Digests

24.03.01-10 Digest

MUSICBUSINESS WORLDWIDE

Music catalogs are big business again. The past year has seen nine-figure acquisitions of artist/songwriter assets and income streams involving superstars such as Michael Jackson, Enrique Iglesias, Katy Perry, and Rod Stewart. Elsewhere, the frontline …


BROADVIEW

But communal singing can also be an agent of social change. “I think of it in terms of personal change, community change and social change,”says Deanna Yerichuk, a music professor at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ont., who studies the role of …


WOUB PUBLIC MEDIA - OH

Ron Pope is well aware of the breakneck volatility of the Internet age, from its dream-making innovation to its dream-crushing obsoletion. The advent of social …


MUSICBUSINESS WORLDWIDE

The convergence of video games and music is one of the most promising developments for music rights holders in recent years, and one of the companies at the forefront of innovation in this field is, arguably, Reactional Music. The music-for-video-games …


MUMBRELLA

A well-known and respected figure in the Australian music industry has announced the launch of a new independent PR and promotions company. Anna Fitzgerald, who has spent the last decade as director of publicity and promotions at indie label TMRW…


ISLE OF WRIGHT COUNTY PRESS - UK

Music Craft C.I.C is a non-profit organisation which provides the opportunities for people to receive a musical and performance based education, it runs community activities where independent, private music teachers and volunteers work together in an …


THE PAISANO - TX

As the years go by, popular music changes: One year the Billboard Hot 100 may have a collection of R&B-inspired club songs, while two years later there could be a shift to acoustic-driven tracks. Tastes change, and music changes — it is the natural …


THE IMAGINATIVE CONSERVATIVE. - TX

Music pervades our lives and always has. It has taken you outside of yourselves and taken you deep within. It has been associated with things divine. There comes a time in every year when I find myself saying to a friend or a prospective student that this …


PENOBSCOT BAY PILOT -ME

As part of its Midday Music Series, Bay Chamber presents bass-baritone John David Adams and pianist Patricia Stowell on Wednesday, March 13, at 1 p.m., at Union Hall, 6 Central Street in Rockport. Two respected artists collaborate in a program …


THE BIG ISSUE

“Basically, we went from ‘where can we play’ to ‘why don’t we try and find a space that we can run ourselves’,” laughs Hopkin. It soon became clear there was an appetite for their independent, DIY vision. In May 2021, their GoFundMe swiftly exceeded the £5 …


DEVDISCOURSE

Taba Chake, a multilingual independent artiste from Arunachal Pradesh, says his music is all about giving hope to people. The musician, who is in his early 30s, credited his native state for inspiring his work. ''Most of the inspiration for my …