Month: August 2012

Are You One of 50K Artists Not Claiming Your SoundExchange Royalties?

SoundExchange has released an updated list of more than 50,000 sound recording owners and performing artists who have yet to register with the organization. Rights owners and performing artists can use SoundExchange’s searchable databaseto register and locate their share of unclaimed royalties. Amounts ranging from $10 to over $100,000 wait to be collected. SoundExchange collects…


Songza Lands Investments from Troy Carter, William Morris Endeavor, Others

Songza Lands Investments from Troy Carter, William Morris Endeavor, Others Internet radio service Songza announced some encouraging listener metrics Wednesday, but its new celebrity investors will probably get more attention. Songza announced Wednesday the close of a $1,500,000 convertible note led by Amazon.com, Deep Fork Capital and Metamorphic Ventures. The latter will join Songza’s board…


Taylor Swift’s New Single Debuts on Hot 100 — Sales Forecast Grows to Over 500,000

Taylor Swift’s new single “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” is selling much faster than initially thought. Industry sources now suggest the track — released late on Monday, Aug. 13 — will probably move easily move more than 500,000 downloads by the end of the tracking week on Sunday, Aug. 19. It even has…


Teens Listen to Music Most on YouTube, Pay for Music More Than Other Age Groups, Nielsen Study Says

A new Nielsen study says teens prefer free, ad-supported streaming over other methods of listening to music. That finding is actually the least surprising item in a report that puts into proper context the ways teens — and other age groups — experience and discover music. Nielsen’s “Music 360” report is the result of 3,000…


Swizz’s World Part 2

In part 2 of our interview with Swizz Beatz we talk about his come up. We discuss how he got down with Ruff Ryders, DJs he looked up to, working with family, and more. He tells us that his uncles (founders of Ruff Ryders) and Sheek Louch taught him how to make beats. [Allindstrom]


Slaughterhouse “Welcome to Our House” Album Snippets (“Rescue Me” & “Our House” Produced by Alex Da Kid)

Slaughterhouse serves up 30-second snippets of their Shady Records debut welcome to: OUR HOUSE. The standard edition contains 16 tracks, while the deluxe adds four, with three appearances from Eminem, plus guests Skylar Grey, Busta Rhymes, Swizz Beatz, B.o.B., and Cee Lo Green, who appears on the lead single “My Life.” Get a taste of…


Drake & Chris Brown Get Sued For $16 Million For Their Bottle War

Each man “shared a grudge against the other arising out of their romantic relationships with the same woman,” Brown’s former flame Rihanna, and when they “crossed paths,” they “began to fight violently with each other,” the suit says. After the pair started fighting, “each ordered his security personnel, bodyguards, friends and entourage to join the…


Kanye West Speaks On Writing Lyrics For “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy” (Spent 5000 Hours Writing “Power”)

In this exclusive Art of Rap outtake, Kanye West invites us to see where his head was at while recording the classic “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy”. Digital video and DVD available online and in stores Sept 18, 2012!


MTV Launches Artists.MTV Pages

If you’re an artist, make sure to be connected to Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and now Artists.MTV page. MTV unveils its new artists platform Artists.MTV, a new social network for artists, managers, and labels to populate new content and build buzz. In partnership with Topspin Media, each page features streaming music, video, and the opportunity to…


Ron Howard & Jay-Z To Film “Made In America” Festival

Ron Howard and Brian Grazer will team up to film the “Made In America” festival in Philadelphia. Jay-Z and Steve Stoute sat down to come up with the plan to take the festival to the big screen. Brain Grazer had this say: “The festival showcases 20 pre-eminent artists that speak to the new generation. I…