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Pandora Settles With RIAA, Major Labels Over Pre-'72 Recordings For $90M, But How Much Will Artists Receive?
Pandora and The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) have announced that they have signed a $90 million settlement over the internet streamer's use of sound recordings released before 1972. But how much of the $90 million will be paid by the labels to artists? The RIAA and major record labels are celebrating a $90 million ...
Deadline To Apply For Project Music Accelerator's Next Class Nears
There are many tech accelerators offering help to startups, but none focus on music. Project Music Accelerator at the Nashville Entrepreneur Center is the exception; and the deadline for its next class is near. Nashville's Project Accelerator is entering year two and accepting a new round of applications. Music tech startups in social media, big data, content monetization, hardware, distribution, ...
5 Mistakes You Need To Stop Making On Soundcloud
Although putting music on Soundcloud is easier than ever, there are still several all-too-common mistakes that can prevent artists from getting the most out of the site, whether it's not keeping your account consistently organized, failing to interact with other users in a constructive and meaningful way, or simply not posting regularly. Guest Post by Ernest Thompson With everyone who knows how to ...
Hands On New YouTube Red Music App [VIDEO TOUR]
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Yesterday, YouTube announced YouTube Red, a $9.99 per month ad-free video and music service including exclusive content. Part of the package is a new YouTube Music app which gives paying subscribers a background mode for just listening to music. You can also toggle a video to play the video or audio only. “Like" a video in Red ...
Universal Music Group's Abbey Roads Studios Launches Music Tech Incubator
The Beatles have long since decamped, but their Abbey Road Studios is still very much alive. Last night the UMG owned company launched a new initiative focused on music technology and innovation at an event in the iconic Studio Two. Universal Music Group owned Abbey Road Studios has launched Abbey Road Red, a music tech incubator ...
The Lead Sheet: Twin Cities Live Jazz, October 23-29
A new youth series, local veterans and some stellar visitors— just another typical jazz week in the Twin Cities, full of difficult choices but you can't really go wrong here! Friday, October 23. Friday Night Jazz at The Nicollet branches out in collaboration with JazzINK to present (monthly) an opening set from a prodigious ensemble of ...
Jazz this week: Kevin Eubanks, St. Louis Gypsy Jazz Festival, Banu Gibson, and more
The wide variety of music encompassed by the label “jazz" will be on full display this week in St. Louis, with performances of big band swing, cabaret, free improv, Gypsy jazz, ragtime, and numerous other sub-genres and allied musics happening at local venues. Here's a look at some of the most noteworthy shows coming up... Wednesday, ...
George Shearing: Late '60s
So much of George Shearing's extensive Capitol catalog is disappointing. I'm not complaining about Shearing's playing, which was mostly lively and thoughtful. Rather, it's the unevenness of his individual albums during this period and from one album to the next. It's almost as if the suits at Capitol had no clue what sounded good and what ...
Five Reasons Why Major Labels Didn't Actually Blow It With Napster
Popular opinion tends to suggest that the major labels screwed up when they opted to sue Napster, rather than hammering out a deal with them. Looking at it from the perspective of major labels circa 2000 however, reveals that they may have made the best call possible. Guest Post by Jim McDermott on Trickness For a ...
Pete Jolly: Accordion, 1955
Four well-known jazz pianists of the 1950s started out as accordionists. The trend owed much to the accordion's affordability by families that couldn't afford a piano and the instrument's appeal at weddings and other parties, allowing budding squeeze-boxers to earn a few bucks. The list includes George Shearing, Joe Mooney and Marty Paich. The fourth may ...
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