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Google Planning to Merge YouTube Music and Google Play Music

According to IFPI, streaming is the music industry’s fastest-growing revenue source. Streaming services are continuously looking for new ways to improve and offer the best services to its users.

Google is currently looking to advance, and is planning to merge two of its music streaming apps

Currently, Google owns two separate music subscription service apps, YouTube Music and Google Play Music. Product teams from both apps are working on a way to combine the two apps. No sudden changes for app users will appear soon. However, in the future, a single music-streaming app from Google is likely to appear.

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The “GRAMMY” Effect

The 59th annual Grammy Awards took place on Sunday, February 12. The Grammys presented awards to several notable artists, such as Adele, who took home a total of five awards.

Artists not only receive great recognition for their music during the ceremony, but what follows after the ceremony is just as exciting. Artists who collect awards often receive a spark in sales following the award show. The positive influence on sales after an artist receives a Grammy is known as the “GRAMMY effect”. The “GRAMMY effect” also takes place after artist’s performances.

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Chance the Rapper is Changing The Game for Independent Artists

“This is for every indie artist,” said Chance the Rapper during his acceptance speech for Best Rap Album at Sunday’s 59th Annual Grammy Awards.

During Sunday’s 59th Annual Grammy Awards, Chance the Rapper won Best New Artist, Best Rap Album, and Best Rap Performance. The rapper now has a total of three Grammy Awards under his belt. The number of Grammys that Chance the Rapper now possesses actually outnumbers the amount of albums he’s sold. Chance has succeeded in winning three Grammys without selling a single album.

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Facebook Revamping Relationship with Music Industry

This week, it was announced that Facebook hired Tamara Hrivnak, who previously worked as director of music partnerships at YouTube and Google Play.

According to NPR, Hrivnak’s role will be to conduct Facebook’s global music licensing strategy, and form better bonds with the music industry.

Disagreements between Facebook and the music industry have been prominent within the past few years. Many videos containing music are uploaded to Facebook on a daily basis; however, much of the music is not licensed. This has instigated a rift between Facebook and right holders.

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Virtual Reality and Music Come Together

Technology is frequently advancing, and with virtual reality content becoming more relevant, the music industry is looking for ways to use this to their advantage.

While the concept of virtual reality and possession of VR headsets is not common quite yet, music companies are already teaming up with tech companies to create new music virtual reality experiences. These experiences allow for fans to watch performances from their favorite artists on virtual reality headsets, right from the comfort of their own home.

Companies such as Samsung and Google are currently selling virtual reality headsets. At the moment, the headsets are very costly.

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Pandora is 2016’s Most Streamed Music Platform

Pandora is noted as the most streamed service of 2016, beating out other popular platforms such as YouTube, Spotify and Apple Music.

According to Digital Music News, Pandora became the most streamed music service with a 28% share of music listening.

Pandora allows for users to create a station built on an artist or song they enjoy. Based on the artist or song being played, Pandora will recommend new music that is similar. Users have the ability to thumbs up and down tracks being played, to help curate the station to better suit their specific musical tastes. Above all, the site provides a suitable place for new music discovery.

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McCartney Fights to Reclaim Ownership of Beatles Hits

Paul McCartney has filed a federal lawsuit against Sony/ATV Music Publishing to reclaim the ownership of several hits he wrote with the Beatles.

McCartney is aiming to regain the rights to a total of 267 of the band’s tunes. Among these hits are “I Want To Hold Your Hand”, “All You Need is Love”, “Hey Jude”, and “Yesterday”.

According to Rolling Stone, McCartney’s legal team is citing the 1976 Copyright Act which states that the rights to works made before 1978 must be returned to their creators 56 years after the date of the original copyright. 56 years of Beatles hits are approaching rapidly for McCartney.

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Happy New Year from Powderfinger!

GREAT NEWS FROM THE LAST 365 DAYS

2016 was a great year for our artists, and we’re incredibly proud of their accomplishments. Here are just a few:

  • The Claypool Lennon Delirium, Roots of Creation, and Lotus all charted at #1 on the Relix/Jambands.com charts!
  • Morgan Heritage won a Grammy award for Reggae Album of the year for Strictly Roots.
  • King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard hit #1 on the CMJ Top 200!
  • Joseph Israel‘s Paradise was the #1 most added CMJ New World album!
  • Roots of Creation’s fan-funded “Livin’ Free” debuted at #1 on the Billboard reggae chart!
  • Bill Evans received an impressive 4.5 star review in DownBeat for Born Free.
  • Mandy Rowden received an incredible write up in the Austin Chronicle for her album 1000 Miles.
  • Powderfinger Publicity clients received over 250 reviews in worldwide and online publications!

We’ve got amazing new music to share with you in 2017, and we can’t wait to get started!  

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