US singer-songwriter Alex Warren first came to prominence as a founding member of The Hype House, the TikTok-centric creator group based in Los Angeles. From here he started releasing music […]
Tag: Belgium
Bookr.fm is making an ‘intelligent assistant’ for festival curators
Belgian startup Bookr.fm started life as a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform built for festival bookers, but now it is evolving.
Labels take fight against Belgian remuneration right to European Court
Who doesn’t like to start their Friday by considering the ins and outs of Belgium’s implementation of European copyright legislation, eh? We are here to serve, as ever. This is […]
Impala unhappy with Belgian version of Euro copyright directive
Belgium has finally implemented the European Copyright Directive and Impala isn’t happy with its take on the legislation.
Belgian collecting society Sabam joins the Ice core in Europe
European licensing hub Ice was founded by three collecting societies: PRS for Music, Stim and Gema. However, its ‘Ice Core’ also licenses repertoire from other entities: Imro, BMI and independent […]
Belgium making up for a slow start with music streaming
Charlotte De Mets, head of marketing at Warner Music Benelux, predicts that Belgium will reach 2.5m music streaming subscriptions over the next few years, as the country starts to make […]
Country Profile – Belgium 2021
Belgium may not be a digital music powerhouse but music streaming is in the ascendance there, after DSPs improved their service in the country.
Digital Content Manager – Outhere Music – Brussels
The Outhere Music Group is one of the world’s leading independent producers of Classical and Contemporary music. It is home to the mythical Alpha Classics and Linn Records labels and […]
Former Armonia CEO Virginie Berger joins VC fund LeanSquare
Virginie Berger has joined Belgian venture-capital fund LeanSquare as a venture partner, moving from pan-European licensing platform Armonia, where she served as CEO for the past two years.
As well as being founder of Paris-based tech/media consultancy DBTH, Berger’s career has also included stints at Microsoft, NRJ, Omnicom and MySpace France.
Her role at LeanSquare involves running its music technology investment programme globally. She will also serve as the content director of Wallifornia Music Tech, a series of events focused on music and new technologies, from conferences to hackathons.
Country profile – Belgium 2016
Belgium is a market that is growing but also one that is suffering from a lack of localisation by digital services. Rather than be seen as an “outpost” of the […]
The unbelievable inside story of Crowdmix, Twitter goes into live sport, Belgium country profile
The latest Music Ally report went out last night. In it, you will find the warts and all story of what happened at Crowdmix and how it managed to spend £14m without fully launching.
Report 394 – Anatomy of a Catastrophe
Lead: the warts and all story of what happened at Crowdmix and how it managed to spend £14m without fully launching. Music Ally went undercover and spoke to a wide range of people involved with Crowdmix to ask them what happened and why the wheels fell off so spectacularly. There was, inevitably, not one single reason why it collapsed. Pulling together all the information, we have pinpointed a dozen reasons why Crowdmix never came to pass. We also ask what its implosion means for music startups in particular and the music business in general.


