Gizmag reports on a guitar made up of mix’n’match parts that allows for a variety of configurations. The 20:14 (that’s what it’s called) isn’t cheap–it starts at $7,000 USD–but it’s still kinda cool.
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In a feat reminiscent of Nadia Comaneci’s perfect 10s in gymnastics at the Montreal Olympics, Vance Joy has picked up the Grand Prize in the 2014 International Songwriting Competition. For the first time
Read MoreNow that everyone has filed their taxes–you have filed your taxes, right?–it’s time to gawk at the squillions of dollars various artists have made. Check out Billboard’s list for all the class envy
Read MoreThanks to David Farrell and FYI Music News, we know. Go here to subscribe to the newsletter. THE WORLD, BY THE NUMBERS 14.97 BILLION – 2014 global revenues from record sales, streaming, synchronization
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For years, Japan’s music market–the second largest in the world–was seriously robust. The Japanese displayed a preference for physical product producing reliably fat margins for the domestic industry. Even after iTunes’ Japanese debut
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Chances are if you’re visiting this website, you consider yourself a serious music fan–an aficionado, in other words. Music Industry Blog blames you (and me) for the decline in sales across the music
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So where did the Canadian music market finish in 2014? FYI Music News lays it out like this: 1 – The number of Canadian artists that sold more than 100,000 copies of an album.
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The other day I posted about how rock sold more than any other genre in the US. Of all the music sold in America, 29% was rock, about double that of pop, it’s
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Last month I had this list of the most-performed karaoke songs in 2014. Today, I present a competing list via The Telegraph which uses stats from Lucky Voice Online Karaoke, which served up 3.5
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That’s it for 2014. And it’s another down year for music sales on both sides of the border, although it was less worse in Canada than it was in the US. We’ll finish
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Say hello to Andrew Huang who found a way to review all the top pop songs of 2014 using nothing but household objects.
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