Random music news for Tuesday, March 31, 2020
Uranus is leaking gas. That’s scientific fact. Say that out loud a couple of times before go through music news for March 31, 2020. And try not to giggle.
- Coronavirus update 1: Adam Schlesinger of Fountains of Wayne (he’s also a Grammy and Academy Award winner) is on a ventilator and in an induced coma because of COVID-19.
- Coronavirus update 2: Ozzy has had to cancel a trip to Switzerland where he’s supposed to get treatment for his Parkinson’s.
- Coronavirus update 3: How K-pop stars are coping with social distancing.
- Coronavirus update 4: MIDEM 2020 has been canceled.
- Coronavirus update 5: I can certainly identify with this.
- Coronavirus update 6: The Smashing Pumpkins Rock Invasion Tour has been pushed back.
- Coronavirus update 7: A choir practice in Seattle has resulted in 45 new cases.
- Coronavirus update 8: For reasons unknown, podcast listening has started to dip in the time of coronavirus, +18.4% (1.497 billion streams in the country last week, 1% less than the week before).
- Coronavirus update 9: Want to see how the coronavirus is reshaping the demand for entertainment and information? Take a look at this.
- Coronavirus update 10: Here’s a handy pandemic resource guide for Canadian artists and businesses.
- Weekly Canadian music sales and streaming stats vs. 2019: Total album sales, -30.5%; CD sales, -35.0%; digital albums, -29.0%; digital tracks, -30.4%; vinyl, -17.1%; on-demand audio streams,
- A good question: Who really invented the electric bass?
- Stuck at home? This new software will sing your lyrics.
- You have to give Taylor Swift credit for doing this.
- The YouTube Music app now displays lyrics on both iOS and Android.
- Wait: 8D music? What’s that?
- And now, a story about Ed Sheeran’s private bottle of ketchup.
- Possibly interesting: A book about being a rock star wife.
- Wanna live in a house once occupied by a famous musician? Maybe think again.
- Tiger King, the musical. (Not really, but…)
