Here’s the 2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Nominees List

Here’s the list of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees for 2017. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame website has officially announced their list of 2017 nominees. Among the most notable are Janet Jackson, Kraftwerk, Pearl Jam, and Tupac Shakur. This year marks the eleventh time Chic has been on this list, […]

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Russell Crowe Reportedly Chokes Rapper Azealia Banks; She’s Probably Lying, Though

Russell Crowe is currently facing heat for what allegedly transpired between him and rapper Azealia Banks. However, Azealia Banks is probably not be telling the truth. According to a now-deleted Facebook post by the Harlem-born rapper, she was invited to Russell Crowe’s suite for dinner. Suddenly, without any warning, he called her the N-word right […]

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Musicians Are 50% More Likely to Be on Medication. But Why?

  You’re not alone. You find it difficult to concentrate in your everyday life. Throughout the day, you face bouts of sudden loneliness. You feel fatigue. You also feel like you’re living your life in a black hole. And despite 350 million people facing the very same thing you are, you feel that no one […]

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Old Music Business Is Yelling at New Music Business Again

We’ve seen it time and time again. Old white men who cling to the past and have no vision for the future. They know what the music business was in (what they think were) the glory days and desperately are trying to return to that era. Make the music business great again! Just one problem. […]

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Introducing the World’s First Magnetically Floating Turntable

It’s a turntable whose platter magnetically floats in the air while playing vinyl records.  Any questions? Vinyl records have been booming for a decade, but the turntable resurgence is only just beginning.  Panasonic is putting its famous Technics 1200 turntable back in action, and other classic turntables are also getting dusted off.  But there’s also […]

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Who Really Killed Eazy-E? Why We’ll Never Know the Answer…

Eazy-E’s daughter believes her father was murdered.  Eazy-E’s manager say there’s no way he could have died from AIDS.  So who really killed Eazy-E? Last month, Eazy-E’s daughter decided to finally investigate the death of her father.  Ebie Wright, a young girl at the time of her father’s death in 1995, suspects that Eazy-E (real […]

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The Music Industry Week in Review: Oct. 10 to Oct. 14

Last week, it was Kim Kardashian. This week in the music industry, the most talked about subject was Amazon, Amazon, Amazon, and even more Amazon. They finally launched Amazon Music Unlimited. But we’ve got other hot subject as well. Monday started with Dr. Dre threatening to sue Sony Pictures. The move comes as Lifetime is […]

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Stop Blaming the Victims of Facebook’s Blatant Copyright Theft

Ari Herstand: you’re dead wrong about Facebook. The following post comes from Matt Thompson, president and CEO of micro-licensing platform Songfreedom. After reading Ari Herstand’s tirade against Universal Music Publishing Group (and other rights owners by association) several thoughts came to mind.  In fact, many of those same thoughts have been voiced by several others […]

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Ahead of their IPO Offering, Spotify Co-Founder Steps Down as Chairman

Spotify changes things up ahead of their planned IPO. Yesterday, Spotify confirmed that co-founder Martin Lorenzton will be stepping down as Chairman of the company. CEO and co-founder Daniel Ek will take his place. This move comes as the company is now expected to launch their IPO early next year. Along with having been Spotify’s […]

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Ahead of their IPO Offering, Spotify Co-Founder Steps Down as Chairman

Spotify changes things up ahead of their planned IPO. Yesterday, Spotify confirmed that co-founder Martin Lorenzton will be stepping down as Chairman of the company. CEO and co-founder Daniel Ek will take his place. This move comes as the company is now expected to launch their IPO early next year. Along with having been Spotify’s […]

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