- Apr 12, 2012
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Hey, thought I'd share my 5 predictions for 2015 for the music industry, would be keen for others to share theirs as well.
1. Labels will become even more irrelevant. Bands will turn to new technology such as Kobalt to manage the business side of things, and there will be new gateways to book, manage and promote tours. Bands will gain more control of their revenue streams, and technologies that favour labels over bands (eg Spotify) will need to adjust to remain relevant.
2. A fresh genre of music will begin to emerge in the charts - something other than RnB, faux-skrillex techno or country. My bet is Ed Sheeran acoustic style with actual talent driving the production which doesn't rely on Auto-tune and heavy editing.
3. More Asian bands / acts will break through, particularly South Korean and maybe Chinese.
4. Slate Digital will have a big year. Virtual Microphone System and a couple of VMR packs will be big hits. A Raven price drop and additional DAW support will see even greater shift towards touchscreen interfacing.
5. No new leaps forward in amp sim technology. S-Gear may finally release their hardware box and along with additional amp/cab packs for Recab 4, Kemper, Axe FX, there will be nothing to get excited about. The generation that grew up with ipods/ipads will finally realise that BIAS is nothing special.
1. Labels will become even more irrelevant. Bands will turn to new technology such as Kobalt to manage the business side of things, and there will be new gateways to book, manage and promote tours. Bands will gain more control of their revenue streams, and technologies that favour labels over bands (eg Spotify) will need to adjust to remain relevant.
2. A fresh genre of music will begin to emerge in the charts - something other than RnB, faux-skrillex techno or country. My bet is Ed Sheeran acoustic style with actual talent driving the production which doesn't rely on Auto-tune and heavy editing.
3. More Asian bands / acts will break through, particularly South Korean and maybe Chinese.
4. Slate Digital will have a big year. Virtual Microphone System and a couple of VMR packs will be big hits. A Raven price drop and additional DAW support will see even greater shift towards touchscreen interfacing.
5. No new leaps forward in amp sim technology. S-Gear may finally release their hardware box and along with additional amp/cab packs for Recab 4, Kemper, Axe FX, there will be nothing to get excited about. The generation that grew up with ipods/ipads will finally realise that BIAS is nothing special.