Random music news for Monday, January 27, 2025
Is social media more like cigarettes or junk food? It matters if authorities are going to regulate it. Moving to music news for January 27, 2025…
- The music industry is worried about Donald Trump. Here’s why.
- Randy Blythe of Lamb of God does not like Elon Musk.
- Zak Starkey, Ringo’s son, had to go to the hospital with a blood clot in his leg.
- Vivian Campbell of Def Leppard is still fighting cancer. He’s undergone a bone marrow transplant.
- A court in California has ruled that Fred Durst can’t cancel his old contracts with Universal. This impacts on his US$200 million lawsuit against the label.
- People really want to fight about the best album of all time. (Via Rick J)
- Pressing vinyl records hasn’t changed much in decades. That’s no longer the case.
- I love this: “Anarchy in New Brunswick.”
- About 10,000 AI-generated tracks are uploaded daily to Deezer, the Paris-based streamer. That’s 10% of all daily uploads. They’re working on detection tools.
- This artist put on a full show even though the arena was 99% empty.
- The DVD (regular and Blu-ray) is in decline. Sony will close its last factory next month.
- Are you spending too much time online? Then you might want to install a Chrome extension called TabBoo.
- Rik Emmett of Triumph has a new book coming: Telecaster Tales: Liner Notes for a Guitar and Its Music.
- Brad Pitt wanted to star in a Jeff Buckley biopic. Jeff’s mother refused.
- Is Spotify about to get into the education game? Maybe.
BONUS: This won’t help Elmo. The price of Teslas is about to spike in Canada.
