Random music news for Saturday, October 5, 2019
Lots of hockey, baseball, and football this weekend. I may not leave the couch. Here’s music news for October 5, 2019.
- Sorry for the lateness of this week’s report on Canadian music sales and streams this week. Here are where things stand vs. where they were a year ago: Total album sales, -23.9%; CD sales, -28.1%; digital albums, -22.0%; digital tracks, -27.7%; vinyl LPs, -0.5%; on-demand audio streams, +34.3% (1.398 billion streams in the country last week.)
- Here are my weekly music picks for GlobalNews.ca.
- Hundreds of Quebec musicians want the provincial government to do something about low payouts from streaming music services.
- Are you following the Tekashi 6ix9ine trial? It’s insane.
- Speaking of insane…
- Here’s background on the current Nickelback vs. Trump story.
- Sharon Osbourne is not happy with what’s being spread about Ozzy’s health.
- Brexit could make it very, very tough on British musicians wanting to tour the EU.
- People are flocking to Iceland to record music.
- Post Malone-branded Bud Light? Yep.
- A major manufacturer of headphones now has Google Assistant baked in.
- How TikTok revolutionized the idea of music discovery.
- Uh-oh. The property fight between Jimmy Page and Robbie Williams could flare up again.
- Why do radio stations repeat songs? For a very good reason.
- Meanwhile, this radio station in California is totally upfront when it comes to selling pay-for-play opportunities. (If you disclose it, it’s not payola.)
- Some scientists have implanted “memories” into birds which then gave them the ability to sing songs they’ve never heard.
- Imagine Noel Gallagher working with Morrissey. It could happen.
- Netflix continues to be all over music documentaries. A good thing, no?
- Having trouble sleeping? Try this.
- Why are so many artists fascinated by vintage sounds? This could explain it.
