🦠 K-Pop moves forward; record companies not safe from economic fallout; Live Nation launches $10M fund; livestreaming into the abyss; queer nightlife moves online; Spotify listening trends in lockdown
Daily update for the music business on the coronavirus (April 1)
K-Pop industry moves forward as South Korea controls coronavirus spread (Billboard)
Children’s music never broke through in China, but coronavirus may change that (Quartz)
Record companies aren’t safe from the coronavirus economic fallout (Rolling Stone)
US album sales plummet to a historic low (Resident Advisor)
How to market your music during lockdown – according to one of the world’s biggest record companies (Music Business Worldwide)
Stockpiled sounds & the consumption of music in COVID-19 isolation (The Quietus)
Crisis management lessons from the music industry (Synchtank)
How social distancing has shifted Spotify streaming (Spotify)
Live market
UK Music Venue Trust says a million in emergency funding is needed to ensure grassroots venues can survive (CMU)
Let us offer credit for cancelled shows, say assocs (IQ Mag)
StubHub is offering credit, not refunds, for cancelled events in US and Canada (Music Ally)
Livestreaming
Livestreaming into the abyss (First Floor)
How digital clubbing became the saviour of queer nightlife (i-D)
Virtual concerts raise money, spirits amid Covid-19 crisis (IQ Mag)
Podcast: live-streaming in the era of isolation with YouNow President Jake Branzburg (Music Tectonics)
The coronavirus hasn’t slowed classical music (New York Times)
Mat got some great answers - check out the thread on Twitter.
What artists are doing
Death Cab for Cutie’s Ben Gibbard on his daily livestreams: ‘it’s given me a purpose’ (Rolling Stone)
Nine Inch Nails just released two new albums for free (The Verge)
Jon Bon Jovi and fans writing COVID-19 anthem thousands of verses long (CMU)
Van Morrison in lockdown: ‘I am trying to get back into writing songs’ (The Independent)
Lukas Nelson on staying home and focusing on the music (NPR)
Resources & relief
E-commerce platform Big Cartel opened a fund (applications closed) (Big Cartel)
Substack is donating $100k to writers (Substack)
Newport Folk & Jazz Festival producer on power of new relief fund: 'we’re invested in our community' (Billboard)
APRA is paying live royalties early, cutting costs during pandemic (The Industry Observer)
Twitch ‘Stream Aid’ raises $2.8 million, nabs 135,000 concurrent viewers (Tubefilter)
Live Nation launches $10M fund to support concert crews (Billboard)
Record Union launches music-focused ‘Wellness Starter Pack’ (Music Ally)
“A rescue umbrella”: New funding offers European biz financial boost (IQ Mag)
😢🌹
Wallace Roney, jazz trumpet virtuoso, is dead at 59 (New York Times)
'I Love Rock 'N' Roll' writer's family shares harrowing story of Alan Merrill's coronavirus death (Billboard)
The best way of showing your appreciation is to spread the word and perhaps help a few friends and colleagues stay up to date on the coronavirus crisis in music.
Thoughts
Someone make a Chatroulette / StumbleUpon for music livestreams already.
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I made a playlist to keep my spirits up, containing mostly UK dance music from around 2000: Groove Armada, Dub Pistols, So Solid Crew, Apollo 440, Phats & Small and much more. Listen to it on Spotify.
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