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- Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry, episode 20: The Great American Payola Scandal (Part 1)In a fair and just universe, we would live in a meritocracy. The best and most talented would naturally rise to the top and be properly recognized and compensated for their contributions to Read more »
- The original lineup of Jane’s Addiction just release its first new music in 34 years.The last time Perry Farrell, Dave Navarro, Stephen Perkins, and Eric Avery got together to write, record, and release new music, it was 1990. The internet still wasn’t a thing. Almost no one Read more »
- Watch David Bowie predict the coming impact of the internet–in 1999.There are an infinite number of reasons why I miss David Bowie. One is his intelligence, foresight, and prescience when it came to certain things. Here he is talking about the future impact Read more »
- Here’s a running list of artists who have sold some or all of their song catalogues to a new breed of company. (Updated as required)[If you’re seeing this in your feed again, it’s because another deal has gone down. -AC] The music world is being shaken by the actions of a growing group of companies which are Read more »
- We have the short list for the UK’s 2024 Mercury PrizeThe Mercury Prize was the template for Canada’s Polaris Music Prize. A bunch of music industry boffins nominate, debate, and then vote on a bunch of albums until things get whittled down to Read more »
- The Ongoing History of New Music, encore presentation: Couples in musicHave you ever had to work together with your significant other? I don’t mean things like housework, parenting, or anything like that. I’m talking about a job–your primary source of income–where the two Read more »
- Ongoing History Daily: The first legal download, part 3On June 27, 1994, Aerosmith became the first band to offer a song as a digital download via the old service, CompuServe. It was done as an experiment, a proof-of-concept thing. Little did Read more »
- Random music news for Friday, July 26, 2024Who has the fastest internet speed in Canada? Here are the answers. Let’s try some music news for July 26, 2024. More music news? Look here. BONUS: This. This record store in South Read more »
- Here’s our weekly look at the Canadian sales fight between vinyl and CDsPeople are not giving up on physical music. CDs are still the general currency of the realm, but vinyl, once given up for dead, dead, dead, is clawing back market share. Vinyl is Read more »
- This one-hit-wonder artist from the 1970s is using new tech to fight digital music piracyIn 1970, Mungo Jerry had a massive global hit with “In the Summertime,” a single that sold over 30 million copies. It’s one of the biggest-selling singles in the history of music. It Read more »
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