A recent study from London found three music revolutions in the last five decades. All three happened in the 20th century, 25 and more years ago. Every generation since the beginning of recorded music has introduced a game-changing genre. Until now. What the hell is going on with today’s western pop music?
Stone Jone, Artist of the Week in August, released this fall the short film Lurk as part of Atlanta’s production team The Red Jacket. It has been their first production and is intended to spark dialogue about the potential dangers of sharing too much info through social media.
There are the CD and vinyl limited and collectors editions, of course. But those are mostly only meant to sell a record a second time to an artist’s fans. But what is much more interesting, are personalized copies.
Are you still looking for a Christmas present for a musician? Maybe the e-book Your Band is a Virus by James Moore is the one for you!
David Lynch’s work is not only famous for him leaving audiences in a state of existential drift, but also for him very carefully selecting music for his movies. I’ve seen his first film Eraserhead in my late teens, and it never did let me loose. And after more than 30 years, I could still sing the song In Heaven today.
There are so many great (and not so great) Christmas songs, and even more versions of these. Would it be a good and lucrative idea to produce your own?
Good news for musicians: The US Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) has increased the rates for satellite radio services in the United States by more than 40%, from 11% of revenue to 15.5% of revenue, effective January 1, 2018 until December 31, 2022. The new rates have been announced by the board on December 14.
Do you need a royality-free sample for a production? Do you have samples that you want to distribute? Then Splice might be the tool for you! Four years after launching, Splice announced these days that it has paid out $5 million to artists.
There’s streaming, CDs of course and (the revival of) vinyl. While there is a path from vinyl to CD to streaming is, it looks different with streaming when it comes to older vinyl only releases, since there doesn’t exist a digital copy at all. I myself own a lot of rare vinyl records of the late 70s and early 80s, some LPs, some 12″ or 45rpm singles, that are not infrequently limited to a few 100 copies.
While most claim Tidal as one of the best, if not the best, streaming services when it comes to sound quality and artist revenues, there is conflicting information whether the business is a success or a failure.