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“November Rain” by Guns N’ Roses is Oldest Music Video to Reach One Billion YouTube Views

Lennon Cihak
July 16, 2018
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Ed Vill (CC by 2.0) Guns N' Roses' "November Rain" makes YouTube history with one billion views... decades later. Guns N' Roses' "November Rain" came out in 1991, 14 years before YouTube launched. The nine-m... Read More...

MIT Develops AI That Can Isolate and Edit the Individual Instruments in a Song

Lennon Cihak
July 10, 2018
MIT's latest AI feat has the power to pick apart music in an unprecedented way. When a song is released, it's in its final form.  It's a single audio file that is nearly impossible to separate into individua... Read More...
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A John Coltrane Album Finally Hits the Charts — 51 Years After His Death

Lennon Cihak
July 9, 2018
Photo credit: Hugo van Gelderen (CC BY-SA 3.0 nl) John Coltrane's The Lost Album charting in the UK's Top 20 chart makes it his first ever time in the charts. Thanks to a very lucky and fortunate find, unrel... Read More...

So You’ve Landed on a Juicy Spotify Playlist. Now What?

Lennon Cihak
July 6, 2018
The right Spotify playlist can jump-start a career.  But you'd better feed the beast right, or your slot could be short-lived. Last time we checked, there were more than 2 billion playlists on Spotify alone,... Read More...
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Lennon Cihak
July 2, 2018
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Gage Skidmore (CC by 2.0) And now, Trump's trade war is impacting the music industry.  Just this morning, Moog Music pointed to possible job losses ahead because of stepped-up Chinese tariffs. The 25 percent... Read More...
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32,000+ Songwriters & Authors Urge European Parliament to Pass Article 13

Lennon Cihak
July 1, 2018
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Photo credit: Artur Roman Earlier, we reported that nearly 150 organizations corralled by Impala urged European Parliamentarians to support Article 13.  Now, songwriters in Europe are doing the same. Actuall... Read More...
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XXXTentacion's just-released music video 'SAD!' shows the rapper visiting his own casket. In a video that's so coincidental it's scary, late rapper XXXTentacion sadly predicts his future with eerie precision... Read More...
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Lyor Cohen, YouTube's Head of Music, says that advertising revenues through Google are growing, while subscription revenues will be on par with Spotify and Apple Music. YouTube's user base is exponentially l... Read More...
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  Photo Credit: Marc-Olivier Paquin Consumers hate intrusive advertising — which is a major reason why they upgrade.  But according to one Wall Street analyst, Spotify's advertising revenue could beco... Read More...

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Not only are musicians getting more. But the business side is getting less.  Here's the change affecting all Korean music streaming services. The fight to raise artists' royalties on various streaming platfo... Read More...
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Lennon Cihak
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Spotify's RapCaviar Playlist, June 20th 2018 Spotify now has the power to make an artist famous — with one playlist add.  It also can dramatically boost an artist's earnings with a simple drag n' drop. Accor... Read More...

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Lennon Cihak
June 20, 2018
  Major labels are still almighty — but indie labels are bringing in some serious business.  Like, $500 million+ in annual business. Major labels still dominate streaming platforms and boast the bigges... Read More...
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