Songwriters continue fighting Spotify
April 12th, 2019 | by Amber Healy
This is a turbulent spring for songwriters. First, Spotify files an appeal to prevent musicians from getting a 44% increase
Browsing the "Apple Music" Tag
Random music news for Tuesday, April 9, 2019
April 9th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
Okay, people. Time to take down the Christmas lights. At least remove those reindeer figures from the front yard, okay?
What’s going on with Spotify and streaming payments?
March 13th, 2019 | by Amber Healy
Musicians are paid fractions of a penny every time their song is streamed. The U.S. Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) ruled
Random music news for Friday, February 22, 2019
February 22nd, 2019 | by Alan Cross
Heading out of the hemisphere for a few days, but I promise to keep on top of things with music
Random music news for Thursday, January 31, 2019
January 31st, 2019 | by Alan Cross
Still brutally cold over much of North America. At my parents’ place in Manitoba, it reached -50 C with the
Random music news for Friday, December 7, 2018
December 7th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
Off to the NE Caribbean Outpost for the next week. But that doesn’t mean I won’t be delivering music news
Random music news for Wednesday, December 5, 2018
December 5th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
Think air pollution is bad today? It’s nothing compared to The Great Smog of London which descended on this city
iTunes is crashing. This can’t mean Apple is gonna bail. Or does it?
December 1st, 2018 | by Alan Cross
Earlier this year, rumours started to circulate that Apple was making plans to sunset the iTunes music store. Music consumers
Random music news for Saturday, December 1, 2018
December 1st, 2018 | by Alan Cross
Four more shopping weekends until Christmas. How’s your shopping going? Let’s move to music news for Saturday, December 1, 2018.
Random music news for Friday, October 12, 2018
October 12th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
The first book in Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series was published on this day in 1979. And for
Random music news for Thursday, September 13, 2018
September 13th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
That’s enough Asia for now. The next 24 hours will be spent flying home and posting stuff using in-flight WiFi–which,
Random music news for Tuesday, September 11, 2018
September 11th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
September 11 is always a difficult date. It’s even more difficult when it falls on a Tuesday, just like it
Random music news for Tuesday, August 21, 2018
August 21st, 2018 | by Alan Cross
By the end of the year, inflation in Venezuela could hit 1,000,000%. No, that’s not a typo, either. In music
Random music news for Thursday, August 9, 2018
August 9th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
Inflation is so bad in Venezuela these days that $1 US will buy 925,000 gallons of premium gas. Wow. And now,
Random music news for Saturday, July 7, 2018
July 7th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
On this day in 1954, Elvis Presley made his radio debut, singing “That’s All Right” on WHBQ in Memphis. Now
Random music news for Wednesday, July 4, 2018
July 4th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
Happy birthday, ‘Merica. But the world doesn’t stop for your Independence Day, so here’s music news for July 4, 2108.
Random music news for Monday, July 2, 2018
July 2nd, 2018 | by Alan Cross
Yep, it’s a holiday across Canada, but since there are readers in other countries who come to this site, I
Random music news for Saturday, June 9, 2018
June 9th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
On this day in 1973, Secretariat, the greatest horse ever, won the Triple Crown. Moving on to music news for
Random music news for Wednesday, May 16, 2018
May 16th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
The first regularly-scheduled transatlantic airline flight began on this date in 1951. El Al of Israel began flying a turboprop
Random music news for Friday, May 11, 2018
May 11th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
I’m in London UK for the next week leading a tour of rock’n’roll landmarks for a group of Flight Centre
Random music news for Friday, April 13, 2018
April 13th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
Superstitious? Don’t be silly. But be careful just in case, you know? Here’s what we have for music news on
Noel Gallagher was a guest on Lars Ulrich’s radio show. There was swearing.
April 6th, 2018 | by Alan Cross
Metallica’s Lars Ulrich does a radio show for Apple Music where guests come to talk about stuff. When Noel Gallagher
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