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Elvis Presley’s guitarist, Scotty Moore has died aged 84, in his Nashville home. According to reports, Scotty Moore was in ill-health leading up to his death. Though at this current time there is no record of the actual cause of death. Moore was born in Tennessee, and began playing the guitar at the young age […]
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He backed the Pono Kickstarter campaign. Now, he’s backing a website to warn others. Even Neil Young doesn’t release his own music on Pono, at least not before Tidal. So why should die-hard fans care anymore? Enter ponosucks.com, created by one of Pono’s biggest believers. Keep in mind, this is a guy that actually contributed money […]
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According to a study carried out by Queen Mary University in London, people are able to distinguish the difference between standard audio quality and Hi-Res audio quality. The study compared data from more than 12,000 different trials from 18 studies. Participants were asked to determine the difference between samples of Jazz and Classical music in […]
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The following guide comes from Zach Hangauer, owner of Range Life Records, home to artists like White Flight, Fourth Of July, Suzannah Johannes and Say My Name. Overview The Professional Way to Promote Your Music is to hire a Publicist and a Radio Agent. The catch is that you can’t just “hire” these professionals – they have to want to be hired […]
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You can sing and play ‘Happy Birthday’ in anyway you want, on any platform you want…it’s now in the public domain… The Judge in the Happy Birthday lawsuit has officially ruled that the ‘Happy Birthday’ song is in the public domain, bringing the long, drawn out lawsuit to an end. Warner Chappell claimed to control exclusive […]
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Is Suge Knight the victim or is he the instigator? Suge Knight – the founder of Death Row Records, is reportedly suing Chris Brown for a nightclub shootout which took place in 2014. Knight was attending Chris Brown’s party when he was shot seven times at the venue. The incident took place at 1 Oak – […]
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The latest executive shuffles across the music industry… Sony/ATV has promoted David Ventura to become the sole Head of UK A&R as Janice Brock resigns. Both Brock and Ventura were elevated to joint Head of A&R of Sony/ATV, UK last year. Now that Brock has resigned, Ventura will continue to perform his role, whilst taking on the responsibilities […]
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Kanye West’s controversial video for ‘Famous’ has now been released, as a Tidal exclusive. Famous is the fourth track on West’s ‘The Life Of Pablo’ album. The album was exclusively released on Tidal 6 weeks prior to being more widely available on other streaming services, and now the video has been released exclusively on Tidal. […]
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LyricFind helps music fans, artists and rights holders… Today, LyricFind have announced that they have joined forces with Google to bring more lyrics to the search engine, and administer rights. LyricFind is the world’s largest lyric licensing service with lyrics from more than 4,000 publishers across 100 countries. This vast library of lyrics is now coming […]
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Judge decides final settlement for ‘Happy Birthday’ lawsuit… The long drawn out ‘Happy Birthday’ lawsuit is finally drawing to a close, according to Variety. The U.S. District Judge George King is considering the final settlement which may see Warner Chappell pay out $14 million in compensation and over $4 million in attorneys fees. Background of […]
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