In Conversation: Quincy Jonesvulture.com - David Marchese In both music and manner, Quincy Jones has always registered — from afar, anyway — as smooth, sophisticated, and impeccably well-connected. (That’s …
Quincy Jones: 'The Beatles were the worst musicians in the world'The Guardian - Laura Snapes Deputy music editorRecord producer takes swipes at the Beatles, the ‘machiavellian’ Michael Jackson, U2 and more Legendary record producer Quincy Jones has described the Beatles as “the worst musicians in the world” as recalled
Play buttonSpotify The Amazing Ways Spotify Uses Big Data, AI And Machine Learning To Drive Business SuccessForbes - Bernard MarrSpotify, the largest on-demand music service in the world, has a history of pushing technological boundaries and using big data, artificial intelligence and machine learning to drive success. The digital
4 Music Communities You Didn’t Know Existedsonicbids.com - Angela Mastrogiacomo Balanced Breakfast: Nashville. (Photo by Chelsea White; used with permission)The music industry can be a lonely place if you don’t know where to meet …
Platforms New and old Revolutionize Music | The Fairfield Mirrorfairfieldmirror.com - Andrew DaRosa As I sit by the crackling sounds emitted from my 1980s Panasonic Record Player, I can’t help but wonder exactly how this modern vinyl revival became …
Spotify now has 50 million paying subscribers—many more than Apple Music (AAPL) and Tidal. But here's why it's still unprofitableQuartz - Amy X. WangNew year, new milestone. Music streaming service Spotify announced proudly on March 2 that it now has 50 million paying subscribers—more than double the latest figure boasted by Apple Music, its closest
Most Music Tech Startups Didn’t Know Shit About How Labels Workedmedium.com - Jim McDermott Editor’s note: This is a response to David Pakman’s story “The Music Industry Buried More Than 150 Startups.” David you’re one of the smartest guys on …
Does vinyl really sound better? An engineer explains - Decoded Magazinedecodedmagazine.com First appearing on Oregonlive, Even Steve Jobs listened to vinyl. The late Apple CEO, whose iTunes Store revolutionized the music business for the …
Ways The Music Industry Can Change For The BetterForbes - Legal Entertainment2016 saw a lot of lawsuits and lobbying in regards to changes in the music industry. Here are a few major issues that need to be resolved in 2017 and beyond to help sustain the music business. The rates
Your Dog Digs Reggae Music, According to a New StudyEsquire - By Sammy NickallsThe newest proof dogs are the chillest: They love listening to reggae. A new study analyzing dogs' responses to different genres of music found that, while dogs appear to have their own preference of much
Play button See Missy Elliott’s Colorful Video for Slow-Burning New Song ‘I’m Better’Rolling Stone - Althea Legaspi Missy Elliott has unveiled the colorful new surprise video for “I’m Better.” It’s her first new solo material since last year’s “Pep Rally” and first …
Def Jam Def Jam Racks Up 13 RIAA Awards In One DayForbes - Gary SuarezLast Friday, while Americans were either celebrating or protesting the presidential inauguration, the Recording Industry Association Of America quietly went about its work, bestowing a staggering 13 sales
Jamaica’s last vinyl factory to start pressing records againthevinylfactory.com - Amar Ediriwira Tuff Gong International will relaunch its vinyl manufacturing services thanks to a new partnership with US company Sunpress Vinyl. The development …
Music's Weird Cassette-Tape Revival Is Paying OffFast Company - John Paul TitlowIt turns out there’s a place for archaic physical media of questionable audio fidelity–even in the Spotify era. For Andy Molholt, there’s something oddly special about hitting play on his boombox at the
Hip-hop Music From classical to hip-hop, here are the best songs to listen to at workDigital Trends When it comes to shutting out the world and getting focused on your work, a good soundtrack can make all the difference. Whether that means studying …
Rap & Hip-Hop First Family of Hip Hop Remembers Sylvia Robinson, Rap Music's OG and World's Best GrandmotherBravoTV - By Tamara Palmer If hip hop has a grandmother, it's got to be the late Sylvia Robinson, founder of Sugarhill Records, which spawned timeless and foundational party …
How Snapchat will change the music industry in 2017Mashable - Kerry FlynnIt started with a Twitter video, announcing: New music coming Friday. Then, an Instagram video—revealing a beat, and some lyrics. But when globally famous pop star Ed Sheeran wanted his fans to experience
The World Seems To Be Preparing To Say Goodbye To FM RadioUPROXX - Andrew RobertsThe last time we had a major shift in our technology standards, people couldn’t figure out if their television would work without a tiny little box or not. The transfer from OTA broadcasting to digital
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Ten Signs Your Boss Is Failing At Their JobForbes - Liz RyanNew managers are typically tossed into the deep end of the pool and told to swim. Most organizations do not prepare managers well for their first supervisory roles. The time-management aspect of a management
This is how Apple Music plans to steal everyone from Spotifybgr.com - Yoni Heisler Apple Music still has a ways to go before it catches up to Spotify, but with 20 million paying subscribers already on the books, Apple’s relatively …
Concerts How Mobile Millennials Are Transforming The Music Ticketing IndustryForbes - Cherie HuJust over two months ago, Beyoncé closed out her Formation World Tour, which grossed over $256 million from nearly 50 sold-out shows and ranked as the No. 1 tour in North America this year. Tickets were
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From Beyoncé to Kanye, Beats 1 Deejay Zane Lowe Weighs in on the Biggest Songs of the Year: '2016 Sonically Redefined Pop'People - By Jeff NelsonAs the year comes to a close, PEOPLE caught up with mainstream radio veteran Zane Lowe to talk the biggest music of 2016 — and what pop fans can look forward to in the new year. The Beats 1 anchor and
The Most Perfect Rap Song Ever Written: Electric Relaxationhiphopgoldenage.com - Written by Bobby Mickey If someone I knew told me that they’d never heard of A Tribe Called Quest and they needed a recommendation of what albums to start with, (assuming …
Prince: every album rated – and rankedThe Guardian - Simon PriceThe Purple One’s discography rarely dipped below sublime sex-funk. We rank all 37 LPs from his polymathic 80s masterwork Sign O’ The Times to 2003’s saxophone-heavy N.E.W.S. Prince the polymath in full
No Country for Old (Rap) Men: Rap extremists — Acclaim Magazineacclaimmag.com - Posted by Robbie Ettelson Dubbed as ‘The World’s Greatest Entertainer’ in his prime, D.E.F. wowed crowds with his human beatboxing, rapping and harmonica skills on stage and …
DJ Khaled: The making of a Snapchat superstarbbc.co.uk - BBC NewsIn a short space of time he's gone from being a mildly successful DJ and record producer to becoming a superstar. His new-found fame on social media propelled his music career and he's now one of hip music's
