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Exponential Change – and what I said about The Future of the Music Industry 13 years ago
As many of you may know, I was a digital music ‘activist' and pioneer in the early days of the Internet, from 1995 to around...
08
Mar 2021
Living in a Ghost Town – The Rolling Stones’ new song. Love it!
I've been a Rolling Stones fan forever – and this song is another reason why. The Stones totally rock!!! ... Read more
24
Apr 2020
Nick Cave on why composing awesome music will remain a human-only occupation
A guest post by Peter Van Nick Cave has an opinion on the capacity of AI to write a good song. In this wonderful article,...
03
Feb 2019
Frank Ocean, Apple Music, And The Headache Of Streaming Exclusives – quoting my 2005 book “The Future of Music”
“This new reality differs from the one we were promised. Back in 2005, academics David Kusek and Gerd Leonhard envisioned an almost utopian world in...
26
Aug 2016
A quick audioboom (podcast) on the future of streaming music
Listen to ‘Gerd Leonhard's quick take on the future of music streaming’ on audioBoom // Future of Streaming Music ... Read more
08
Apr 2015
The future of music: streaming to 2 Billion ‘paying’ users – if only the industry would allow it!
Update: cartoon via TheOatmeal (hat tip to Harriett Brand). Good read on QZ.com. Lately, it seems like I just can't escape the increasing coverage on much...
15
Mar 2015
The music industry: still obsessed with yesterday’s logic
… and this is the chief reason I no longer do any music-related work – you can lead a horse to the water but you...
27
Aug 2014
New podcast on the future of music revenue
… just went live on Soundcloud, thanks to Peter Petro. We had a nice chat and this podcast nails some of the big issues, but...
14
Feb 2014
New video: Keynote Presentation at DAFM2013: A Futuristic Outlook On The Music Creator, Consumer & The Business In Between
I think this is one of my best talks yet, on the apparently ever-green topic of the Future of the Music business:). The SKAP /...
06
Dec 2013
My presentation at DAFM / SKAP event in Stockholm, today (PDF): a futuristic outlook on the creator, consumer & the business in between (video too)
just a quick update: here is the PDF. More details about this event, here Dropbox low res 7MB Dropbox high res 28MB Owncloud low res...
