Random music news for Thursday, May 21, 2020

Robots are now coming for our dogs’ jobs. Over to music news for May 21, 2020.

1. Coronavirus update 1: Deftones have canceled their summer tour.
2. Coronavirus update 2: Here’s more analysis of what the virus is doing to the Canadian music scene.
3. Coronavirus update 3: And here’s an outlook for the rest of the industry when it comes to genre.
4. Coronavirus update 4: Goldman Sach says that global music revenues will drop by 25% this year.
5. Coronavirus update 5: And here are some crisis management lessons you might want to learn.
6. Coronavirus update 6: Here are four music skills you can learn at home while you’re in lockdown.
7. Wade MacNeil of Alexisonfire has scored a wrestling docuseries.
8. Tones and I’s “Dance Monkey” has streamed a billion times. How much is that worth? Let’s break it down.
9. This is fantastic: The isolated tracks from The Beatles’ “Here Comes the Sun.”
10. Here’s a file-sharing app for professionals.
11. You’ll soon be able to sell your stuff through Facebook. Introducing Facebook Shops.
12. The music-teacher-doing-online-learning song. Wait for it. Wait…wait. And there it is. (Via Tom)
13. Spacehog!
14. Stressed? Try this.