Asad is a common first name. But ‘Asahd’ isn’t, so DJ Khaled is now trying to trademark his kid’s name with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. Whether ‘Asahd’ should qualify as a trademark under U.S. law i…
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The Top Music Festivals In the World (Ranked by Amount of Drugs Used)
Which drugs will you likely see at upcoming music festivals? More importantly: in what quantity? Ahead of this year’s music festival season, TickPick had several curious questions in mind. Do attendees consider alcohol and drugs essen…
Cardi B Flattens Taylor Swift’s Streaming Record on Apple Music
In a head-to-head battle, Cardi B’s Invasion of Privacy easily surpassed Taylor Swift’s Reputation. Both are skilled in dissing. But Cardi B’s rougher attacks are proving more potent. And these artists couldn’t be more dif…
Latest Industry: Spotify’s Chery, Lamar’s Pulitzer, Lil Wayne, SoundCloud, Sony/ATV, Mixcloud, Conchita Wurst
Betting long on Lil Wayne. Sound Royalties has just bagged a marquee investment: Lil Wayne. The company focuses on helping artists raise funds for future projects while leveraging lucrative catalogs. “I am very excited to be team…
Fraud Detection Software Is Coming to the Music Industry — And It Will Change Everything
Up until this point, it’s been extremely difficult to detect fraud in music royalty statements. That’s about to change in a very serious way. Since the early days of the music industry, there’s always been a very serious problem…
Spotify Unleashes Its First ‘Windowed’ Release — And It’s Not for Taylor Swift
Once upon a time, Daniel Ek vowed to never artificially restrict access to Spotify users. But that was before a lot of renegotiations and years of back-and-forth. Now, several years and multiple licensing agreements later, Spotify is offering its…
What YouTube, Pandora, Spotify, Apple Music & Amazon Are Paying Artists In 2018
Napster, Tidal, Apple Music, and Amazon still have the highest per-play rates. And don’t expect to make much on Pandora, Spotify, and YouTube. How much should artists expect to receive on streaming music platforms? That’s a comp…
Cardi B Says She’s Losing $460,000 on Coachella
Is Coachella worth it for artists? Earlier this week, Coachella got sued for demanding that artists sign ‘radius clauses’ of 1,300 miles over five months. Which means you can’t play another show within that giant radius for 2.5 …
High Definition ‘HD Vinyl’ Raises $4.8MM — First Pressings Arriving Next Year
High Definition ‘HD Vinyl’ now has $4.8 million in investor backing and a giant laser machine. The first pressings are expected to hit stores by summer of 2019. A vastly-improved vinyl records technology is spinning towards reality.&#…
Music Publishers Just Scored a Huge Victory Over Wolfgang’s Vault
Wolfgang’s Vault loses a case filed by the National Music Publishers Association (NMPA). After nearly three years of litigation, the National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA) has finally scored a victory against Wolfgang’s Va…