It’s been proven again and again that K-Pop music acts are undoubtedly taking the lead when it comes to achieving global recognition for Asian acts. BTS, a boy group signed under YG Entertainment in Korea, takes global fame one step at a time when K-Pop’s popularity began to soar with the development in music streaming technology. Earlier today, IFPI announced…
While the age of the Internet has brought new and exciting ways for musicians to reach wider audiences for example…
In 2017, Tencent announced that it would bring PUBG to China back when it was still the world’s best-selling game.…
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…
For the last decade, DJs have been calling the shots. The mainstream music scene in Asia sees DJs taken under the wings of mother goose fertility – playing in some…
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Content Distributor vs. Content Provider After a grueling 18 months since AT&T first announced its desire to acquire Time Warner in an USD$85 billion mega-merger, the drama continues when the…
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The 1st edition of Wired Music Week [WMW], Malaysia’s very first electronic music conference, held at Cyberjaya’s Tamarind Square, is a huge move towards the country embracing one of the most popular music genre to date. Held 11-13 May, the 2018 event is organised by RBRN IDEAS founded by John Beh and Michael Mah. The conference saw the attendance of…
Over the last 12 months, we’ve asked some of the most technologically insightful nerd and entrepreneur at music and tech conventions about blockchain, and summed up some of the most…
While most of you may already be using a music platform somehow or rather (via an app on your smartphone or on your PC or Apple computer), there are still…
The new year is here, which can only mean one thing: new gadgets! Cut through the music landfill with our guide to the newest gadgets that define your musical choices…
We picked five acts from the impressive lineup of indie, folk, pop and electronic names that we think were Wonderfruit’s best so far and why. Izzy Bizu [caption id=”attachment_1872″ align=”alignnone”…
This year, IT’S THE SHIP made its first maiden voyage to the island of Phuket, Thailand crossing international waters from Singapore and return with over 4,000 shipmates in attendance. We’ve…
The launch of Spotify’s “Hub” in 2015 has garnered more than 6.6 billion K-pop streams with over 14.4 billion of listening minutes. When we thought that we’ve just had enough…
There’s a shift in discussions over the last 12 months within the executive groups in the music business. Where discussions used to be about the rise of the K-pop wave…
Attended by industry professionals, the talk focus on how music streaming is changing ways how artists and songs break, and how people discover and listen to music. Here are just…
If you have been to any festivals in the last 12 months, you might notice that there’s been a constant, a rather unobtrusive gadget that comes with every single festival event: the RFID wristband. The power behind RFID – referred to as radio-frequency identification –…
