Random music news for Tuesday, February 11, 2020
Maybe we don’t need glasses/eye surgery after all. Cool. On to music news for music news for February 11, 2020.
- Weekly Canadian music sales and streaming stats compared to where things were a year ago: Total album sales, -29%; CD sales, -31.6%; digital albums, -29.8%; digital tracks, -29.6%; vinyl LPs, -11.8%; on-demand audio streams, +19.9% (1.589 billion streams in Canada last week).
- Rage Against the Machine is back in a big way.
- Indie darlings The Oh Sees have issued a career-spanning box set–on 8-track.
- Here’s an example of a Canadian musician who has a side gig so he can eat while he makes music–because as we all know, music just doesn’t pay like it used to.
- The purchase of StubHub by Viagogo is on hold.
- Erectile dysfunction? Maybe you need sound waves.
- And while we’re on the subject, here’s a song about a heavy metal penis.
- So much for Google Play Music, apparently. It will be killed off this year.
- As a radio announcer, this sort of technology really annoys me. It could be the death of the industry.
- Meanwhile, this app will turn your singing into music.
- Love Japanese drumming? Take a look at this.
- Applying Lego technology to the guitar: This is…interesting.
- Here’s a fascinating look at how labels are re-releasing older music as box sets and re-issues.
- Muse’s Matt Bellamy and Elle Evans are expecting their first child.
- You’re not making it easier on yourself, Snoop.
- These older albums could be headed for the scrap heap.
- Impossible songs? This is what I mean by that.
