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Music Industry 

Looking to figure out your place in the music business? Take a look at Viberate.

January 13, 2022February 9, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Analytics, Artist Tracking, Song Tracking, Viberate

A while back, I came across Viberate, a new way for artists to both keep track of their music and

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Music Industry 

Random music news for Saturday, October 23, 2021

October 23, 2021October 23, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments BTS, Coldplay, Dave Gahan, Dave Grohl, Depeche Mode, Digital Music, EDM, Elton John, Ozzy Osbourne, PETA, Skinheads, Snapchat, Viberate, Vinyl, YouTube Music

Is it just me or are you also finding more broken bones in chicken wings both from the store and

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Music Industry 

There’s an interesting divide between big artists on Spotify and on traditional radio

August 8, 2021August 10, 2021 Alan Cross 1 Comment Radio, Streaming, Viberate

Viberate, a music research and analytics company thought it would be interesting to compare the playlists of thousands of music

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Music News 

Random music news for Saturday, July 10, 2021

July 10, 2021July 13, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Big Wreck, Chad Kroeger, Deep Fake Music, DMX, Four Seasons Landscaping, Music Festivals, Prince, Seinfeld, TikTok, UFEA, Viberate, World in Motion, YouTube

Beetle juice! And yes, I spelled that right. Enjoy that and then move on to music news for July 10,

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Music News 

Which genres did best under COVID quarantine? (Hint: A Canadian rock band was a global success)

June 23, 2021August 9, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments COVID-19, Genres, Lockdown, Mother Mother, Quarantine, Viberate

It’s been a long, long time since there’s been anything normal about how music has been made, performed, recorded, and

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Random music news for Friday, June 26, 2020

June 26, 2020August 7, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Adobe, Allen Toussaint, CMW, Donald Trump, Grubman, Hip Hop, KaiOS, Lady Gaga, Miami Dolphins, Music Piracy, Ramones, Smart Speakers, Viberate

https://globalnews.ca/news/7102112/black-neutron-star-ligo-hole/The sun is setting on Uranus! (Sorry. Juvenile of me. But you can see a Uranus sunset here.) Okay, let

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Music News 

Wondering which festivals have been canceled? There’s now a tool for that.

March 18, 2020August 9, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Coronavirus, Festivals, Viberate

With the COVID-19-related cancellations coming in almost by the minute, it’s hard to keep track of what’s off and what’s

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Music Industry 

We could use an IMDb for music. This company wants to build it.

September 16, 2019August 9, 2021 Alan Cross 3 Comments IMDB, Viberate

Any movie and TV fan knows how invaluable the International Movie Database can be. Looking to cross-reference anyone or anything

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Music News 

Cryptocurrency and Music

September 29, 2017August 9, 2021 Larry Lootsteen 1 Comment Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, Viberate

Alan had mentioned the new cryptocurrency pointed towards the music industry via this article on LinkedIn. In the time that

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