) COVID-19 crisis. At the dawn of the pandemic, the… Read More »Why Go to Live Shows? Music Tomorrow’s Report on 17 Factors of Attendance in the Live Industry
Since the very beginning of music data analytics, a model that would accurately predict the trajectory of a music career has been something of a holy grail for music data… Read More »Are We at the Dawn of A&R Data Wars?
Analysis by Julie Knibbe – Research and findings led by Parth Sinha and Pavel Telica Music is a major cultural aspect of society. The inter-relationship between music, technology, society and… Read More »What the genre distribution of viral songs tells us about TikTok, globalization and cultural influence
I recently published a piece about music rights data and the challenges of delivering timely royalty payments to artists on Cherie Hu’s Water & Music publication. I wanted to share… Read More »“The job will never be finished”: diving into music rights data and royalty systems with Phil Barry from Blokur
What is the first thing that comes to mind when you hear something about SEO optimization in the music industry? The chances are: nothing too positive. Through the past years,… Read More »A new way to think about SEO in the music industry
Right now most NFT offerings can be described as simple digital collectibles. Yet, there’s a potential for NFTs in music to become so, so much more
Following up on our recent article about how music professionals read into artist engagement rates, we wanted to focus on TikTok and its particularities. The social app is now essential… Read More »TikTok Analytics: How engaging is your music on TikTok?