We wanted to start working with people and not have people tell us who we should be working with based on what the financial turnout was going to be, or what the streaming numbers would end up being, or what the radio plays would end up being. It was: ‘Let’s make art that we’re passionate about,’ because eventually it’s going to translate. | | | | Pardon my segue: DJ Snake at Outside Lands, San Francisco, Aug. 12, 2018.
(Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images) | | | | |  | “We wanted to start working with people and not have people tell us who we should be working with based on what the financial turnout was going to be, or what the streaming numbers would end up being, or what the radio plays would end up being. It was: ‘Let’s make art that we’re passionate about,’ because eventually it’s going to translate.”
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 | SB Nation |
| A metaphorical picket line has been drawn — and Maroon 5, Big Boi and Travis Scott have crossed it. | | |
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 | Vulture |
| Even in Las Vegas, where Calvin Harris cuts $280 million deals on the regular, Drake's reported upcoming residency at XS is a big deal. Drake actually beat the British DJ, who reportedly gets paid "roughly" $1 million per show, taking home $2 million from the XS show where he first hinted at a Vegas residency las week. | | |
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 | The New York Times |
| Meet Hans-Jürgen Topf, the world’s top specialist for tour laundry, who has washed clothes for Madonna, Pink and Beyoncé, among others. | | |
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 | Rolling Stone |
| Spanish-language singles by Alex Rose, Rauw Alejandro and Paloma Mami, which borrow shrewdly from R&B, are captivating a global audience. | | |
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 | The Muse |
| On Monday (Jan. 21) tech site Thurrot reported that Spotify has begun rolling out a block feature, one which allows users to block artists from their view of the platform. When a Spotify user blocks an artist, they’ll no longer see them in curated playlists like Discover Weekly or even charts, and they’ll have to actively unblock the artist to hear their music again. | | |
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 | Variety |
| A U.S. court has OK'd the bankruptcy plan of iHeartMedia, the biggest radio broadcaster in the U.S., which will shave down its crushing debt load and separate iHeartMedia from Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings. The company said chairman and CEO Bob Pittman and Rich Bressler, president, COO and CFO, have extended their contracts by four years. | | |
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 | Noisey |
| Sure, being online might lead to our demise. But for now--and especially on stage at The O2--it might be the most beautiful thing. | | |
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 | The Roaring Crowdfund |
| Ride shotgun through the history of crowdfunding with those who made that history, including Mark Kelly from Marillion, Ted Leo, Molly Neuman from Kickstarter, Jayce Varden from PledgeMusic, Brian Camelio from ArtistShare, John Trigonis from Indiegogo, and more! | | |
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 | Quartz |
| "I’ve raised small armies in Africa, conducted arms deals in Eastern Europe, and prevented genocides before they could occur. My job is an adrenaline rush, but something else makes my heart beat: opera." | | |
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 | Garage Magazine |
| The singer’s self-portraits are a revelation in how she sees herself. | | |
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| Rolling Stone |
| The controversial singer is no longer represented by his label or publisher, but both events have escalated his money and influence. | | |
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 | Slate |
| R. Kelly may be going down, but veteran critic Jessica Hopper sees a long road ahead for the music industry. | | |
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| Variety |
| Tuesday's Oscar music nominations produced some of the day's biggest surprises (yes to Gillian Welch, no to Justin Hurwitz), inevitabilities (Diane Warren is in, like clockwork) and near-inevitabilities that still produced a sigh of relief (Terence Blanchard, un-snubbed at last). | | |
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 | Music Industry Blog |
| Although the free skew of the web is being rebalanced, most consumers still will not pay. This means ad-supported strategies are going to play a growing role in the digital economy. But set against the backdrop of growing consumer privacy concerns, we will see data become a new battle ground. | | |
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 | Tape Op |
| As you walk into the offices of ABKCO Music & Records on New York's Fifth Avenue, you're immediately aware that you are entering the center of a rock 'n' roll universe. Teri Landi, the company's Grammy-award winning chief audio engineer, is responsible for keeping this precious, historic library alive and vibrant. | | |
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 | SoundGirls.org |
| The Producer of the Year, Non-Classical category was established by the Recording Academy in 1974 to honor those who “present consistently outstanding creativity in the area of record production.” 267 individual Grammy nominations have been made since the category’s inception. 7 of these 267 nominations were presented to women. To date, none have taken home the trophy. | | |
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 | MusicAlly |
| From songwriters suing streaming services to big-bucks catalogue acquisitions, the music-publishing world has made plenty of headlines in recent years. | | |
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 | NPR Music |
| The deaths of two foundational members of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, a forward-thinking Chicago jazz collective, offers a chance to reflect on its evolving impact. | | |
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 | NME |
| The Cranberries discuss their final album, 'In The End' and how they completed the work Dolores started following her untimely death. | | |
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 | British GQ |
| They went from a tool to hide his hedonistic, tortured lifestyle to a style affectation we all wanted to own. | | |
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