Songwriting Royalties Explained: Writers vs Publishers Sharesongtrust.com - May 16, 2019 Resource, Recommended Reading While publishing is a vital piece to a creator’s career, it can also be tricky to understand all the nuances that come with it. We explain …
Music Technology How to tease a melody for maximum musical impactmusicradar.com - Future Music In the ongoing quest to make your tracks as memorable, dynamic and exciting as they can possibly be, understanding what makes a great melody is as …
Play buttonMusic How Record Labels Are Selling Old Music for (Lots of) New MoneyRolling Stone - Amy X. Wang Ask someone in the music industry how to sell a new single, and you’ll get rambling answers that go on for days — but ask them how to sell a single …
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Play buttonOld Town Road How a kid from the Netherlands and a startup called BeatStars led to Old Town RoadFast Company - By KC IfeanyiThe story of how Lil Nas X’s unstoppable chart-topper came together is just as unlikely as the song itself. “Old Town Road” is the little country/trap fusion that could–and almost didn’t. Rapper Lil Nas
Music Technology 8 essential melody and harmony tipsmusicradar.com - Future Music What makes a great tune? What is it about melodies that lodge in our heads, so that we sing along to our favourite tracks (but not others we know …
Apple Music How streaming on Spotify, Apple Music and Tidal is changing songsQuartz - Madis KabashPop songs are getting shorter in length, thanks to streaming services. The average length of a Billboard Hot 100 song last year was three-and-a-half minutes long, compared to over four minutes in 2000.
Music Technology How to cut a virtual vinyl record in your DAWmusicradar.com - Computer Music Vinyl has a ‘rounded’, ‘warm’ sound that’s in part dictated by the physical limitations of the format. As well as having less dynamic range than …
Spotify, Universal Music Group, and the Question of Tech vs. ContentBarron's - Avi Salzman Text size French media and communications giant Vivendi has been working on selling up to half of Universal Music Group, its music label division. …
6 underrated sampling plugins that you need to trymusicradar.com - Future Music, Future Music Intro Sampling was once a more long-winded process: you had to physically record a source sound into your instrument’s inputs before playback, then …
How 2 Chainz Bought a Tour Bus Before His First Record Dealdjbooth.net - Donna-Claire Chesman Invest in your career.You gotta spend money to make money, and at the onset of his recording career, 2 Chainz understood this rule well. In a new …
Three major music labels make $19 million a day from streaming while artists count their pocket changeMashable - Matt BinderStreaming services are now paying out big money to the music industry’s gatekeepers. According to a new report by industry news outlet Music Business Worldwide, the three major music labels made $6.93
How J. Cole & T-Minus Paid Just A Few Hundred Dollars for Sampling on ‘Middle Child’hiphop-n-more.com - Navjosh Hip-Hop has always had love for sampling and revisiting old school songs to create new age hits. Dr. Dre sampled David McCallum’s ‘The Edge’ for ‘The …
Royce da 5’9" on secret to Pusha T & if Travis Scott is like DrakeMSNBC - The Beat with Ari Hip hop legend, Royce da 5’9” and Watergate Prosecutor, Jill Wine-Banks join Ari Melber for a special edition of Fallback Friday. Royce da 5’9” …
Houston rapper Damien Randle builds a podcast kingdom around his ill-Mannered brandhoustonchronicle.com - By Craig Lindsey, Correspondent Once upon a time, Damien Randle was one-third of K-Otix, also known as The Legendary K.O. Fourteen years ago, the members of this Houston hip-hop crew …
Play button Best Blue Note Samples: 20 Tracks That Built Hip-Hopudiscovermusic.com - Charles Waring Emerging in the mid-70s and blooming spectacularly in the 80s, hip-hop has been built on sampling, with its producers seeking to inject some …
Two more rappers accuse Ariana Grande of copying their songs for '7 Rings' as she apologizes for racially c...Fox News - Jessica SagerAriana Grande is under fire once more for her new single, "7 Rings." After being accused of stealing lyrics and flow from rapper Princess Nokia, rappers Soulja Boy and 2 Chainz have called out the former
Play buttonCultural Appropriation The Rise of Asian Rap Culture with Rich Brian, 88rising, and $tupid YoungVICE - VICE StaffWe met up with some of the biggest names in Asian hip-hop to find out why they got into the genre. A growing number of Asian artists have burst onto the hip-hop scene over the past few years, thanks, large
How to make sure your remix stays in keymusicradar.com - Future Music Musical key is a crucial consideration in every remix. At the most basic level, you need to make sure that all the elements you add are in key with …
Album Sales Are Dying as Fast as Streaming Services Are RisingRolling Stone - Amy X. Wang In 2018, Best Buy decided to stop selling CDs, with the change partly brought on by record labels’ increasing reluctance to even issue them. Both …
Play button How Soul Train became the most radical show on American televisionDAZED - Cassidy GeorgeEvery Saturday morning, for 35 years, Soul Train gave America an hour-long celebration of black youth culture. The show’s self-proclaimed reputation as “the hippest trip in America” made Soul Train not
Wealth Of Soulful Treasures Unlocked On ‘Motown Unreleased 1968’ Collectionsudiscovermusic.com - Paul Sexton A veritable treasure trove of soulful gems from 1968, all of them previously unavailable in any format, has been unveiled on Motown Unreleased 1968, …
Choosing The Right MIDI Controller For Yououtput.com 6 Things To Consider When Choosing A Keyboard Controller Budget Obviously your budget is going to have a lot of weight when it comes to your purchase …
The 12 Best Down Jackets of Winter 2019gearpatrol.com - By Tanner Bowden Last Updated December 2018 for winter 2019: We’ve updated our guide of the best down jackets with the 12 best picks for Winter 2019. Prices and links …
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The Hip-Hop World Responds To The Death Of Stan Lee At Age 95UPROXX - Aaron WilliamsStan Lee, the founder of Marvel Comics and creator of iconic franchises like Spider-Man, X-Men, and the Fantastic Four, has died at age 95. Unsurprisingly, his death has sent waves of grief reverberating
I Thought CDs Were Supposed To Be Dying, But Maybe I Got It All WrongForbes - Bobby OwsinskiAll the focus has been on streaming music the last few years, with the comeback of the vinyl record getting much attention as well. Meanwhile, the once mighty CD has been pretty much written off as a of
