Random music news for Saturday, March 9, 2024
This guy has had 217 COVID booster shots. Overkill, yes–but he’s fine. Let’s have a shot of music news for March 9, 2024. More music news? Look here. BONUS: Would you like some
Read MoreThis guy has had 217 COVID booster shots. Overkill, yes–but he’s fine. Let’s have a shot of music news for March 9, 2024. More music news? Look here. BONUS: Would you like some
Read MoreWe’ve all heard about how artists feel they aren’t being properly compensated by the streaming music platforms. Songwriters also aren’t happy because they’re the last to get paid behind the artist and the
Read More“The Rockafeller Skank” is probably Fatboy Slim’s biggest song. It was released in June 1998 and was an important part of the “big beat” sound of the era with its dance beats and
Read MoreLate last year, Spotify announced that they soon won’t pay out any royalties to any tracks that are streamed less than a thousand times. How many songs is that? Based on last year’s
Read MoreSpotify has always been under fire for how they dole out royalties for streams. In their defense, much of their payout requirements are imposed by record labels, publishers, and copyright boards, but there
Read MoreSpotify has confirmed that it will not pay out any royalties on songs that get less than a thousand streams. On the surface, that sounds callous and cruel. But if you do the
Read MoreSpotify continues to be the most-used of all the streaming music sites with a market cap of over US$30 billion, which is only a US$1 billion short of the value of the entire
Read MoreI’m always fascinated by the ways people to game the system when it comes to music streaming. But using the platform for money laundering? That’s a new one. According to a Swedish news
Read MoreReady to go inter-dimensional? Some people think scientists are ready to talk to a parallel universe. Meanwhile in our reality, here’s music news for June 14, 2023. More music news? Check here. BONUS:
Read MoreThe biggest announcement from Apple this week? Auto-Correct will no longer default to “ducking.” About ducking time. Moving to some ducking music news for June 9, 2023… More music news? Check here.
Read MoreSpotify holds an event called Stream On, which is roughly equivalent to Apple’s WWDC. The company outlines its vision for the future and also introduces new features. Here’s what they announced yesterday (March
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