Black Collar Workers 0 Metal is the Fastest Growing Genre of Music on TuneCore April 30th, 2019 at 9:47am Vince Neilstein Metal’s streaming and downloading numbers jumped 154% year over year.
Black Collar Workers 0 Digital Streaming Services Reigned King in the Music Industry in 2018 March 4th, 2019 at 12:47pm MetalSucks Meanwhile physical sales were down, and so were permanent digital downloads.
Editorials 0 Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Music Royalties December 14th, 2018 at 11:06am MetalSucks A primer on the very confusing world of how musician gets paid for their creative works.
Black Collar Workers 0 CD Sales Down 41%, Overall Music Revenue Up 9.5% in First Half of 2018 September 21st, 2018 at 4:21pm Vince Neilstein Digital downloads are down and streaming is up.
Black Collar Workers 0 Physical Sales Outpaced Digital Downloads in 2017 March 27th, 2018 at 9:57am Vince Neilstein Also: streaming revenue now accounts for nearly 2/3rds of all income derived from recorded music.
Black Collar Workers 0 Streaming Revenue in 2016 Topped Downloads, CDs and Vinyl Sales Combined March 31st, 2017 at 9:44am Vince Neilstein Also: has the vinyl resurgence peaked?
Metal Tech 0 Anthrax’s Scott Ian Loves Spotify Now: “It’s the Best Thing Ever.” October 25th, 2016 at 10:51am Vince Neilstein This after saying last year, “Take your streaming and shove it up your ass.”
Metal Tech 0 Machine Head’s Robb Flynn Still Loves Spotify, Likes Apple’s New Streaming Service Too October 9th, 2015 at 3:00pm Vince Neilstein The outspoken singer discusses Machine Head’s success on streaming services in his latest diary entry.
Black Collar Workers 0 Streaming Music Revenue Surpasses CD Sales Revenue for First Time Ever in 2014 March 25th, 2015 at 12:00pm Vince Neilstein If you’re still railing against streaming as the culprit of a failing industry… what are you doing?? Get on board. There’s clearly real money to be made.
Editorials 0 The State of the Music Industry, October 2014 October 20th, 2014 at 12:30pm Vince Neilstein A doom-and-gloom prophesying Billboard article made the rounds last week. Seems like a good time to take stock of what’s going on in the music industry at large, including declining record sales, declining digital sales, and the rise of vinyl.
