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Twitch Debuts Live Streaming Music Concerts, Twitch Broadcasters Can Play Host

Source: HypeBot
August 2, 2014

Twitch is an odd seeming thing, a platform primarily for live streaming video gameplay, that is incredibly popular. Since at least May various reports have it that Google is buying them. So far it's only been confirmed by “sources" and it's hard to say what that would really mean for Twitch. But there are lots of people watching Twitch and though there is music on the site in various forms, yesterday they supported their first official livestreamed concert featuring dj ...

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Atvenu Rakes in over $100 Million from 4.2 Million Units of from Merch

Source: HypeBot
August 2, 2014

atVenu launched in January 2013 offering merchandise management via the web and mobile apps, including warehouse and trailer inventories and Soundscan reporting, and have gone on to great initial success. This week they reported their sales to date having settled 25,000 shows, moving 4.2 million units of merch and grossing over $100 million in sales revenue. Given the importance of merch to touring artists and the complexities of handling tour demands for major artists, atVenu seems to have found its ...

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Charlie Haden and Carla Bley

Source: JazzWax by Marc Myers
July 31, 2014

Bassist Charlie Haden, who died July 11, formed the Liberation Music Orchestra with pianist Carla Bley at the height of the Vietnam War in 1969 after hearing songs from the Spanish Civil War. The LMO performed and recorded throughout the 1970s and was arranged largely by Bley, with a focus on political folk music, free jazz and experimental forms. Throughout his career, Haden was a kind soul and a humanist who, like many artists, identified with the powerless and hoped ...

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Top Pandora Execs Donate to Anti-Gay, Anti-Abortion Congressmen

Source: HypeBot
July 30, 2014

Pandora founder Tim Westergren, its CEO and half of the company's board of directors have made campaign donations to several powerful anti-gay marriage, anti-abortion Republican Congressman. Utah Republican Representative Jason Chaffetz believes that D.C. autonomy is unconstitutional and led the charge to roll back gay marriage there. Representative Bob Godlatte of Virginia is a bit less radical than Chaffetz, but has also supported both bands on same sex marriage and efforts by anti-abortion groups. In 2013, Pandora's then CEO Joseph Kennedy donated money ...

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Sony's Major Label Shenanigans Revealed by American Idol Lawsuit

Source: HypeBot
July 29, 2014

By copyright and intellectual property attorney Wallace E. J. Collins III, Esq.. 19 Entertainment, the record company founded by “American Idol” creator Simon Fuller, has sued Sony Music Entertainment for allegedly cheating artists such as Carrie Underwood and Kelly Clarkson out of monies due to them. The lawsuit sheds light on some controversial accounting practices at the major labels and explores the minefield that is the various incomes streams that now comprise the modern music business. Issues raised include how ...

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Chubby Checker Settles Hewlett Packard Penis Size App Lawsuit

Source: HypeBot
July 26, 2014

Music icon Chubby Checker has settled his lawsuit with Hewlett Packard. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed. But neither side has accepted liability and HP has agreed not to use the singer’s stage name, trademarks or likeness. Early in 2013, Checker, best known for his #1 hit “The Twist" had filed a multi-million lawsuit against Hewlett Packard and its subsidiary Palm for selling a WebOS app called called the “Chubby Checker" that uses a man's shoe size to estimate ...

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Business-Oriented Social Networks for Musicians: Gigmor, Aampp, Jammcard

Source: HypeBot
July 26, 2014

Business-oriented social networks for musicians are an area I haven't covered in a while. A variety of new networks and platforms are emerging and today I'd like to point you to three business-oriented social networks that are worth knowing about. Gigmor connects musicians with compatible musicians and also uses that matchmaking process to help industry people find compatible musicians. AAMPP adds fans to the industry mix along with a variety of tools including ecommerce. Jammcard is a mobile social network ...

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Alive Inside Documents the Power of Music to Fight Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia

Source: HypeBot
July 26, 2014

You may recall the video of a withdrawn elderly man who comes to life upon hearing music he cares about on an iPod. The “Old Man In Nursing Home Reacts To Music" (and other title variations) video did more than go viral. It inspired the filmmaker who shot the original video to look more closely at the work of nonprofit Music & Memory and to shoot a documentary about that work, “Alive Inside," that's just been released in theaters. The ...

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