Random music news for Tuesday, January 4, 2022
Our credit cards are going vertical. That may take an adjustment. Here’s music news for January 4, 2022. Musicians we lost in 2021, part 1. Musicians we lost in 2021, part 2. More
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Predictions
Here are 11 predictions for music in 2022
[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] Like you, Omicron has bummed me out. Just as we thought things were getting better, COVID-19 wiggles its spikes into a new configuration and suddenly December 2021 felt
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Audience with hands raised at a music festival and lights streaming down from above the stage. Soft focus, blurred movement.
Where’s music going in the future? Let’s try some predictions.
[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] Once upon a time, it was comparatively easy to make predictions about where music was headed, thanks to decades-long cyclical flips of rock and
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Grammy Award predictions? Okay, if I must. [UPDATED with the actual winners in the rock categories, too.]
Let’s be very, very clear about what the Grammys are. First and foremost, they’re a prime time network TV show designed to grab as many eyeballs as possible. It’s about TV ratings first,
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Weekly survey: What are your wishes and dreams for music in 2019?
The year is but 14 days old, so with more than 350 days to go, let’s ask this question: If you could wish/hope/dream for one musical thing in 2019, what would it be?
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Random music news for Saturday, January 5, 2018
Off to Las Vegas for CES. Never been before. This should be weird, Meanwhile, here’s some music news for January 5, 2019. Tragically Hip fans should check out this edition of the Hipstories
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It won’t be long until the Christmas shopping credit card bills start coming in. It’s the most un-wonderful time of the year. Like New Year’s predictions? Here are ten regarding the business side
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What trends are going to shape music in 2019? Glad you asked.
Now that American Thanksgiving is almost here, making predictions for 2019 has once become a parlor game for music industry wonks. MIDIA Research, which has a pretty good track record with this kind
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Totally Unguaranteed Predictions for the World of Music in 2018
For my mom, the best time to buy all the supermarket tabloids is right about now when each of their psychics predict what is to come in 2018. I’m no psychic, but I can
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Music Tech Predictions for 2017
MIDiA Research, a company that keeps a close eye on how music is evolving in the digital era, offers these predictions for 2017. Following an 84% success rate for our 2016 Predictions report,
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Can Google Be Used to Predict the Brit Awards? Maybe.
There are plenty of ways to parse the Big Data that can be harvested from music fans who find what they’re looking for online. Both YouTube and Google Play Music are most interested
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