This past year, many people are finding friendships harder to maintain. Group chats and phone calls are just not the same as going out and having adventures, sharing delicious meals, watching movies at the theatre, or late-night chats on the couch. Texting back and arranging Zoom calls are burdensome in comparison to the effortless emotional...
The State of Today’s Music Streaming dominant force of recorded music, and its significance grows yearly. Streaming nowadays is so popular that in U.S., streaming accounts accumulates around 80% of music revenues. Spotify is the next Netflix of the music industry for today’s generation, dominating its competitors with around 248 million active users in the...
Spotify, one of the world’s most popular music streaming services employs 5,584 people in 79 different countries. The platform has recently made headlines as the latest tech company to implement a flexible work model in response to the ongoing pandemic. The company announced that it is adopting....
The entertainment industry suffered great losses in 2020. Lockdown brought about the cancellation of concerts and countless events. Artists, producers and record companies had to come up with innovative ways of communicating with the public. That is why music documentaries and recorded live shows became more popular than ever this year. This article explores this rising trend.
The past few decades have seen a steady decline in guitar’s popularity as an instrument. Most younger generations don’t listen to music that is guitar-based, and sales of the instrument have gone down consistently throughout the late 2000s into the 2010s. However, the COVID-19 pandemic seems to have turned this downward trajectory around. Due to...
It's not the first time there has been a pandemic, and it's not the first time humans have faced it with music. Music helps to maintain social bonds (a necessity for every human) in a time where physical distancing is essential. So get out on your balcony, start a choral, and assist in the fight...
Since the initial outbreak of COVID-19, our world as we know it has undergone a fundamental change. During these times, people naturally gravitate toward sources that bring them comfort. For many, that source has been music. But how has pop music itself functioned during the pandemic? What kind of new music should we expect as the months go on? To find out more...
Coronavirus hit the music industry on a large scale, with live event sales suffering the most. This pandemic is expected to cost around 10 billion dollars in business sponsorships, with longer expected delays. To find out more about the music industry’s alterations in response to COVID-19, we invite you to read this article. The three different influences of COVID-19...