Gracenote is in Singapore this week at the Music Matters conference, considered by many as the most influential music industry event in the Asia Pacific region. Indeed, Sandy Monteiro, president of Universal Music Group International, South East Asia, last year declared that ‘every big change was pre-empted at Music Matters’, noting the example of the rise of K-Pop.
This year, everyone is talking about the migration to the Cloud. And in a discussion between Michael Nash, EVP, Digital Strategy and Business Development for Warner Music Group, and Rob Lewis, Executive Chairman for Omnifone, Nash pointed out music leading the way. He cited that fact that when 75 percent of all data is a copy – and much of that data is music – Cloud music services are offering a valuable de-duplication solution. In fact, this “jukebox in the sky” concept, where people can have high quality music in a locker, backed up and available at any time, fixes a lot of things broken in the digital ecosystem.
Gracenote plays an important part in the success of Cloud-based music. We power the world’s hottest services, including Sony’s Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity (which Nash described as “very sophisticated”), as well as powerhouses like Omnifone, PANDORA, MOG, Beyond Oblivion and Spotify. These services depend on our content and technology to both fuel and enrich their user experiences. And we see a lot of exciting opportunity for labels, artists and consumers alike as these services grow and proliferate.
We are looking forward to more insight from the last couple of days of this show, particularly from a panel that Gracenote CTO Ty Roberts will be moderating on “New and Alternative Methods of Music Distribution”, with representatives from Getty Images, 7 Digital, MXP4, Rdio and IODA.
So long for now from Singapore!
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