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Television

How Streaming & Paid-Sub Boost Asia-based Entertainment Industry

– Large distribution of television content prove healthy competition for top Asia-based content producers
– Asian Academy Award President urge finalist and winners to join International Emmy Awards

Asia continues to grow in its curation for television focusing on unique content found only in the region. Noticing the unparalleled and wealth of material Asia-based producers are realizing the importance of their creative roles as part of exposing Asia’s raw talent. While Asia remain heavily influenced by the culture and social norms from its western counterparts partly consumed by…

gaming

Will PUBG Take Over Gaming In China?

In 2017, Tencent announced that it would bring PUBG to China back when it was still the world’s best-selling game. While the conglomerate has altered PUBG’s content to meet China’s strict rules on violence and…

Cryptocurrency

Tencent Bid To Expand Gaming Outside China And Gain Foothold In Cryptocurrency Industry

Tencent Mulling Bid for Owner of Bitstamp & Korbit Reuters reports that Tencent is actively pursuing co-investors to purchase the South Korea-based NXC Corp, the company behind gaming firm Nexon. Kim Jung-ju reportedly wants to sell a…

Music Press Asia interviews Bernie Cho, President of DFSB Kollective, Korea at Music Matters, Singapore

charts

Korea Insights: Inconsistency In Korea’s Music Chart Systems

Music Press Asia interviews Bernie Cho, Presideent of DFSB Kollective at Music Matters [Part 2: Korea Insights, Interview With Bernie Cho, President – DFSB Kollective, Korea] What happens when there’s 3…

Hong Kong’s Prominence As Entertainment & Food Hub

Hong Kong has been a cultural tourist hot spot as long as we can remember. Food and entertainment live side by side – a culmination that sums up the DNA of Hong Kong lifestyle. Bowie…

Wired Music Week Unveils Phase 1 Line-Up 2019

Beh founded Wired Music Week – one of Malaysia’s very first music conference focused on establishing a more vibrant electronic music landscape in Malaysia. Last May, apart from the panel discussions and workshops, WMW also…

Blackpink Shopee Commercial Receives Warning From Indonesian Broadcasting Commission

Under the deal with Shopee, Blackpink have also starred in a commercial film and played a live gig in Indonesia to promote Shopee’s 12.12 Birthday Sale. Shopee aims to extend its leadership position in the…

Live

Star Planet and UnUsUaL Entertainment partners to tour Wang Leehom in Malaysia.

Wang Leehom ‘Descendants of the Dragon 2060’ World Tour Returns to Malaysia

With 62 mil fans on Weibo and 3.7 mil Facebook followers, Wang Leehom one of Taiwan’s most successful musical export in the region, is now back on tour. The show backed by production team who has worked on the Grammy Awards featuring spaceship, LED lighting,…

MITEC will be hosting KL Jamm's very first music festival in Kuala Lumpur.

KRU Group Announce Festival Partners & Line-Up

The festival curators at KL Jamm make bold move bringing back Sheila Majid, Zainal Abidin,…

Asia-Focus

Southeast Asia LIVE Promoter UnUsUaL Entertainment And Star Planet Partner To Host Wang Leehom’s World Tour

MIA has partnered with Southeast Asia’s top music promoter UnUsUaL Entertainment – a mm2 entertainment…

VR and AR companies have coasted 2018 with largely mediocre products. Any more hype and profitability may come from gaming for now.

Asia’s Tech Trends For The Music Industry in 2019

With Asia’s growing demand for a more organised music economy, companies and artists are pushing…

Yo! MTV Raps. Photograph courtesy of All Is Amazing, We are KIX

MTV Asia’s Yo! MTV Raps Special Win ‘Best Music Or Dance Programme’ Award

MTV Asia’s successful roll out of Yo! MTV Raps Special released June last year has…

How Is Korea’s Music Export Going To Look Like in 2019

Part 1. Perhaps, one of the latest news surrounding the K-pop world is YG Entertainment’s deal with Interscope Records. The deal is some of the most telling of what’s happening to the demand for Asian artists, K-pop artists in particular…

Why Vietnam’s Music Scene Could Be Asia’s Biggest Boom in 2019, After China

Here’s a look at what makes Vietnam enticing to new investments: Economy re-diversion In Vietnam’s efforts to attract companies seeking for options amid the China – U.S. trade war, it is wielding a plethora of advantages over its rivals. A…

Interview

charts

Korea Insights: Inconsistency In Korea’s Music Chart Systems

Music Press Asia interviews Bernie Cho, Presideent of DFSB Kollective at Music Matters [Part 2: Korea Insights, Interview With Bernie Cho, President – DFSB Kollective, Korea] What happens when there’s 3 separate music charts nationwide? Korea…

korea

How Is Korea’s Music Export Going To Look Like in 2019

Part 1. Perhaps, one of the latest news surrounding the K-pop world is YG Entertainment’s deal with Interscope Records. The deal is some of the most telling of what’s happening to the demand for Asian artists, K-pop artists in particular…

Eric Reithler-Barros Interviews Philipp Grefer Founder of WISE

Grefer speaks to Eric Reithler-Barros, founder of Fold Artists Shanghai and speaker at WISE, about the highlights at WISE this year. Music Press Asia releases Part 1 of a two-part…

How Is Korea’s Music Export Going To Look Like in 2019 [Part 1]

Perhaps, one of the latest news surrounding the K-pop world is YG Entertainment’s deal with Interscope Records. The deal is some of the most telling of what’s happening to the demand for Asian artists, K-pop…

How Can Music Executives Fight Against Climate Change?

The interview below was initially published on The Climate Music Project’s website. Erik has been writing and recording music for theater, dance, film and television in the Bay Area since…

WISE: What Do You See In The Future, In China?

WISE PHILIPP GREFER INTERVIEW PART 2 continues…. In this 2nd release of Barros’ interview with Grefer, founder at WISE and FakeMusicMedia – we’ve decided to include all of the Q&A…

Let's Talk Music

economy

Why Vietnam’s Music Scene Could Be Asia’s Biggest Boom in 2019, After China

Here’s a look at what makes Vietnam enticing to new investments: Economy re-diversion In Vietnam’s efforts to attract companies seeking for options amid the China – U.S. trade war, it is wielding a plethora of advantages over its rivals. A recent report by Natixis SA…

Wired Music Week Unveils Phase 1 Line-Up 2019

Beh founded Wired Music Week – one of Malaysia’s very first music conference focused on establishing a more vibrant electronic…

Patrick Moxey's [Founder of Ultra Music] interview with Music Press Asia at Music Matters, All That Matters, Singapore.

Music Press Asia Debuts Second Season of Short-Video Executive Interviews

Music Press Asia’s Executive Series mark the new beginning of Asia’s leading voices in the music entertainment business. In this…

Five Reasons Why You Need To Be At Rainforest Pavilion Wonderfruit 2018

1.Save the rainforest by partying The Rainforest Pavilion founded by Alex Joy of the Joy Collective follows the ethos of…

Wonderfruit Trumps Music Curation of the Year

This year’s Wonderers can expect to explore and be enthralled with Wonderfruit’s six pillars: the primary theme is Art &…

Djakarta Warehouse Project Calls Bali Its New Home

In celebration of its 10th anniversary, and always striving to keep things fresh, Ismaya Group have not only announced a…

YO! MTV RAPS Showcase Joe Flizzow, Twopee & G2

MTV Asia is taking the lead in bringing hip hop back to the music scene. In a 30-minute special, inspired…

Moogfest Stirs Durham Economy

This proves that a long-lasting music festival and conference can be an advantage to the local economy. Moogfest, the annual…

Technology

VR and AR companies have coasted 2018 with largely mediocre products. Any more hype and profitability may come from gaming for now.

trend

Asia’s Tech Trends For The Music Industry in 2019

With Asia’s growing demand for a more organised music economy, companies and artists are pushing the boundaries of fan engagement, live performances, creation, and music management. Asia is definitely embracing 2019 by adopting tech trends across the music industry. Music Recognition Technology [MRT] or Audio Fingerprinting While this is no longer a new technology, MRT is becoming more efficient when…

Erik Ian Walker wrote 'Climate' in a collaboration with The ClimateMusic Project.

How Can Music Executives Fight Against Climate Change?

The interview below was initially published on The Climate Music Project’s website. Erik has been writing and recording music for…

Grammy Nominated Artist Jean-Michel Jarre Partners with VR Artist Sutu and TheWaveVR

Having sold over 18 million copies of his first solo album ‘Oxygene’ worldwide, Jarre continues to make headlines as he embarked on his Electronica World Tour beginning of this year before the release of ‘Equinoxe Infinity’. Partnering with leading social VR platform and LA-based TheWaveVR,…

WISE: What Do You See In The Future, In China?

WISE PHILIPP GREFER INTERVIEW PART 2 continues…. In this 2nd release of Barros’ interview with Grefer, founder at WISE and FakeMusicMedia – we’ve decided to include all of the Q&A from Part 1 in the hope to achieve a more impressionable storytelling of Grefer’s passion…

Eric Reithler-Barros Interviews Philipp Grefer Founder of WISE

Grefer speaks to Eric Reithler-Barros, founder of Fold Artists Shanghai and speaker at WISE, about the highlights at WISE this year. Music Press Asia releases Part 1 of a two-part interview series that highlights his thought processes curating the program at WISE, what the future…

Review

Lady Gaga wows reviewer with her stunning performance and immaculate songwriting in 'A Star Is Born'. Photograph: Allstar/Warner Bros

FILMS

How Songwriters & Artists Could Learn From Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper

If Artificial Intelligence has been the show-stopping new technology crowding the latest product reviews, then A Star Is Born soundtrack is possibly the ‘show-stopper of music recording 2019’ , exemplary of how soundtrack should sound and Grammy-worthy. Bradley Cooper shows he can act as well as direct and sing but it is Lady Gaga’s pop bravura that showcases the fortitude of…

Sound Of Crisis Portrayed by Ai Wei Wei

WHERE ITS BEST WITH NO MUSIC Why Music On Mute Isn’t So Bad After All “A Dedication to Klaus-Peter Beyer and the Sound Department at Human Flow, A German Documentary Film Directed by Ai Wei Wei, Music By Karsten Fundal” Editor’s personal hashtags: #recalibrating#unapologetic #whatcanwedo#humanmigration #change #notimetolose #fastforwardplease#nomusic Ai…

Deadpool knows you’re watching…

If you don’t know what meta-fiction is, then let me give you a brief explanation. Meta-fiction is a form of literature that strives to keep you aware that it’s fiction. In the Deadpool films, the character Deadpool (real name Wade Wilson) is played by Ryan…

Editor’s Headphone Review 2018

For those of you who love playing music on the go and uncompromising on how it’s going to sound, we hear you at Music Press Asia. While we kept getting the same question every time we talk about our favourite music, we think it’s best…

Conference

5 Reasons Not To Miss Music Matters

Singapore is calling the return of music executives and artists to the country’s largest music conference under its large umbrella event All That Matters. Dubbed the SXSW of Asia, the conference continues to see some of the top music executives and artists discuss trends about…

Music Press Asia Partners With All That Matters Singapore

Asia-based music entertainment publication Music Press Asia is partnering with award-winning event marketing agency Branded to provide media coverage at All…