Many Faces – June 2025 In the dynamic world of the music industry, the CMOs partners of the Music360 project play a crucial role in managing and licensing music usage. For example, Sena, the Dutch organization for neighboring rights, represents the interests of both performing artists and music producers. An important aspect of their workContinue reading “Many Faces – The Diversity of Licensed Companies by Collaborative Management Organisations and the Music360 Research”
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Finlandia: Exploring the Unique Musical Landscape of Finland
Finlandia – May 2025 Finland, a land of vast forests, shimmering lakes, and long, dark winters, possesses a musical heritage as distinctive and captivating as its landscapes. For centuries, music has been woven into the fabric of Finnish life, evolving from ancient folk traditions to a vibrant and diverse contemporary scene. As the Music360 projectContinue reading “Finlandia: Exploring the Unique Musical Landscape of Finland”
Value creation in the music ecosystem
Value – April 2025 Over the past 150 years, the music ecosystem has evolved into a thick forest of technologies for music creation, generation, reproduction, distribution, and performance. Each new technology has increased the number of ways businesses could create value from music: by playing it in the background in public spaces, broadcasting, selling albumsContinue reading “Value creation in the music ecosystem”
Black Girl Memoir : Gender and minority representation challenges in the music industry
Black Girl Memoir – March 2025 A few days after International Women’s Day, we want to highlight the fact that the music industry, despite its apparent appearance of diversity, struggles with persistent gender and minority representation challenges. This leads to several issues: Gender Imbalance: Minority Challenges: The main contributing factors are often reported as systemicContinue reading “Black Girl Memoir : Gender and minority representation challenges in the music industry”
Change: Economic Development and Evolution of Singer-Songwriters Across Decades
Change – Feb 2024 In the Music360 project we aim to provide more transparency for creators in the value of their music. And by conducting research we aim to prove how music can be of added value for venue owners. Of course, we look at this from the perspective of the current music eco system.Continue reading “Change: Economic Development and Evolution of Singer-Songwriters Across Decades”
The Transformative Power of Music in Retail: Insights and findings from EU Music 360 Living Labs survey in Finland
The Power – Feb 2025 Introduction In today’s competitive retail environment, creating a differentiable, memorable, and enjoyable shopping experience is crucial. The impact of well-known commercial music on people’s emotional experiences and shared memories is undeniable. Background music not only influences the mood and comfort of customers but also enhances the overall atmosphere for employees.Continue reading “The Transformative Power of Music in Retail: Insights and findings from EU Music 360 Living Labs survey in Finland”
The spark: The Impact of Music in the Hospitality Sector – Insights from Ireland
The Spark – Jan 2025 Ireland has always been known as the land of a thousand welcomes. Visitors flock to our shores to sample our heritage, our culture and of course our music. Irish music has made a huge impact throughout the world, whether its Riverdance, U2, The Dubliners or Fontaines DC. Irish music isContinue reading “The spark: The Impact of Music in the Hospitality Sector – Insights from Ireland”
Ain’t no chimneys in the project: Unwrapping the Royalties Behind Christmas Classics
Ain’t no chimneys in the project – Xmas 2024 The holidays are upon us, and that means one thing is certain: our ears will be filled with the familiar melodies of Christmas classics. But while we’re enjoying the festive tunes, the songwriters and performers behind them are likely enjoying something else: a hefty dose ofContinue reading “Ain’t no chimneys in the project: Unwrapping the Royalties Behind Christmas Classics”
Why? (does Music360 do what it does?)
Why? – Dec 2024 By the way, why does Music360 do what it does? Ever wonder how your favourite musicians get paid when their songs are played on the radio, in a cafe, or even in a TV show? It seems simple, right? But behind the scenes, it’s a tangled web of outdated systems andContinue reading “Why? (does Music360 do what it does?)”
Halfway there
Halfway there – Nov 2024 The Music360 project is halfway; what we have done and where we are going Introduction The Horizon Europe project Music360 is a three-year Research and Innovation Action (RIA) project funded by the European Commission. The project aims to understand the value of music better. Partners are several Collective Management Societies (CMOs),Continue reading “Halfway there”
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