In this guest post, Mona Hietala, the Japan market analyst at GameRefinery, explains the popularity – and opportunities – of music-based mobile rhythm games.
Tag: Guest Columns
We occasionally publish posts which voice the opinions of guest authors, and advance specific perspectives on important issues. They are chosen at the Editorial team’s discretion and are not paid-for.
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A summer of nostalgia: the value of legacy artists’ music videos today (guest column)
This is a guest post from Carl Young, Head of Music & Talent, UK at Vevo. He uses exclusive Vevo data to explore how audiences in a “summer of nostalgia” – where big heritage […]
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Navigating the uncharted territory of music licensing in the metaverse (guest column)
This is a guest post from Chris Herbert, SVP of Content, at VR platform Eyeora – which has powered a number of VR/metaverse music experiences, including from Cee-Lo Green – exploring the challenges of music licensing […]
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Youth Music CEO responds to government’s refreshed National Plan for Music Education (guest column)
This is a guest post from Matt Griffiths, CEO of UK charity Youth Music, where he responds to the government’s recently-refreshed National Plan for Music Education, in which the Department for […]
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“22 million songs a year, and only 12 notes available” – pursuing a copyright claim in the music industry today (Guest column)
This is a guest post on music copyright law by Oliver Lock, and Owen O’Rorke, who, respectively, work in Reputation Management and Intellectual Property & Commercial, at UK law firm Farrer & […]
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Big Bang Reads: Bringing buzzing sounds to beeping buttons – music and gaming in India
Big Bang Music is writing a series of guest columns for Music Ally’s readers to help you understand the latest trends in India. In this latest piece, Kartik Sundar explains how the recent success of non-film music and gaming is resulting in new music partnerships and brand opportunities.
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The majors’ defence of intellectual property rights is a key barrier to music/tech startups (guest column)
The music industry is recognised as a frontier sector for the process of by which platforms create markets linking sellers and buyers.
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What counts as an “album” in a record deal? (guest column by Nick Eziefula)
This is a guest column by Nick Eziefula, partner and leading music and entertainment lawyer at UK law firm Simkins. Nick, who specialises in commercial law and intellectual property (and […]
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Juxtapose With You: How artists and their labels balance art and commerce over the long-term (guest column)
Keith reflects on the artists who have weathered the storm and created a lifelong career of making music – and tries to define what ‘success’ is in that longer-term context.
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Web3 for Music: The NFT is as fundamental a technology as the MP3 (guest column)
This is a guest post from Simon Scott, CEO & co-founder of ecommerce and technology services company Push Entertainment, and also of Cirkay, a company created by Push to deliver digital content and […]
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The Shape of You court case shows the importance of tracking your creative process (guest post)
This is a guest post from Ed Newton-Rex, founder of AI music composition platform Jukedeck (acquired by Bytedance), and now leads Product in Europe for TikTok.
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Can the UK music industry solve its crisis of trust? (Guest post)
This guest column is by Andy Heath CBE, director of Beggars Group and co-founder of UK Music. In it, he draws from his deep personal experience in the music industry […]
