Random Music News for Tuesday, July 12, 2016
On this day in 1962 at the Marquee Club in London, a band called The Rolling Stones played their first-ever gig. And in more current music news…
- Guess which genres dominate streaming? If you said “rock,” you’re wrong. Very, very wrong.
- More proof that cultural industries are good for the economy.
- It’s possible that Joe Perry collapse during a Hollywood Vampires gig over the weekend could have led to cardiac arrest. He’s in hospital.
- Tracking the current whereabouts of 90s pop stars.
- Is podcasting finally becoming a “movement?” Let’s hope so.
- Three things every musician should add to their YouTube videos.
- If Apple really wants to buy Tidal, it’ll cost them at least $500 million.
- British PM David Cameron is so happy to be out of that position that he was caught humming a happy tune…
- …and naturally, someone has already remixed it.
- What does Megaupload’s Kim Dotcom have planned now?
- Some unreleased music from the still-dead Michael Hutchence is apparently coming soon. And some people aren’t happy about it.
- A war vet led Roger Waters to the exact spot where his father died in WWII.
- Canadian album sales are 20.5% behind where they were this time last year. Streaming, however, is up 67.6% and vinyl is up 38.1%.
- Crowdmix, a music-based social media network, has gone bust.
