British artist Imogen Heap has launched her ‘Life of a Song’ project, which focuses on a single track from 2005, ‘Hide and Seek’, showing exactly how it has made money over the last 13 years, as well as how those revenues have been split between Heap, her label, publisher and other entities involved in the work. The song has made more than £787k over its lifetime so far. Original Source: musically.com

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In early October, the stars aligned to grace Reykjavík with a performance by the elusive electropop band Frou Frou. Composed of musicians Imogen Heap and Guy Sigsworth, the band released only one album, ‘Details,’ in 2002. They had already disbanded by 2004, when their song “Let Go” was featured in the Academy Award-winning cult classic film ‘Garden State’ staring Natalie Portman and Zack Braff, which catapulted them into acclaim. This was their first performance as

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English musician Imogen Heap has teamed up with Aesop agency to create a data storytelling platform called ‘The Life of the Song’ (LOAS). She claims it will encourage more fair-trade music business by protecting copyright and ensuring artists receive direct payment. “I am an artist, not an entertainer, and five record companies owe me money.” These words from Nina Simone reflect the unsettling realities of the music business and the need for greater transparency between the musician

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German company d&b teams up with Grammy award winning artist Imogen Heap for her current Mycelia world tour Grammy award-winning artist and producer Imogen Heap has embarked on a world tour with d&b audiotechnik’s immersive Soundscape system, with Heap describing it as unlike anything she has heard before. The Soundscape system is designed is to achieve natural imaging through source positioning.   “Normally, in a typical gig setup, the sound would be dispersed across a stereo

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Worldwide – Leading German audio technology company d&b audiotechnnik has partnered with Grammy Award winning recording artist Imogen Heap for her first tour in eight years. The live performances on Mycelia World Tour will be presented using its recently released d&b Soundscape system, which allows artists and designers to present more intimate and captivating acoustic spaces for their performances and events. Designed to put sonic artistry at the centre of the sound production process, Soundscape can

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We spoke to singer, songwriter, record producer and audio engineer, Imogen Heap about the potential blockchain has to help musicians and the wider industry Singer, songwriter, record producer and audio engineer, Imogen Heap speaks to us about the potential that blockchain has to help musicians and the industry more generally. She founded the company Mycelia, the mission of which is to “empower a fair, sustainable and vibrant music industry ecosystem involving all online music interaction services.” Imogen

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Two-Time Grammy Winner, Imogen Heap Aims to Disrupt Music Industry with Her Blockchain Music Platform Singer and songwriter, Imogen Heap has recently launched her blockchain music platformreferred to as Mycelia for Music. Heap’s intentions are to help musicians maximize on their abilities, while managing several aspects including past work traceability, efficient payment systems, insight and analytics on musical trends and online streaming of music to name a few. Another area of interest that Heap plans to

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If you have been feeling that the future doesn’t belong to you, then take heart and check out Nesta.org.uk. The National Endowment for Science, Technology and Art (Nesta) is a UK organization that works with 40 countries around the world to develop better methods of research, innovation and strategic planning for everything from government to health, business and the arts. This years 4th annual Future Fest featured luminary speakers like singer and musician Imogen Heap, performance artist

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