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Random music news for Thursday, May 20, 2021

May 20, 2021May 20, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple Stores, Chester Bennington, Coldplay, Emojis, Georgia, Johnny Lydon, livestreaming, REM, Spotify, Talinda Bennington

If you’re an REM fan, you’ll want this new demo reissue. Spotify will start auto-transcribing podcasts over the next few

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This Canadian artist made $10,000 in three months through livestreaming

May 16, 2021May 17, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments livestreaming, Shook Planet, SOCAN

SOCAN is the organization that collects fees on behalf of its member artists for performances, both live and recorded. Ted

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Ongoing History Daily: Was this the first livestreaming event?

May 10, 2021May 10, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments livestreaming, Mac Music Fest, Macintosh New York Music Festival

When the pandemic hit last year and concerts were cancelled, a big pivot was made to livestreaming gigs. Most people

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Random music news for Saturday, April 17, 2021

April 17, 2021April 17, 2021 Alan Cross 1 Comment Airpods, Alanis Morissette, Arcade Fire, Beacon Bloom, Beatles, Dolby ATMOS, Dr. Dre, Fast Radio Bursts, Fyre Festlval, Grega Van Fleet, Jon Schaffer, livestreaming, Mick Jagger, NFTs, Qobuz, R Kelly, Rick Astley, TikTok

Got my first vaccine shot yesterday. Do your work, Bill Gates nanobots! You know where I am. Moving to music

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Random music news for Wednesday, April 14, 2021

April 14, 2021April 14, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Beyonce, Black Keys, Concerts, DMX, Exodus, Facebook, Global Citizen, Iron Maiden, Kirk Hammett, livestreaming, M.I.A., Metallica, Protest Music, Puscifer, Soft Cell, St. Vincent

Wanna see exactly how creepy and invasive Facebook is? Take a look at this. Once you’ve regained your composure, take

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Music News 

There’s a new survey on the uptake of livestreaming. Where do you fit in?

April 3, 2021April 2, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bandsintown, livestreaming, Streaming

Bandsintown, a site that tracks tours, hasn’t had much to do over the last 13 months. It has, however, been

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Random music news for Thursday, September 17, 2020

September 17, 2020September 16, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Coronavirus, COVID-19, DJ Khaled, DJs, Elton John, ESPN, Lady A, livestreaming, Madonna, Moog, Noel Gallagher, Notorious B.I.G., Songwriting, Spotify, Stream-Ripping, Synthesizers

Steve? Was that you? I wouldn’t doubt it. Take a read and then come on back for music news for

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The world of music livestreams now has its own awards ceremony

September 9, 2020September 9, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments livestreaming, LiveXLive

With playing live and touring out of the question, many hundreds of artists have turned to performing livestreams through a

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…Trail of Dead hosting shows to save Horseshoe Tavern, other venues

July 22, 2020July 22, 2020 Amber Healy 0 Comments ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, Concerts, Coronavirus, Covid, COVID-19, Horseshoe Tavern, livestream, livestreaming, spectrasonic, streamed concerts

We all know how crappy 2020 has been for musicians and venues, as hundreds if not thousands of shows have

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Random music news for Saturday, June 20, 2020

June 20, 2020June 19, 2020 Alan Cross 1 Comment 2 Chainz, Cardi B, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Drive-In Concerts, James Brown, livestreaming, Pablo Escobar, Third Eye Blind

What’s the over/under on the number of people who attend the Trump rally tonight in Tulsa and get COVID-19? Just

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Random music news for Wednesday, June 10, 2020

June 10, 2020June 9, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments AEG, Australia, Concerts, Happy Mondays, livestreaming, Richard Pryor, Shaun Ryder, Smashing Pumpkins, Urban Music

Can science please hurry up with research like this? The lockdown is not doing any favours to my waistline. Moving

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