Music Business
Ozzy Osbourne avatar is ‘not gonna be f***ing lame’ says son
Rock legend Ozzy Osbourne died last July, and plans for his legacy are firmly underway – including the announcement last week that he’s the latest musician being turned into a posthumous avatar. Son Jack Osbourne revealed at the Licensing Expo conference that his family are working with metaverse fi
SoundCloud and Overtune strike deal and launch creator contest
Overtune is a popular service for creating music, and SoundCloud is a popular service for creators to upload their music. An opportunity for partnership, you’d think. And now it has come to pass. Overtune will now include a feature to publish tracks directly to SoundCloud, as well as joining the lat
The Black Label, the studio behind the KPop Demon Hunters soundtrack, just raised $80M with investment from Tencent Music
Bloomberg reports that the deal values The Black Label at 1 trillion won (approximately $660M) Source
Transmissions NYC: AFEM and Resident Advisor present a half-day summit at Elsewhere
AFEM and Resident Advisor present Transmissions NYC: Plugging In To The Electronic Music Sector, a free half-day summit at Elsewhere Brooklyn on 18 June, programmed as part of New York Music Month. Three panels and a closing mixer take on the questions facing the sector now: how independent labels h
Techno Growth Patterns: KUKO Leads Emerging Artist Engagement Surge
KUKO’s 16% growth in Spotify followers signals a significant artist surge in the techno genre, highlighting a shift toward broader audience engagement and market visibility.
The Ozcillex Label: Monitoring the 18% Growth Spike for Adrien
Recent data highlights a notable 18% spike in engagement for French artist adrien, signaling a potential shift in specific electronic sub-sectors under the Ozcillex label.
Philipp Jung, Co-Founder of Get Physical and M.A.N.D.Y., Has Died
The German house DJ, producer, and label boss helped conduct transitions in electronic music as house spilled into adjacent scenes in the 2000s
Owen Kiernan on Cutting Through Digital Noise for Artists
The next instalment of our Members Voices series is live. Owen Kiernan, Head of Digital at Cr2 Records, on how artists and labels can cut through the noise of more than 120,000 tracks added to DSPs ev
AFEM Roundtable on Tinnitus and Hearing Health
On Tuesday 5 May, AFEM hosts a public roundtable on tinnitus and hearing health for the electronic music industry. Two guests bring direct, lived and professional experience to a candid, practical con
AFEM Podcast on Evolving DJ Sets to Live Electronic Shows
Developing a live electronic music show is one of the most complex steps an artist can take. The latest AFEM Industry Insider podcast brings together four practitioners working at the sharp end of liv
Cutting Through Digital Noise in Music
The next instalment of our Members Voices series is live. Owen Kiernan, Head of Digital at Cr2 Records, on how artists and labels can cut through the noise of more than 120,000 tracks added to DSPs ev
AFEM Roundtable on Tinnitus and Hearing Health
On Tuesday 5 May, AFEM hosts a public roundtable on tinnitus and hearing health for the electronic music industry. Two guests bring direct, lived and professional experience to a candid, practical con
AFEM Podcast: Evolving DJ Sets to Live Electronic Shows
Developing a live electronic music show is one of the most complex steps an artist can take. The latest AFEM Industry Insider podcast brings together four practitioners working at the sharp end of liv
Unison's Digital-First Publishing Platform Featured
In this Member Feature, we speak with David Serras Pereira, Licensing and International Manager at Unison about how they've built an independent, multi-territorial publishing rights management platfor
Owen Kiernan on Cutting Through Digital Noise for Artists and Labels
The next instalment of our Members Voices series is live. Owen Kiernan, Head of Digital at Cr2 Records, on how artists and labels can cut through the noise of more than 120,000 tracks added to DSPs ev
AFEM Health Roundtable on Tinnitus and Hearing Health
On Tuesday 5 May, AFEM hosts a public roundtable on tinnitus and hearing health for the electronic music industry. Two guests bring direct, lived and professional experience to a candid, practical con
AFEM Podcast Discusses Evolving DJ Sets to Live Shows
Developing a live electronic music show is one of the most complex steps an artist can take. The latest AFEM Industry Insider podcast brings together four practitioners working at the sharp end of liv
Owen Kiernan Discusses Navigating Music Release Overload
The next instalment of our Members Voices series is live. Owen Kiernan, Head of Digital at Cr2 Records, on how artists and labels can cut through the noise of more than 120,000 tracks added to DSPs ev
AFEM Hosts Roundtable on Tinnitus and Hearing Health
On Tuesday 5 May, AFEM hosts a public roundtable on tinnitus and hearing health for the electronic music industry. Two guests bring direct, lived and professional experience to a candid, practical con
AFEM Podcast on Evolving DJ Sets to Live Shows
Developing a live electronic music show is one of the most complex steps an artist can take. The latest AFEM Industry Insider podcast brings together four practitioners working at the sharp end of liv