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MUSIC PUBLISHING & rECORDING
Recording and publishing investment and catalog acquisitions for all Asia Pacific markets.
BUSINESS development
Business planning & strategy. New markets and country expansion. Business development conceptualisation & execution.
LICENSING
Navigate the complex music licensing landscape. Ensure you have the licenses you need to run your business. Global, regional & local licensing for all music rights, recording and music publishing.
STREAMING
At the forefront of music streaming since 2000, including Spotify, Sony Music Unlimited, Samsung Milk, Line Music and Joox. B2C and B2B services. Country expansion, licensing, marketing and subscriber acquisition / retention.
INTERESTING
February 2, 2018
Two unrelated but interesting stories from Asia this week. Firstly from China, Tencent and Sony Music have teamed up to create a new EDM label called Liquid State. This is reallyinteresting as it marks an early indication of where streaming services are heading (and must head), i.e. content ownership and not just distribution. Here's the MBW a...
January 13, 2018
There have been a couple of important stories in the last week or so. The first is the latest lawsuit against Spotify (here’s the Music Business World article and the Billboard article, plus the article on Apple also being sued).
I’ve worked for artists and songwriters for 30 years, and they always have to be paid for their work. But it’s...
January 10, 2018
Really good piece on the new MMA legislation before Congress in the US. Not sure if it's the answer but a start. http://illusionofmore.com/can-streaming-ever-work-for-songwriters/
November 12, 2017
A really interesting (not so small) niche of the music industry. The challenge is taking a service which allows young music fans to create their own music video, to a service which finds real talent and plugs it into the existing ecosystem. And makes money (probably via brands). MIDia's article is here.
October 17, 2017
July 7, 2017
Will we see the return of the record store? I used to love record stores, it was an integral part of the music experience which our kids are missing. My favourite was a store in Venice CA that was mostly chairs with headphones and a bunch of customer recommendations. You could spend an entire Saturday there. Maybe Amazon has the answer.
March 23, 2017
March 22, 2017
Paul Resnikoff from Digital Music News thinks Spotify should become a record label - which is not as silly as it sounds.
March 7, 2017
It's scandalous that we're still talking about getting our act together on songs data. According to Digital Music News, Spotify are settling a lawsuit brought against them for failing to license all the publishing rights they need to run their streaming service. After nearly 10 years in the market, there's no excuse for Spotify not knowing who you...
February 8, 2017
DATA
Big data for music, social media and consumption insights, works data and intelligence around emerging artists and brands.