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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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 1024: Survey Says! Useful and Odd Music Surveys and Polls
Call me nosy, but I love knowing what other people think about things. This is why I gravitate towards surveys, the kind of stories where ordinary people are asked for their opinions on
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YouTube’s current music licensing problem is over and deleted songs are back.
American fans using YouTube or YouTube Music were annoyed to find that a lot of songs by big artists (including Nirvana, Green Day, Adele, and Bob Dylan) disappeared and were no longer available.
Read MoreA lot of songs have disappeared from YouTube in the US. Here’s why. [UPDATED]
Every country has one or more performing rights organization (PRO). These organizations monitor public performances of songs by their members (radio, TV, live renditions, streaming, plays at stadiums, background music in stores, restaurants,
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What metal songs should you listen to for your mental health?
A new study by a health and wellness sign called Tebra called “Healing Harhomie” (via Loudwire) sought to find out which songs appear the most on playlists that focus on and promote mental
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Ongoing History Daily: Your brain on music does interesting things to your eyesight
A study by American scientists seems to indicate that music can affect your eyesight. Let me explain. When you’re listening intently to music, your brain shifts resources from the region that processes sight
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Here’s an Instagram account you need to follow: Daily Music Data
I’m a sucker for any kind of data that describes/explains what’s going on in music. If that’s your jam, too, I highly recommend giving Daily Music Data (dailymusicdata) a follow on Instagram. Each
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It might be that musical minds are immune to cognitive decline
We’ve known for centuries that music is good for mental health is so many different ways. But can having a musical mind provide some inoculation against cognitive decline? Maybe. New research from Memorial
Read MoreThe Ongoing History of New Music, encore presentation: Couples in music
Have you ever had to work together with your significant other? I don’t mean things like housework, parenting, or anything like that. I’m talking about a job–your primary source of income–where the two
Read MoreYouTube Music now offers music search via humming
Don’t you just hate when you can’t remember the specifics of a song? You don’t know the title, the artist, or even any of the lyrics. The one thing you do remember is
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Let’s take another honest brutal look at the state of modern music
Rick Beato has taken a bit of beating over some of the strong opinions on the dismal state of music expressed in his last couple of videos (“The Real Reason Music is Getting
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