Jay Frank, widely regarded as one of the most influential streaming focused execs in the modern record industry, has died aged 47. The digital music pioneer passed away on Sunday (October 13). The cause of death was cancer. Sir Lucian Grainge, chairman/CEO of UMG, said in a statement: “Jay leaves an immense legacy. He was …
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K-pop all-star group SuperM’s first EP, The 1st Mini Album ‘SuperM’ has debuted at No.1 on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart. The group has become the first debut K-pop artist to launch at No.1 in the US. Selling 168,000 equivalent album units in the first week of release, SuperM has also set the record for …
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Katy Perry, Capitol Records and her collaborators on the 2013 hit Dark Horse have filed an appeal against the copyright infringement judgment made about the song earlier this year, calling the decision “a grave miscarriage of justice”. In late July, a Los Angeles jury decided that Dark Horse infringed the copyright of 2008 Christian Rap …
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Vice Media has inked an exclusive deal with Spotify for three original podcast series. According to Variety, the three Vice News-produced podcast series will combine “long-form narrative, talk, and investigative journalism”. The first new podcast is launching on November 12 and is a 12-episode series called Uncommitted: Iowa 2020, which will explore the ‘process and …
Ted Cockle was an ‘80s teenager, a home counties kid, and a huge music fan. Such a combination may conjure a well-worn showreel in your internal idiot-box – that of the insular small town boy, studiously piping The Queen Is Dead into his ears in bedroomdwelling solitude. The truth, in this case, is the polar …
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This guest post was written by DC singer-songwriter Dan Fisk. A Bit of Backstory About Cover Gigs About a year ago, I decided to stop working my regular 9 to 5 job and dedicate myself to music much more seriously than I had in the past. But I still had bills to pay! So now …
Jessica Hiromoto has been promoted to Senior Director, Rhythm Promotion for Atlantic Records. Hiromoto was previously West Coast Regional Promotion Manager. Rounding out the department, Randy “DJ RaiZe” Reyes has also promoted to Director, Rhythmic & National Director, Mixshow. Reyes was previously National Director of Pop/Rhythm Mixshow. “Jessica (aka Mo) has been at Atlantic as …
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[Editor’s Note: This article was written by Hugh McIntyre.] When making an album in a studio, most artists record all the instruments, combine them, and then add the vocals on top of that. This is how almost all professionally recorded music is tracked these days, and it provides an excellent opportunity that so many musicians …
The following MBW op-ed comes from Reservoir CEO Golnar Khosrowshahi (pictured). Reservoir is an independent music company based in New York City and with offices in Los Angeles, Nashville, Toronto and London. Founded as a family-owned music publisher in 2007, the firm has grown to represent over 110,000 copyrights and 20,000 master recordings with titles …
