Random Music News for Tuesday, February 7, 2017
On this day in 1997, Steve Jobs’ NeXT Computers merges with Apple. That worked out okay, didn’t it? Here’s the music news.
- The Lady Gaga halftime performance generated 51 million tweets…
- …and here’s why performers don’t care that they’re not paid a performance fee for the show. Her music sales are up 1,000% since Sunday evening.
- Looking at last week’s Canadian album sales, digital albums are down by 33% from this point last year. All album sales–which includes CDs and vinyl–are down 19%. Meanwhile, audio streams are up 92%.
- Why is sexual assault in a crowd at a music festival not treated the same way people help crowd surfers in trouble?
- A guide to Grammy parties–not that we’ll be invited to any of them…
- This Canadian producer is up for a Grammy for remixing Paul McCartney.
- Interesting that Kanye has deleted all his pro-Trump tweets. A change of heart, perhaps?
- And it appears that Drake isn’t much of a Trump fan, either.
- These Peruvian nuns rock. I mean actually rock.
- Influential music producer David Axelrod has died.
- This is interesting: Soundrop has shifted to being a music distribution platform. If you’re an artist, you should check this out.
- Are you a musician looking for an equipment endorsement deal? Then read this.
- Just in case you’ve never heard the story about how Toronto helped break up the Beatles…
- Looking back on all the trouble the Sex Pistols beginning 40 years ago this week with the Queen’s Silver Jubilee.
- A new form of gene therapy which restores hearing in deaf mice could be ready for humans in three years.
