[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] There’s a scene in the biopic Creation Stories where Ewan Brenner, channelling Creation Records founder Alan McGee in a scene with his therapist, rants about the
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So we’re getting a new Star Trek film after all! Good. Now some music news for July 17, 2021. RIP rapper Biz Markie at age 57. Donald Trump is having trouble selling tickets
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HitSongsDeconstructed is a website that tracks trends in songwriting, production, and the music business designed to help musicians and composers navigate through the confusing maze of today’s industry. It focuses largely on what
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It happens suddenly. After a lifetime of being a massive music fan, everything starts to sound the same. “What’s wrong with kids these days?” you might wonder. “Music was so much better in
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The old formula worked like this: A label found an artist, paid for recording a song and then lobbied radio stations to play it. The more radio played the song, the more copies
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It was on this day in 1974 that Hank Aaron slugged his 715th home run. And now, the music news. Some HMV stores will close for good at the end of the business
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Releasing music is a high-risk proposition because you can never, ever accurately predict if any given song is going to be a hit. But what if you could? If so, what tools would
Read MoreSometimes all you need is one great song and you’re set for life. The Express put together this list. “American Pie” by Don McLean (1972): Annual estimated royalties total about $322,000 a year.
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