Frank Ocean’s Newest Album, ‘Blond,’ Available on Google Drive for Free

Piracy channels are now in overdrive, thanks to another restrictive Apple Music exclusive from Frank Ocean.  That includes an entirely free download of Ocean’s second album, ‘Blond,’ on Google Drive. Frank Ocean fans are now pouring into torrents, illegal sharing, and forums like Reddit to grab the artist’s second album release, Blond, thanks to another restrictive exclusive […]

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Frank Ocean’s Newest Album, ‘Blond,’ Available on Google Drive for Free

Piracy channels are now in overdrive, thanks to another restrictive Apple Music exclusive from Frank Ocean.  That includes an entirely free download of Ocean’s second album, ‘Blond,’ on Google Drive. Frank Ocean fans are now pouring into torrents, illegal sharing, and forums like Reddit to grab the artist’s second album release, Blond, thanks to another restrictive exclusive […]

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The Music Business Week In Review…

The biggest developments, trends, and blow-hard opinions in the music business last week… If there’s anything the music business loves, it’s lawsuits… First up: Steve Aoki, who somehow avoided any liability after stage-diving onto a fan and breaking her neck.  Hard Cafe in San Diego, the venue for the catastrophic leap, also got off after a […]

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The Music Business Week In Review…

The biggest developments, trends, and blow-hard opinions in the music business last week… If there’s anything the music business loves, it’s lawsuits… First up: Steve Aoki, who somehow avoided any liability after stage-diving onto a fan and breaking her neck.  Hard Cafe in San Diego, the venue for the catastrophic leap, also got off after a […]

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Why I’ll Never Feel Safe at the Hollywood Bowl Again

The Hollywood Bowl (capacity 17,500) is almost completely unprotected against terrorism or lone shooters.  Why isn’t anything being done about that? Before I went to the Hollywood Bowl for a fun night with my girlfriend, she asked me if we should be concerned with the possibility of a violent attack.  This was ahead of a 4th of […]

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Live Nation Tells DMN to Delete Its Story About TSA Pre

There’s something really strange about Live Nation’s new TSA Pre pilot integration. This isn’t the first time Digital Music News has been caught in some political hornet’s nest at Live Nation Entertainment.  A few years back, the founders of BigChampagne, Joe Fleischer and Eric Garland, lied to Digital Music News about the purchase price of their […]

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Illegal Downloads and Torrenting Surge On Frank Ocean’s Endless Album

Endless Exclusive = Endless Piracy… Frank Ocean’s visual album Endless dropped exclusively on Apple Music, with no sign of it becoming available on another music streaming service anytime soon.  Britney Spears will follow suit with her next studio album, Glory.  Beyoncé launched her visual album exclusively on Tidal.  Kanye West did the same with The […]

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Frank Ocean Drops New Visual Album “Endless” That’s Apparently Not “Boys Don’t Cry”

Fulfilling its promise of bringing even more exclusives to its music streaming service, Apple Music has exclusively released Frank Ocean’s new visual album Endless. This is Frank Ocean’s second album released to date, with Endless being his first visual album. Fans had been teased on the BoysDontCry.co website with different carpentry shots and a man […]

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What Is YouTube Red Paying Artists? Here’s Your First Leaked Statement…

When YouTube Red first launched back in October, the biggest question was whether anyone would subscribe.  The second question was whether artists would finally get a decent paycheck.  Here’s what the initial royalty statements look like. YouTube’s royalty payouts are the lowest in streaming, which is why the music industry has a serious problem with […]

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