In this week’s music commentary section, we look back at the legacy of Paradigm’s Chip Hooper, hear why Spotify’s excuses are invalid, and read Irving Azoff’s open letter to YouTube. Pay It Forward: Jim Lewi On The Legacy Of Paradigm’s Chip Hooper Spotify’s Latest New Release Excuse Is Invalid [David…
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TOP POSTS: This Week’s Most Read Posts On Hypebot
Some of the most widely read posts on Hypebot from the past seven days included Irving Azoff’s letter condemning YouTube, Music.Ly’s closure of its funding round at $500 million, the shutdown of Beatport, and more. Irving Azoff Pens An Open Letter To YouTube A Post-Download Era Musical.Ly Closing $100 Million…
Getting It Done: The Week In D.I.Y & Indie Music
This week in the wonderful world of independent music and DIY we look at how to pre-plan content for Twitter, what’s working well in indie music today, the appropriate way to go about contacting press, and much, much more. Pre-Plan: 5 Types Of Content You Can Prep In Advance On…
Music Think Tank Weekly Recap: Who Killed The Creativity • Long Live EDM • Protection From Hacks • More
Recently on MusicThinkTank, we looked at what happened to creativity, the future of EDM, how you can protect both yourself and your fans from being hacked, and more. Jason K Ventura| Who Killed The Creativity And Imagination? Matt Mannino | Long Live EDM Cherie Nelson | Protecting Yourself And Your…
REWIND: The New Music Industry’s Week In Review
Before moving on completely, we’re taking a last look at some of the industry news stories from the past week, including the announcement of BMI’s new Taylor Swift Award, news of Apple Music’s forthcoming makeover, evidence as to why the Spotify/HFA/NMPA settlement is flawed. BMI’s New Honor Is Called The…
A Primer On Moral Rights For Musicians
Though commonplace in much or the rest of the world, laws regarding moral rights have never been properly implemented in the U.S., thereby limiting artists’ control over their work, something Congress has a chance to fix in this latest copyright review. ___________________________ Guest Post by Jonathan Bailey on the Future…
Prince And Negativland: Tilting At A Similar Copyright Windmill
In the wake of their recent passing, this piece by George Howard looks at the surprising corollary between two artists, Prince and Richard Lyons of Negativland, both of whom greatly impacted the world of music industry copyright. _________________________________________________ Guest Post by George Howard on Forbes Like the rest of the…
Long Live EDM
Here we look at the growth of the Electronic Dance Music industry, its success among millennials, how the SFX debacle will effect it, and whether it has begun to plateau. ___________________________________________ In this recent piece, shared from MusicThinkTank, Matt Mannino takes a close look at the world of EDM and…
J Dilla’s Low-End Genius
In this piece Carter Lee deconstructs the intricate basslines of deceased record producer and rapper J Dilla, examining the structure of his music both in terms of the theory behind it and the challenges of recreating his specific tone. ________________________________ Guest Post by Carter Lee on Soundlfy’s Flypaper I often…
AM BRIEFING: ASCAP Pays $1.75M To Justice Dept. • Musicians Visit Congress • ABC Cancels Nashville • More
Friday 5.13.2016 Music Business News From Around The Web $1.75 Million that should have gone to songwriters just went to the Justice Department… Updated continuously under our More News tab.