Random music news for Tuesday, August 6, 2024

Have you ever done any of these things at work? It happens… Music news for August 6, 2024 looks like this.

1. There’s a slowdown in the music industry. Is this a blip or is it indicative of something more? Discuss.
2. Interesting prediction: Many kids of the future won’t use streaming music services because they’ll get all their music in games.
3. The top YouTube star in the world is currently a 3-year-old girl from India.
4. This is a very good read about what’s at stake when it comes to music and AI.
5. Meta is offering millions to celebrities to use their voices for AI projects.
6. Gojira keeps adding fans following their performance during the opening ceremonies of the Olympics.
7. Wes Scanlin of Puddle of Mudd has been arrested AGAIN.
8. You heard that they built a temporary stadium in Munich for Adele, right?
9. Need some BBC radio themes? Here you go.
10. Charlie XCX and Billie Eilish have donated 10,000 pairs of underwear to victims of domestic abuse.
11. Yamaha used to be a motor vehicle company. How did they end up with an audio and musical instruments division? Here’s the story.
12. Ever wonder why many hip-hop songs feature the sound of slamming doors? Here’s an explanation.
13. It’s fine to be a football fan. Then there’s this guy. (Yes, there’s a music angle to the story.)
14. Remember the movie Warriors? Lin-Manuel Miranda is reimagining it as a rap musical.

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BONUS: Cool! This is what happens when a drummer strikes a cymbal.

@abstudiosaz Playing with instruments and toys. Cool vibration visualization. 👀#slowmotion #cymbal #trick #toy #percussion #playing ♬ original sound – BigBangDrums