My interview with Merck Mercuriadis of the Hipgnosis Song Fund
[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] HOLLYWOOD—Merck Mercuriadis is pretty relaxed for a guy who just made
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Song Catalogues
Are we coming to the end of the music catalogue buying frenzy?
If you keep up with the various financial machinations within the recorded music industry, you’ll know that dozens and dozens
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Random music news for Wednesday, March 16, 2022
A rideable robot goat? From a motorcycle manufacturer? Yep. Let’s try some music news for March 16, 2022. Just as
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Random music news for Saturday, March 12, 2022
Does anyone else find it strange that news networks will show the uncut carnage from Ukraine but if there’s any
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Which artist will be the next to tell their song catalogue?
[This was my weekly column for GlobaNews.ca. – AC] Back in 1983, Paul McCartney was working with Michael Jackson on
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How much would The Beatles catalogue sell for?
The last year featured dozens of stories about big companies snapping up song catalogues from heritage artists. (Here’s a running
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Random music news for Thursday, December 9, 2021
Flying back to Toronto today. Will I get tested for COVID even though I’m double-vaxxed and have a valid PCR
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Do record labels not believe in new artists? Let’s examine that.
Here’s an interesting take on the recent catalogue sales by heritage artists by Rick Beato.
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Random music news for Friday, January 15, 2021
We just lost a couple trillion galaxies. Oops. And this guy has two more guesses at his bitcoin wallet password.
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Random music news for Wednesday, January 13, 2021
Fun fact (via Sean): Magicians have been sawing women in half for a hundred years now. Who knew? Now educate
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