🦠 Troy Carter starts daily panel discussions; Bandcamp sales were 15x usual amount on Friday; can livestreaming really help?; Brian May teaches Bohemian Rhapsody solo; COVID-19 and media industries
Daily update for the music business on the coronavirus (March 24)
Confirmed: music streaming WAS down last week amid Coronavirus quarantine… but not on YouTube (Music Business Worldwide)
Can livestreaming really help musicians struck by the pandemic's fallout? (i-D)
Troy Carter leading daily online panel discussion on how music industry can cope with new reality (Variety)
First their side hustle disappeared. Then their main jobs did too (Vice)
Music journalism during COVID-19 (Music Journalism Insider)
How COVID-19 will affect the media industries (Music Industry Blog)
Live sector
Coronavirus concert cancellations expose vulnerability of touring industry's gig economy (Billboard)
Ultra Music Festival’s coronavirus-friendly virtual EDM fest is a ‘depressing’ disaster (Daily Beast)
What are artists doing?
How Better Than Ezra’s Kevin Griffin raised $40,000 for MusiCares’ COVID-19 relief fund through Facebook (Variety)
Rappers are freestyling about coronavirus. It’s not the best subject for freestyles (Rolling Stone)
32 artists on the music they’re turning to during the coronavirus crisis (Pitchfork)
Self-isolation 101: artists tips for spending time at home (Resident Advisor)
Brian May teaches you how to play the Bohemian Rhapsody solo while in self-isolation (Guitar World)
‘In My Room’ with John Fogerty (Rolling Stone)
What are startups doing?
Bandcamp users spent $4.3 million during Friday's direct-to-artists sale (Bandcamp)
Beatport hosting a 24 hour fundraiser livestream with Carl Cox, Bonobo, Nina Kraviz & more (Facebook)
TikTok donates $10m to World Health Organization to fight COVID-19 (Music Business Worldwide)
😢🌹
Aurlus Mabele, Congolese king of soukous music, dies in Paris at 66 (New York Times)
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Thoughts
I wrote my first piece for i-D last week and it’s live now. In it, I explored the topic of livestreaming and revenue streams for artists in the crisis. I speak with Sebastien Lintz who among other things is label director for Revealed Recordings (founded by Hardwell) and David Weiszfeld who manages Petit Biscuit and is the founder of music analytics firm Soundcharts. These are two of the digitally smartest people I know, so be sure to read the piece.
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