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The latest executive shuffles across the music industry… Polydor Records has appointed Rich Castillo as Senior A&R Manager. Castillo comes from being a Director of A&R for Universal Music Canada where he was based in Toronto. Prior to the role in Canada, Castillo was Head of A&R for UMTV in London, and his new role will […]
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Justin Bieber has become the first artist to hit 100 million streams for one song, in the U.K. The hit song ‘Sorry’, performed by Justin Bieber and produced by Blood and Skrillex is now the most-streamed song in the U.K. since records started. Sorry spent its first two weeks at the top of the Official charts back […]
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Led Zeppelin may have a lucky escape… According to a new report by The Hollywood Reporter, the ‘Stairway to Heaven’ case against Led Zeppelin may lead to a mistrial. Robert Plant and Jimmy Page attended court in Los Angeles yesterday (June 14th). As the case went underway, Francis Malofiy – the attorney for the Michael […]
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A representative of Optoma reached out to me and asked if I would be interested in reviewing their new Bluetooth in-ear headphones, the NuForce BE6i. I was given a free pair in exchange for a fair and honest review. The headphones arrived quickly, within a couple days of speaking with the representative. I quickly charged them […]
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Kanye West does it again…the unexpected. Just when Kanye fans thought they’d had enough of listening to the album, Kanye announced that he was making significant alterations to numerous songs on the album, which he did. Nearly every song on the album has had an update. So those fans that have already streamed the The Life of […]
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Photo by Stephanie King I learned to perfect the tonal frequency of the wristband beep of acceptance. Based on the type of wristband each Bonnaroovian had determined the levels of access you could enjoy. You had to scan your wristband to get in to various areas of the fest. A high pitched beep meant access. […]
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Social media giant, Twitter invests in SoundCloud’s music streaming service… According to reports, Twitter has invested $70 million in SoundCloud’s music streaming service as part of a funding round that will reportedly add up to $100 million or more. The funding round will see SoundCloud’s value estimated at approximately $700 million, according to a Recode report. […]
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Nikki Sixx has had enough of Google and its low-royalty paying streaming services. Sixx sends Google founder, Larry Page an open letter, which reads… ”Dear Mr. Page, The sound of musicians knocking on YouTube’s door demanding change is growing ever louder. Recently, as a result of action and statements made by artists as diverse as […]
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Are you a musician or in a band? FACT and The Vinyl Factory bring you VF Selects – A project to help you release your music on vinyl… Today (June 14th), FACT and The Vinyl Factory have announced a partnership with crowdfunding site BORN.COM to make the release of vinyl easy for artists. It’s simple. All […]
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The latest executive shuffles across the music industry… ASCAP (The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) has elected Warner/Chappell Music Chairman & CEO Jon Platt to the ASCAP Board of Directors. Warner Music Group (WMG) has elevated Aton Ben-Horin from Senior Director of Global A&R to Global Vice President, A&R. In his new role, Ben-Horin will be responsible for facilitating […]
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