NEWS
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]
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]
News flash #2 : Sacem, NFTs & royalties, STAGE+, a new music streaming service for classical works, and more.
There are times in the music industry that require a lot of attention because a lot of things are accelerating, and that's why we carry news flashes from time to time on hauméa ! We ... [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...
TikTok Music : is TikTok about to launch its own music streaming service ?
Social media moguls keep making business moves within the music industry : after Tencent's recent announcement regarding the launch of a Spotify for Artists-like digital device, some music experts have recently noticed that ByteDance, TikTok's ... [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]
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]
News flash #2 : Sacem, NFTs & royalties, STAGE+, a new music streaming service for classical works, and more.
There are times in the music industry that require a lot of attention because a lot of things are accelerating, and that's why we carry news flashes from time to time on hauméa ! We ... [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]
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]
After more than 3 years of hard work, the French association #MusicToo has shut down : it’s “the end… of a new beginning”
Unfortunately, people working in the music industry are also suffering from sexual harassment & sexual abuse. In France, the statistics are quite terrifying to say the least : according to CURA, an association gathering data ... [lire la suite]
Keychange : the artistic & professional development program unveiled its 76 new participants for 2022
You have certainly heard these past few months of support programs, mentoring and training for music artists & music pros. While there are many in France, a few of them also intervene on a European ... [lire la suite]
Chantier des Francofolies : the French award & support system has announced its shortlist for 2022
Les Francofolies : one of the most important festivals when it comes to showcasing the many talents of the French-speaking scene to the world. And, just like the Printemps de Bourges, another well-known French festival, ... [lire la suite]
French contest Prix Ricard Live Music unveils top 100 : discover the artists and our favored top 10 !
Among the various prizes and music support systems that exist in France and which help emerging independent artists to develop their audience & music, there is the Prix Ricard Live Music, which celebrates its 13th ... [lire la suite]
Big changes ahead for TIDAL : a free subscription tier, better revenues for artists & a user-centric model are on the way
TIDAL is a popular streaming platform in the United States but it does struggle to attract users elsewhere in the world. Well, that may change in the near future ! Do you remember SoundCloud's latest ... [lire la suite]
Spotify launches Greenroom, a Clubhouse-like social media app that gathers its users around live audio, user-generated content.
No streaming platform had created its own social media yet. SoundCloud was the closest platform to a social media – with the possibility of leaving comments and reposting your favorite songs and mixes on your ... [lire la suite]
SoundCloud becomes the first streaming platform to pay its artists fairly.
Deezer has been talking about it for a long time, and SoundCloud has done it. From March 2, 2021, SoundCloud officially becomes the first streaming platform to switch to the “user-centric” model for distributing artists' ... [lire la suite]
Jacques is back with a dissected track sold as an NFT !
You might know Jacques for his ability to innovate and surprise anyone that stumbles upon his music. Do you remember his 10-hour livestream during which he composed his album "A Lot of Jacques" in front ... [lire la suite]
XLR8R launches XNFT, their very own NFT marketplace specifically built for artists & members of the electronic music scene
If you've heard of Aphex Twin, Flume, Kings of Leon or Grimes lately, then you've heard of NFTs. These "tokens" which allow you through blockchain technology and cryptocurrency to become the owner of a digital ... [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...
The Crossroads Festival will be back for a 7th edition from the 8th to the 10th of November in Roubaix, North of France
The Crossroads Festival : a festival that we are particularly fond of at hauméa, especially because it is entirely dedicated to the promotion of both the local scene of the North of France and its ... [lire la suite]
It’s official : the annual MIDEM events will no longer occur
These are unforeseen and unprecedented announcements : the MIDEM events which bring together professionals from the world's music industry in Cannes every year, will not be renewed. The information was disclosed yesterday to few international ... [lire la suite]
