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Tencent Talk China at Music Matters
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Tencent Music Entertainment Group Talks China at Music Matters

Music industry leaders from Asia and rest of the world converged in one of the region’s most exciting music conference and festival All That Matters to discuss some of the most exciting issues before wrapping up the year 2017. While some of us may think about how we can promote our own music, movers and shakers from the music industry have come together to join the 5-day music festival and 3-day conference held in the heart of the financial city of Singapore. Held at Ritz Carlton Millenia, the conference wraps…

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Music Press Asia Interviews VP of Joox Poshu Yeung #datatech #musicstreaming #localcuration

Vice President of Joox Poshu Yeung Speaks about Data Technology

In this series of interview, topics include the myth of data technologies, how Tencent expanded, how Joox work with brands and the future of this technology affecting users’ consumption of music. Poshu Yeung, Vice President of the International Business Department at Tencent speaks with MNA’s editor on how things are picking up at Joox and Tencent. Poshu Yeung, a graduate…

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Slot Machine believes that their international acclaim has to do with all the commitment, hard work and team work.
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Slot Machine: We Came From The Alternative Rock Scene

While many of the artists in the region contemplate the direction of their musical careers oblivious to the economics of the music industry, some have already forged their way forward blurring distractions on the way with only one focus in mind. For the last 15 years, Slot Machine has been on the precipice of the Thai music industry. While they…

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Quincy Jones Yuna JBL E55BT

Quincy Jones Launches New JBL Bluetooth Headphone with Yuna

If there’s one person we want to pick whose works are a showmanship of ultimate musicianship skills, then it’ll have to be the long-time American record producer – Quincy Jones – who is also a conductor, composer, musician , television producer, instrumentalist, magazine founder, entertainment company executive and recently, the proud owner of JBL’s newest product: the E55BT, a reasonably…

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Budweiser STORM announced its 2017 return to key markets plus expansionary plans into new cities within China, including Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Changsha, and Xiamen.

What Has China Got to Do with Electronic Music?

Transitioning from one of the world’s biggest metropolitan cities to another – from New York to Shanghai – Eric Reithler-Barros is moving on track after his last stint at SFX Entertainment to lead one of China’s booming electronic music conglomerate – A2LiVE – as Managing Director and Chief Commercial Officer that owns STORM Festival, DianYinTai, A2ARTISTS, Strobe Light Talent, and…

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Write Rhythm connects dance music content creators directly to labels according to specific dance genres.

Inside The EDM Content Machine in Asia

Indicators are green, there have been leaps and bounds in the development of the electronic dance music (EDM) industry in Asia in recent years. International festivals such as Ultra, Electric Zoo and others have recognized the marketspace and entered to compete with powerhouse Asian properties such as Storm (China), Zouk Out (Singapore), Wonderfruit (Thailand), and Djakarta Warehouse Project (Indonesia) to…

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Daito Manabe. Photo courtesy of Sonar Hong Kong
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Daito Manabe On Creativity As A Digital Artist

Calling Daito Manabe a DJ may just be one of the most modest things we could ever describe a digital artists. Hailed as the world’s most renowned contemporary digital artists of our time, Daito Manabe’s recent performance with nosaj thing at Sónar in Hong Kong has not only captured the abstract beats and emotive melodies of the two performers, but…

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A Sound Swarm device created by a group of friends borne from Dim Sum Lab

Music Tech Series: How To Build Your Drum Machine

At the upcoming Sónar Hong Kong festival, the founders of Sound Swarm will be running a 2-hour workshop allowing one to explore, fuse and assemble the inner workings of their very own Sound Swarm device. Dim Sum Labs tells us how sound is mechanically developed and what drives them to create such a device. Q: What is Sound Swarm and…

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Gerry Beauregard, founder of AudioStretch, is now the Associate VP , Audio Core Lead at BandLab

AudioStretch from a Tech Perspective (2/2)

page 2 continues… / Back to first page Q: Besides your skill being a software engineer, what sort of experience/knowledge do you need to understand and develop audio software like AudioStretch? I have over 30 years of experience developing software and training in electrical engineering including digital signal processing – as well as just as many years as a musician.…

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ow to effective attract music fans in the ever more increasing music sphere where consumers no longer have a long attention span

The Goldfish Syndrome is Forcing the Music Industry to Evolve

While study by Microsoft has shown that human has an attention span of merely eight seconds similar to a goldfish, the challenges in a developing and evolving industry such as the music industry remain as a challenge when it comes to feeding content and attracting loyal fan bases within a very short time frame (this is a matter of a…

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