Love Music not the German Musicbiz

Posted by: barbnerdy on Aug 28, 2017 | 2 Comments

It is a simple effort/effectiveness’ relationship analysis. I’m closing my #Musicbiz Page on Facebook and my Musicbiz Box on Scope. After 1,5 years, where I was highly motivated to change Germans Musicbiz Press landscape its time to look at the stats, to review and revise:

Quick take on the future of SoundCloud:

Posted by: barbnerdy on Aug 12, 2017 | No Comments

While Alex Ljung steps down as CEO of SoundCloud and moves on as chairman of the board a new CEO is coming in. Former Vimeo CEO Kerry Trainor replaces him. Mike Weissman will become COO as SoundCloud co-founder and CTO Eric Wahlforss stays as chief product officer.
Some thoughts:

Realitätsabgleich: Vinyl

Posted by: barbnerdy on Aug 4, 2017 | No Comments

Mit einem Marktanteil von gerade mal 4,5% wird derzeit Vinyl als “Saviour of the Musicbiz” heiss gehandelt. Die Musikkassette, die in diesem Zusammenhang auch gern genannt wird, hat einen Marktanteil von 0,1% (Quelle BVMI)

Grund genug, mich auf einen Plausch mit Marcus “Delfonic” zu treffen, um herauszufinden, was es damit auf sich hat.