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Mix Engineer Mick Guzauski – Pensado’s Place #115
Mix Engineer Mick Guzauski (Earth, Wind and Fire, Eric Clapton, Mariah Carey, Baby Face, Boyz to Men, Daft Punk) joins Dave and Herb to talk shop on the 115th episode of Pensado’s Place. The trio talk about Mick’s recent mixing and tracking work on Daft Punk’s “Random Access Memories” as well as his work on…
Justin Bieber’s ‘Baby’ With New Streaming Data Beats Out Elton John For RIAA’s Top Platinum Single of All Time
Bieber’s song “Baby” featuring Ludacris becomes the highest-certified single in history now that the RIAA incorporates on-demand streaming numbers into its Gold and Platinum certifications for digital singles. Elton John’s double-sided hit “Candle in the Wind”/”Something About the Way You Look Tonight” was previously the top song in history with a certification of 11-times platinum…
Daft Punk’s ‘Random Access Memories’: A Timeline of the Global Teaser Campaign
It started with a Facebook post: Two helmets, one gold and one silver, halved and fused down the center, set against plain black. Then came the 15-second ad, aired during the March 2 episode of “Saturday Night Live”; its first appearance online was through an excited fan’s YouTube video of his TV screen. With each…
Warner/Chappell Music Strikes Deal with Lionsgate
Warner/Chappell Music has taken another step to fortify in film and TV music business, signing a deal for portions of Lionsgate’s music library and setting up a co-publishing partnership with the film and television producer for other works. Lionsgate’s library includes the “Twilight” film franchise, “The Hunger Games,” which will see its second edition roll…
Apple Reaches 50 Billion App Downloads
Apple‘s App Store moved its 50 billionth download on Wednesday, the company announced on Twitter, as the countdown timer on Apple’s site and inside iTunes registered the benchmark. According to Apple, the 50-billionth app downloaded was the game Say the Same Thing by Space Inch, and the lucky customer was Brandon Ashmore of Mentor, OH,…
Midweek Album Sales
As we informed you yesterday, Vampire Weekend wins the week and lands at #1. Right below, we could see a battle for the #2 spot depending on how this weekend trends. Here’s how it looks at midweek: *Vampire Weekend (XL) 125-135k *George Strait (MCA Nashville) 115-120k *Demi Lovato (Hollywood) 110-115k Great Gatsby Soundtrack (Interscope) 90-95k…
TOP 10 TRACKS OF THE WEEK
This week’s Top 5 is not only in exactly the same order as last weeks, its occupants sales totals are all within 10% +/- of last week’s numbers as well. Macklemore & Ryan Lewis follow-up hit cooled off slightly, slipping 8%, while P!nk was off 10%, though both stayed well above 200k, a level no…
Weekly T.E.A.
Having a hit album and single from the same act will do wonders for a labels overall share plus TEA, and having a double-double pretty much ensures a high finish. This week, we give you The Great Gatsby, with 135.5k albums plus 77k Lana Del Rey track sales (for a total of 143.2k including TEA);…
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