Spotify The game really did just change. Spotify has today launched a new feature which will enable independent artists to upload tracks to the service directly – without any requirement for a third-party aggregator or record label. The feature currently remains in invite-only beta mode – with a few hundred US [...]
Album tracks combined responsible for over 40 chart positions. Kiss FM Aus debuts Jerry C. King Psalm 23 at number 3 and invites CoCreators for special guest mix planned for Aug 24. Florida, Australia, Peru (PRUnderground) August 20th, 2018 The last 6 months have been a whirlwind for Love Vibration Nation (LVN) artists andlabel bosses, [...]
By Jon Pareles Sept 1st, 2018 DETROIT — Everybody wants a piece of Aretha Franklin’s artistic legacy. Church, state, activism, tradition, innovation and celebrity all vied for recognition in back-to-back marathon homages to the universally admired “Queen of Soul,” here in her longtime hometown. Ms. Franklin belonged to the gospel church; she belonged to the pop public; [...]
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PUBLISHED ON 25.07.18 On Defected Defected House music and sampling always have, and always will, go hand-in-hand. Whether it's disco gems, soul classics or hip-hop anthems, it's part of the fabric that makes this genre so special - producers creatively borrowing a record and breathing new life into it. We take a [...]
It's all about the ravers on the dancefloor remember WORDS: THE SECRET DJ | ILLUSTRATIONS: ELLIS VAN DER DOES 23 AUGUST 2018 Is it ever OK to sabotage the next DJ’s set if they are a bell-end? Any good stories about cut-throat DJ sabotage? Michael, Aberdeen Clearly it is never OK to sabotage. The [...]
August 17, 201811:55 AM ET Heard on Fresh Air KEN TUCKER Aretha Franklin's music regularly disclosed a vulnerability and insecurity residing within the head that wore the "Queen of Soul" crown.Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images Aretha Franklin is dead and we still, 50 years after she made her artistic and commercial breakthrough, can scarcely comprehend the [...]
Google is finally getting serious about blocking annoying autoplay videos that start with the sound blaring. The next update to Chrome (version 66) will include changes to autoplay videos that mean the browser will only play them automatically if the sound isn’t playing by default, or if you click and interact with the site, or [...]
Napster, Tidal, Apple Music, and Amazon still have the highest per-play rates. And don’t expect to make much on Pandora, Spotify, and YouTube. How much should artists expect to receive on streaming music platforms? That’s a complicated question. Last year, Digital Music News published a list outlining the most popular streaming music platforms’ per-stream rates. [...]
The US house icon hits Melbourne and Sydney with Hot Since 82 in November House music heavyweight Kerri Chandler is heading to Australia for the first time in more than five years for Hot Since 82's 'Knee Deep in Sound' series. The deep house pioneer has just been announced alongside DJ J'Nett [...]