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Crossroads Festival : the North-based festival is back for its 8th edition !
The Crossroads Festival is an event that takes place in Roubaix, a city based in the North of France, and that has been showcasing the diversity of the music industry of the Hauts-de-France and its neighboring countries for nearly 10 years. This year, for its 8th edition, artists and professionals from the music industry will once again gather at a venue called the Condition Publique for three days of professional meetings and showcases from November ... [lire la suite]
Apple Music now paired with Apple Maps and Shazam to locate concerts near you.
Apple Music has become a little more interactive by locating concerts around you within Maps, thanks to Shazam's database.
Joséphine Award : the French prize comes back for a second edition after awarding November Ultra last year !
If you've had an eye on what's been happening in France around its music awards, you may have heard last year of the launch of the Joséphine Award – we, on our end, attended the ... [lire la suite]
Fake streams : the French National Music Center unveils the data behind a lesser-known type of fraud.
How many streams you have earned is one of the main ways today to tell whether an artist is popular or not. And because it is difficult to get to that level of visibility today as an artist...
News flash #3 : Sacem’s Grand Prix have been awarded, Anghami to host 200.000 AI generated tracks on its platform, Wiseband launches a music label & more
As you may already know, the end of the year and the beginning of this new year have been loaded with changes and announcements from all sides of the music industry. Support systems designed to ... [lire la suite]
Crossroads Festival : the North-based festival is back for its 8th edition !
The Crossroads Festival is an event that takes place in Roubaix, a city based in the North of France, and that has been showcasing the diversity of the music industry of the Hauts-de-France and its ... [lire la suite]
MaMA Music & Convention : we are 7 days away from the event, here is our ultimate guide to navigate it !
The MaMA Music & Convention is THE event that gathers most of the independent side of music industry, and it is held annually in various venues across two famous neighborhoods of Paris, Pigalle and Montmartre. ... [lire la suite]
Apple Music now paired with Apple Maps and Shazam to locate concerts near you.
Apple Music has become a little more interactive by locating concerts around you within Maps, thanks to Shazam's database.
Joséphine Award : the French prize comes back for a second edition after awarding November Ultra last year !
If you've had an eye on what's been happening in France around its music awards, you may have heard last year of the launch of the Joséphine Award – we, on our end, attended the ... [lire la suite]
Fake streams : the French National Music Center unveils the data behind a lesser-known type of fraud.
How many streams you have earned is one of the main ways today to tell whether an artist is popular or not. And because it is difficult to get to that level of visibility today as an artist...
News flash #1 : Spotify interested in promoting NFTs, Spinnup goes invite-only, the MIDEM festival comes back & more
Sometimes there's so much going on in the music industry that it's hard to write about it all ! This is why we are now including a news flash in our news section, in which ... [lire la suite]
Majeur•e•s : a digital & professional directory that casts a light on women & gender minorities in the music industry
One person out of three*, out of all the people working in the French music & live industry, is a woman. This is not much, especially when this rate is compared to the rest of ... [lire la suite]
Joséphine Award : the French prize comes back for a second edition after awarding November Ultra last year !
If you've had an eye on what's been happening in France around its music awards, you may have heard last year of the launch of the Joséphine Award – we, on our end, attended the ... [lire la suite]
Prix Joséphine : a new French prize that awards French artists for their creative input & not their fame
We all know of the Grammy Awards, and their French counterparts are now as the Victoires de la Musique... but what are the prizes that really award musicians for what they do first : be ... [lire la suite]
FAIR 2022 : the French support system unveiled its first 7 prizewinners for 2022 !
Among all of the support systems that are the most coveted by emerging artists in France, there is the FAIR, known for being the #1 support system for emerging artists on the French music scene. ... [lire la suite]
Apple Music now paired with Apple Maps and Shazam to locate concerts near you.
Apple Music has become a little more interactive by locating concerts around you within Maps, thanks to Shazam's database.
News flash #1 : Spotify interested in promoting NFTs, Spinnup goes invite-only, the MIDEM festival comes back & more
Sometimes there's so much going on in the music industry that it's hard to write about it all ! This is why we are now including a news flash in our news section, in which ... [lire la suite]
The music platform Bandcamp was acquired by Epic Games, the video game studio behind Fortnite
Bandcamp, this music platform that allows artists to receive a significant percentage of the sales of their CDs, vinyls, but also their merchandising – a lot more than the traditional music marketplaces like iTunes. Bandcamp ... [lire la suite]
News flash #1 : Spotify interested in promoting NFTs, Spinnup goes invite-only, the MIDEM festival comes back & more
Sometimes there's so much going on in the music industry that it's hard to write about it all ! This is why we are now including a news flash in our news section, in which ... [lire la suite]
#10 : Web 3.0 : Universal Music Group partners with leading avatar technology company Genies to create digital avatars of their artists… in the metaverse
Universal follows the early steps of Meta (aka Facebook) as well as of Warner Music Group and confirms its place in the new metaverse market. Last month, UMG announced the creation of a fictional metaverse-based ... [lire la suite]
French pop rock band Thé Vanille makes a video game called “The Slower Fix” to promote their music & future releases
Oklou and Krampf have made one a few years ago, other artists have made one for themselves over time... we are talking about games, and more specifically about bands making video games. A large number ... [lire la suite]
Crossroads Festival : the North-based festival is back for its 8th edition !
The Crossroads Festival is an event that takes place in Roubaix, a city based in the North of France, and that has been showcasing the diversity of the music industry of the Hauts-de-France and its ... [lire la suite]
MaMA Music & Convention : we are 7 days away from the event, here is our ultimate guide to navigate it !
The MaMA Music & Convention is THE event that gathers most of the independent side of music industry, and it is held annually in various venues across two famous neighborhoods of Paris, Pigalle and Montmartre. ... [lire la suite]
MaMA Festival & Convention : the full program & lineup has been unveiled !
The MaMA Festival & Convention is a staple in the French music industry and has been gathering more and more international artists & pros throughout the years. In fact...
