By Dr. Bill Banfield Berklee College of Music Professor Todd and his crew at the Music Business Journal asked that I share some thoughts, culled…
Most brands need to rejuvenate themselves periodically, and this is especially true when their commerce is directed to a younger demographic. Music is a catalyst…
In early June Berklee announced the beginning of the Open Music Initiative (OMI), a collaboration between the Berklee Institute of Creative Entrepreneurship, the M.I.T. Media…
Of late, the sustainability of streaming giant Pandora has become questionable. Losses are fivefold what they were a year ago, even though revenue has grown…
The next frontier of a musical experience may well happen inside a specially designed virtual reality headset. Developers like Oculus, Microsoft, Samsung, and Sony are…
On March 25th, 2014 Facebook made news again. Following the nineteen billion dollar purchase of high tech startup WhatsApp in February, Chairman and CEO Mark…
Over the last fifteen years, since the advent of the worldwide web, there has been a revolution in the world of finance. More money is…
The largest providers of capital in the music business, the major record labels, have been devastated over the last decade by the disruption of their…