Random Music News for Monday, January 26, 2015
When I order a glass of milk in a restaurant, please don’t put a straw in it. No one should drink milk through a straw.
- Taylor Swift has now sold 4 million copies of 1989 in the US. That’s huge in this day and age.
- A founder of the influential German electronic group Tangerine Dream has died.
- Ryan Adams and Mandy Moore have split up. (Via Tom)
- How the digital music revolution actually helped save HMV.
- Vinyl’s pressing problem in Canada.
- Free Pro Tools? Yes–sort of.
- This is not a good time to be an LA session musician.
- If you’re a ska fan, you’re going to want this brand new Specials collection.
- Thinking of getting a head, face or neck tattoo? Look at these musicians first.
- Meanwhile, in Rebecca Black news, her manager is in trouble. Wait–she has a manager?
- Apple is looking to “legalize” music and video file-sharing. Whatever do they mean?
- The rise and fall of the ukulele.
- Hey, bands! Here’s a tool that will help you determine how much merch to take on tour.
- What can you get if you outsource making your music video to someone in India?
- The first public view of Mrs. Benji Madden (aka Cameron Diaz).