CHINA // INDUSTRY NEWS // TENCENT MUSIC FINED, FORCED TO END EXCLUSIVE COPYRIGHTS It could’ve been worse. China is cracking down on big tech companies left and right, and there were rumors that Tencent Music might be forced to divest two of their three DSPs, which didn’t happen. What did Read more…
CHINA // INDUSTRY NEWS // GROOVE DYNASTY FEATURED IN GIGLIFEPRO AGENCY SPOTLIGHT Okay, forgive us a bit of self-congratulation off the top here. GigLifePro is a music consultancy company which features an awesome database of people who work in the music industry in Asia. Their most recent Agency Spotlight segment Read more…
CHINA // INDUSTRY NEWS // WARNER MUSIC LAUNCHES ASIAN DANCE LABEL Warner Music has been investing in Asia and China for a number of years now, last month cementing these endeavors with the announcement of a new label focused on Asia’s dance scene, called Whet Records. First release is from Read more…
CHINA // INDUSTRY NEWS // FOREIGN ARTISTS RETURN TO CHINA Since the summer of last year, China has been one of the only places in the world that doesn’t still face mass cancellations for events. It’s been great so far for Chinese artists, who’ve still mostly had free range to Read more…
CHINA // INDUSTRY NEWS // NETEASE AND TENCENT NAME 2020’S BIGGEST ALBUMS AND ARTISTS NetEase delivered their winning news via a very sleek in-app miniprogram, which was painstakingly translated by Groove Dynasty employee Ivy and is now featured on the Groove Dynasty blog. Tencent went for a bit more glitz Read more…
CHINA // INDUSTRY NEWS Some articles in this month’s newsletter are a few months old, I’m including them because they are great resources and still hold value to my readers in terms of understanding the overall music industry in China and it’s future outlook. New readers, please note, this is Read more…
CHINA // INDUSTRY NEWS Let me keep this part short – despite its coverage, this seems to me more like politicians pissing on each other than actual news, and I doubt it will have any real affect on the music industry or business at large. Details on exactly what’s happening Read more…
CHINA // INDUSTRY NEWS Well, I don’t know how much she personally made. But many are touting her new album’s success within China, led by NetEase Cloud Music and QQ Music who had giant banners and dedicated pages in their app for the album all week. Note that the album Read more…
CHINA // INDUSTRY NEWS Over the past six months, the world has changed in nearly every way you can imagine. The music industry was one of hardest hit by Covid-19, as sweeping event cancellations have not only cut a major source of income for artists, but shifted fans’ sense of Read more…
SCMP is a leading news publication covering news and events in China and Asia at large. Their recent article covering Beijing’s recent initiative to increase the music industry in China featured a quote for Groove Dynasty owner and CEO Kyle Bagley. These initiatives cover both the live and digital music Read more…