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Rhapsody Enter the UK and Germany with Streaming Music Service

Rhapsody has announced their music streaming service is now available in Germany and the UK via their Napster deal. A few months ago it was announced that Rhapsody acquired Napster, but that was for the US assets, thus they needed to signed a deal with the remaining Napster service in Europe.

Spotify is yet to launch in Germany to compete with Napster and Simfy, but this is expected to change very soon!

Skrillex – Rock n Roll (Will Take You to the Mountain)

Im probably the biggest fan of Skrillex in the world. I wanted to share with everyone my favourite Skrillex track: Rock n Roll.

p.s. It also has a great video.

Full Focus ft. Pain – Scream

Im really enjoying this track at the moment.

RouteNote Direct Widget Update

RouteNote has just released an update for the RouteNote Direct widget tool last week. Previously, we had a bug in the RouteNote Direct widget and it is very important that if you have embedded the widget on your website that you update it now. All you need to do to update is head to your release page on RouteNote Direct and grab the widget code again and update it on your site. This will resolve all issues.

We are always looking to improve RouteNote Direct and our full RouteNote offering, so if you have any suggestion please feel free to drop them below.

IFPI Digital Music Numbers for 2011

The IFPI have release some very interesting figures with regards to growth in 2011.

  • Digital trade revenue was up 8 percent to $5.2 billion.
  • That was the first year the growth rate increased since IFPI records began in 2004. Previously, growth rate of 10 percent in 2009 had sunk to five percent in 2010.
  • Globally, digital is now 32 percent of labels’ income, up from 29 percent (that is 52 percent in the U.S. and 71 percent in China). Download volume grew 17 percent to 3.6 billion.
  • Adoption of subscription services grew 65 percent to 13.4 million consumers. Remarkably, in Sweden, subscription contributes an impressive 85 percent of digital music revenue generally, thanks to its local hero Spotify.

HMV Giveaway 2.5% of Their Company to Suppliers, But Why Is This a Good Thing?

HMV has been struggling a lot with its mounting debt, pressure from banks and fall in overall sales. HMV has now announced that they will be giving equity worth 2.5 percent to its key suppliers – music and movie studios – to avoid breaching its banking covenants. This saw HMV shares rise 100% in a matter of minutes. I find it very interesting that HMV can give away 2.5% of their company for writing off old debt and shares can increase. I know their bottom line looks a lot better, but it really doesn’t draw away from the fact that the CD music market is in decline and HMV isnt adapting very well to this changing market!

HMV are also in talks to sell their profitable live music company, Mama Group, plus selling off their 50% stake in 7Digital. I can only see tough times ahead of this high street giant who didn’t move with the times (sounds very much like the Kodak story!).

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Fantastic Animals by Tam Johnstone

Fantastic Animals is my favourite release on RouteNote Direct at the moment. Fantastic Animals is from the very talented Tam Johnstone who has been in many bands throughout the years.

What do you think of Fantastic Animals?

Natalia Kills – Mirrors (Omega Remix)

This is by far my favourite track at the moment. Natalia Kills – Mirrors (Omega Remix). Im a huge fan of Dubstep and our Dubstep catalogue here at RouteNote is growing daily!

Jon Irwin the President of Rhapsody Seems to Just Bad Mouth Competitors

Ian Rogers just interviewed Jon Irwin the Rhapsody President. In the interview he seemed to spend a lot of time talking about Rhapsody competitors and how their products were really limited.. and not talking about why Rhapsody actually stands out from these other service.

Here at RouteNote we have been trying to sign with Rhapsody for about 3 years and in that time they have been refusing to add new partners. I can’t really see Rhapsody ever leaving the USA, thus its a bit of a waste of time!