Random music news for Friday, January 3, 2020
It was on this day in 1977 that a company called Apple Computer was incorporated. What will we remember about January 3, 2020?
- Ticketmaster and Live Nation believe that concert tickets are too cheap. Discuss.
- Still reviewing the music of the last decade? Then you’ll want to read this.
- There is a Depeche Mode-themed barber in Wales.
- Streaming now accounts for 80% of the US music market. Wow. It’s really a streaming world now.
- The Internet Music Archive is in the process of digitizing more than 100,000 vinyl records.
- Teslas now come with a music-making app. Just not while you’re driving, okay?
- It just won’t stop. There’s now a Navajo version of “Baby Shark.”
- Bongo drum nuisance.
- Sabaton: Heavy metal for military historians.
- For some reason, Gene Simmons puts ice cubes in his cereal. Now you can go on with the rest of your 2020.
- What’s a “sound credit?” It’s a good idea, that’s what.
- It sounds like it really sucks to be a K-pop star.
- R Kelly’s problems are only going to get worse. Here’s why.
- Could the 2020s actually be a brilliant time for art (including music)? Some people think so. Here’s why.
