Axl Rose and Slash shared a stage for the first time in 23 years on Friday night, kicking off one of the most-anticipated (and potentially lucrative) reunion tours in rock history. No member of Guns N’ Roses has yet said a single word to the press, but the show still answered many…
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ACM Awards 2016: 15 Best and Worst Moments
The 51st annual Academy of Country Music Awards saw a ferocious Carrie Underwood on the drums, Little Big Town bringing in the funk and Eric Church throwing a rock and roll curveball. Here’s the best and worst from country music’s Las Vegas extravaganza.
What’s Better — Building a Personal or Business Brand? Or Both?
Content-marketing expert Salma Jafri helps you weigh the options of brand-building in this YouTube video.
Music Has A Metadata Problem And Next Month’s Music Biz Summit Hopes To Solve It
Music has a metadata problem. If you can’t find it you can’t track it; and if you can’t track it you can’t get paid. That’s the problem and the promise behind Music Biz’s annual Music Metadata Summit. _______________________________________ The Music Business Association (Music Biz) will bring its Metadata Summit back…
Beatles ‘Anthology, Volumes 1-3’ Available for Streaming
The Beatles’ acclaimed 1995/1996 rarities sets, Anthology, Volumes 1-3, is now available for streaming on all digital outlets. The collections, which contain studio outtakes and alternative versions of iconic tracks, have been newly remastered at Abbey Road Studios by the same engineers involved in the 2009 reissue campaign.
The first two…
Big Ears 2016 Gathers Thousands in Pursuit of Drone
The fifth Big Ears, held in Knoxville over the weekend, preserved its status as the most adventurously programmed music festival in America — offering everything from a symphony orchestra playing a Pulitzer Prize–winning John Luther Adams composition to Wolf Eyes playing vomitous Midwest noise, from Anthony Braxton’s defiantly complex jazz…
This CEO’s Must-Do Meeting: Dinner With the Family
A little bit of flex with your schedule and a lot of firmness with yourself makes it possible. And what’s possible can become traditional.
See John Cale Rework ‘Velvet Underground & Nico’ With Animal Collective, Libertines
John Cale hosted an early 50th anniversary celebration for the classic Velvet Underground & Nico Sunday at Paris’ La Phihamonie, with the cellist recruiting artists like Animal Collective, the Libertines’ Carl Barat and Pete Doherty, Mark Lanegan, Etienne Daho, Lou Doillon and more to assist him on playing cuts from both…
4 Ways To Succeed With Inbound Permission Based Fan Marketing
As the world of advertising continues to evolve, independent artists must learn to rely more on permission-based inbound marketing, rather than more traditional invasive advertising tactics. ________________________________ Guest Post by Jeff Barrett on Hootsuite Small business marketing has turned a corner, and traditional outbound marketing efforts such as direct mail,…
Gregg Allman Enlists Peter Frampton, ZZ Top for Laid Back Fest
Peter Frampton, ZZ Top, Jason Isbell and Marshall Tucker Band will hit the road this summer for Gregg Allman’s Laid Back Festival. The second-annual edition, curated and headlined by the singer-songwriter himself, will travel to five American cities for one-day events. America, Blackberry Smoke, Shovels & Rope, Brothers Osborne, Jaimoe’s…