Episode 626 – The Latest Music Business And Production News

Is the music industry heading into another major reset?

On this week’s solo episode, I break down the biggest shifts happening across the music business and music production.

In This Episode:

• Why streaming subscription prices may be reaching a breaking point
  
• What the BMG Concord merger could mean for artists and labels
  
• Why major labels may no longer develop unknown artists like they used to
  
• How private equity is changing the music business conversation
  
• Why Universal Music Group may be viewed more like a financial asset
  
• What happened with Native Instruments and its private equity ownership
  
• Why AI generated music is flooding Apple Music, but listeners are ignoring it
  
• Why the music industry may need a new major trend or technology shift

And much more.

Chapters:

00:00:00 – Coming up…

00:00:52 – Why this music business update matters now

00:01:13 – Are streaming subscriptions reaching the breaking point?

00:03:52 – Does the music industry now have a fourth major label?

00:04:47 – Why private equity changes the BMG question

00:06:51 – Why labels stopped betting on unknown artists

00:08:23 – Is Universal Music becoming a financial asset first?

00:11:27 – How private equity pushed Native Instruments to the edge

00:14:21 – Why almost nobody is listening to AI music

00:16:24 – What the latest IFPI report says about global streaming

00:17:56 – How China became the fourth largest music market

00:19:47 – Why star owned music gear is suddenly everywhere

00:21:13 – Is music gear innovation slowing down?

You can hear it at Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, YouTube Music, Mixcloud, Spotify, Deezer, TuneIn Radio, or RadioPublic.

Also, a video version of this podcast is now available on YouTube as well.

Enjoy the show!

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