The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 1026: Mighty managers of rock
If you’re a musical artist and start to do well, the point will come when you need a manager. The manager is the person who looks after all the business stuff so the
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Which artists have been deepfaked the most? Here’s a list.
The enshitification of the internet continues as people insist on flooding the zone with crap like deepfake videos. It’s getting harder and harder to tell which videos are real and which are fake.
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Your “Okay Boomer” post for the week: Here’s a list of that generation’s least popular musicians.
I found this on a site called 24/7 Wall Street. They took a YouGov survey of the most popular pop artists the favourite music of the Baby Boomers and looked for the ones
Read MoreThe Ongoing History New Music, episode 1015: The most dangerous artists in rock
One of the most attractive things about rock is that it’s often dangerous. From the very beginning, rock has been about rebellion, a disregard for the rules, and thumbing its nose at the
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Somone has mapped the top searched-for musicians
It’s another ad masquerading as a study–and it’s only for the US–but it’s still kinda fun. Crossword Helper took a look at Google search traffic, breaking things down into the most-searched-for musician in
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Let’s take a closer look at that Live Nation merch announcement
If it sounded too good to be true, that’s because it probably is. When Live Nation surprised musicians and fans alike on Tuesday by announcing they would no longer take a cut of
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Artists and musicians continue to support Ukraine in the war against Russia
[This was my column for GlobalNews.ca . AC] The strength and resolve of the people of Ukraine in their fight against Russian invaders have galvanized support all over the world. These are tough,
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Are you a Canadian musician? This survey wants to hear from you about the age of COVID-19
Music Canada, the spokesgroup for the recorded music industry in this country, wants to get a handle on how musicians are dealing with COVID-19. How are you getting by? ARE you getting by?
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Spotify Is Adding Direct Upload Tools. How Will Labels React?
While anyone with a YouTube account can upload videos, Spotify has always been restrictive in allowing artists direct access to upload their music. Until now that is… So, Spotify allowing artists to upload
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Rivoli To Host Photo Exhibit
This looks to be an interesting photo exhibit being hosted by the Rivoli and called In View. In View is a photo exhibition which reviews that past year in music by pulling together
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Artists, Labels and Copyrights: The Fight Continues
Why aren’t artists taking advantage of this? Four years after copyright reversion for albums released after 1978 became a possibility, only a handful of artists have regained their masters. What’s the holdup? Todd
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