Imogen Heap Wants to Decentralize the Music Industry With Ethereum
Amid the Ether hype, British pop artist Imogen Heap has announced she is working on a decentralized music distribution service, which will run on the blockchain and be linked to the booming currency. Imogen Heap has already released the single “Tiny Human,” available for purchase using Ether, which has since considerably increased in value following its....
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British singer and songwriter Imogen Heap has discussed how blockchain technology could help empower musicians. Speaking at TechCrunch Disrupt London yesterday, Heap, a self-confessed technologist and Grammy Award winner, told the audience that a revolution among artists was impending and that smart contracts on the blockchain could transform the ways in which people in the industry interact with data. She added: "We are at an amazing point in history for artists. A revolution is going to happen, and next year it's going to take over. It's the ability of artists to have the control and the....
Grammy Award-winning U.K. singer, songwriter, and producer, Imogen Heap, has pushed a little further her call for the use of the blockchain technology as the solution to many of the issues dogging the present day music industry. As reported by Real Business, Heap explained why it is time for the industry to reinvent the way people discover new content and the creators get paid after giving the crowd at the Oslo Innovation Week a short performance with her Mi.Mu gestural music gloves. She said: Imagine if every time someone interacted with a song people got paid, without having to look them....
Empowering artists through the blockchain is something that has reached an international audience. Informing a global audience about the advantages of the blockchain far outweigh the negative publicity that it has received. In a TechCrunch interview at a Disrupt conference in London, Imogen Heap gives a detailed description of her MiMu gloves used in performances, but also a very real idea of future practices for artists- music that is- using the blockchain revolution that, she says "will fully blossom next year-2016." Public awareness has been characterized with pros and cons on the topic....
Musicians are turning their attention to the power of blockchain as a way of generating more revenue in an industry that is experiencing a decline in shares. According to the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), 2015 saw music sales rise by 3.7% driven by the fact that streaming grew by a massive 82%; however, despite this, revenue increases only grew by a tiny 0.6%. Unsurprisingly, the music industry is keen to shake things up ensuring that musicians receive the money they are entitled to for music sales. What, though, could help to revolutionize the music industry? Enter blockchain.....
Phil Barry believes the Ethereum blockchain can change the music industry. To him, it is "the current best system for building complex decentralised applications." Barry might know. He consulted for Courtyard and ATC Management, leading a team working on financial analysis, media strategy and user experience for the world-first release of Thom Yorke's solo album Tomorrow's Modern Boxes on BitTorrent. He currently leads up Ujo Music. Ujo aims to engage in a nmber of joint experiments with artists, PROs and music companies into 2016, striving to represent a new shared infrastructure for the....