The Second “Vienna Music Business Research Days” in Retrospective

The second “Vienna Music Business Research Days”, which were held at the University of Music and Performings Arts Vienna from June 8-10, 2011, were devoted to “New Music Distribution Models”. Therefore, the economic potentials, which are involved in the new music distribution models, were highlighted. In addition, the impact of music downloading, music streaming and cloud-based music models on musicians and music consumers was also discussed.

Beyond the speeches and panel discussion with music industry experts, a young scholars’ workshop was organized the first time. PhD and master students presented the results of their research on “Innovations in Music Business” and discussed them with advanced academics in this field.

In the following summary of the second “Vienna Music Business Research Days” most of the speeches and discussion of June 8-9 can be downloaded in audio format, in printed version and as presentations.

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Vienna Music Business Research Days 2011

On June 8th, the second Vienna Music Business Research Days on “New Music Distribution Models” will start at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (Anton-von-Webern-Platz 1, 1030 Vienna). The main question, who profits from the new models of music distribution – downloading, streaming, cloud-music, will be  highlighted from different perspectives by international music business experts until June 1oth. For the program, please visit our conference webpage, where you also can download the conference folder.

The panel discussion in the evening of June 8th on the question “Is Streaming the answer …?” (in German) as well as the whole conference day on June 9th will be live streamed on the Internet: mms://mms.mdw.ac.at/musikwirtschaftsforschung_live 

There is Music in the Cloud

The launch of music locker services by online retailer Amazon and search engine Google opens a new round of discussion on the future of music distribution. Are cloud based music services the main business models of the future music industry or is it just a hype with a lot of hot air in the cloud?

In the following you like to answer this question.