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800+ Artists Lost Tapes In Universal Fire [NY Times]
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The New York Times has published a list of over 700 more artists believed to have lost their masters in the 2008 fire that swept the backlot of Universal Studios in Hollywood. This follows an existing tally of more than 100 artists named in an investigation earlier this month. The new list, which journalist Jody Rosen says is a “partial selection” and “was culled from three separate UMG lists prepared for Project Phoenix” (a recovery program initiated by Universal Music ...
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Amoeba Music Forced To Move Iconic LA Store
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The LA City Council has approved zoning changes that clear the way for the demolition of Amoeba Music's distinctive Los Angeles outlet. According to the LA Times, the vote facilitates the development of a new, 26-story building at the site of the current Amoeba Music store, located at the corner of Sunset and Cahuenga boulevards. The store, which opened in 2001, was sold in 2015 to real estate developer GPI Companies for $34 million, the Times reported. It is unclear ...
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Live Nation Partners With Adobe For The ‘Creative Tour’
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Adobe, the software company behind apps like Photoshop, and Spark, has announced the Adobe Creative Tour, a partnership with Live Nation aimed at music fans and creators. The Creative Tour is designed to inspire creators and music fans to participate in digital creative challenges using Adobe Products such as Lightroom, Premiere Rush and the Adobe Spark mobile app. The first creative challenge, which starts on Monday, involves editing official Lollapalooza photos using the tools available in Lightroom mobile. Creatives can ...
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AI Completes Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony, But Who Owns The Copyright?
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While technology can solve a lot of legal problems, it's also capable of creating plenty as well, as evidenced in the recent instance of artificial intelligence being utilized to complete Franz Schubert's unfinished Symphony No. 8.- raising the question of who exactly owns the copyright of this newly completed piece of music. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 Whenever a new technology comes into play it may solve problems suffered by previous generations, but it also usually opens ...
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Is Music Capable Of Healing Our National Divisions?
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As more artists enter the political fray, often hard-lining one side or the other, it's important to remember music's incredible ability to also bridge division and bring people and communities together. By Michael Alan Anderson. This first appeared in The Washington Post On Friday, Taylor Swift, formerly reticent about entering the political fray, released a new song, “You Need to Calm Down,” that is probably her most explicitly political work. This comes on the heels of her recent advocacy for ...
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Universal Music Vault Fire Story Could Alter Company’s Valuation
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Recently a new story from the New York Times revealed that a major fire in one of Universal Studios vaults had caused the company to lose more than 100,000 of its master tapes, and as a large share of the company may be headed for the auction block, questions are being raised as to how this loss might affect its overall value. Guest post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 Last week a bombshell of a story from New York Times contributor Jody Rosen revealed that ...
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Wife Upload's Husband's Snoring To Spotify, Apple Music. 30,000 Streams Later...
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Fed up of her husband’s snoring, a wife who uses the name Duck Mischief turned his night time noise into an 80s movie style dramatic theme song and released it on Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer and other streaming services. 30,000 stream later... I got so fed up of my husband’s snoring that I turned It Into an 80s movie style dramatic theme song and released It on every possible music platform worldwide. I made him this certificate when it passed ...
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6 Things You Must Ask Your Automated Content Recognition (ACR) Vendor
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Automated Content Recognition, or ACR, has become an integral part of the consumption of music and video as we experience them today. As more platforms publish user generated content, effectively monitoring use of copyrighted material has become increasingly difficult. So, how does one choose an ACR vendor that can be relied on? Guest post by Audible Magic VP of Product Development and Marketing, Jay Friedman Automated Content Recognition (ACR) is essential to music and video consumption as we know it ...
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