Month: June 2013

Samsung Reportedly Set to Fill Jay-Z’s Pockets with $20 Million

June 4, 2013
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Samsung and Jay-Z: a match made in hip-hop/tech heaven? Maybe so, maybe no. Page Six is reporting that Jay-Z is about to sign a deal with Samsung Mobile for an estimated $20 million. Lucrative, indeed. According to an unspecified source, the deal could be signed in just a few weeks, and Jay-Z is expected to seek a…

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Elliott Wilson’s “CRWN” Presents: A Conversation With J. Cole

June 4, 2013
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In all honesty, Elliott Wilson won with his newest series “CRWN”. I love the idea of sitting down and picking the brain’s of today’s shining stars. It has always been interesting to me as to why/when certain songs were made, certain lyrics were written and so forth. This provides a platform to get those answers we want….

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AOL Music Assets Acquired By Townsquare Media

June 4, 2013
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Several recently shuttered AOL Musicproperties including The Boot (country), The BoomBox (hip hop), NoiseCreep (heavy metal) and ComicsAlliance have been acquired by Townsquare Media Group, a portfolio of music and entertainment sites with 52 million unique monthly visitors. In August, Townsquare purchased the MOG network of music blogs after Beats acquired MOG’s music streaming service. As…

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Business Matters: U.S. Digital Sales Drop In Second Quarter

June 4, 2013
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Digital sales continue to lose the big year-over-year gains they posted early in 2013. Both US track and digital album sales have fallen nearly every week through May 26th, according to Billboard analysis of Nielsen SoundScan data. Exactly what is behind the declines is up for debate. The big gain won by digital album sales…

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Sacked Scott Weiland Countersues Stone Temple Pilots

June 4, 2013
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Scott Weiland has countersued his former band mates in Stone Temple Pilots claiming they had no right to expel him and shouldn’t be allowed to perform with a new lead singer. Weiland’s suit was filed Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court, one week after his former collaborators sued to get him to stop using the…

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Rhapsody Expands to 14 European Countries

June 4, 2013
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Rhapsody on Monday expanded its subscription music service to 14 additional European countries in a bid to accrue scale and more effectively compete with Spotify, Deezer and others in the burgeoning on-demand music market. The expansion brings the total number of countries Rhapsody offers its service to 17. The company established a beachhead in Europe…

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Studio Science: Four Tet On His Live Set

June 3, 2013
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Master Low End on Stereo Bass Tracks – Into The Lair #77

June 3, 2013
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Dave Pensado shows you how you can get the best sounding low end from stereo bass tracks!

Cem Kurosman, director of publicity for Blue Note Records

June 3, 2013
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In this clip from www.artistshousemusic.org – Cem Kurosman, director of publicity for Blue Note Records, talks about his background and what it akes to be a publicist.

Lady Gaga Still Working on ARTPOP Project

June 3, 2013
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Lady Gaga has been unusually quiet over the past few months, as the singer has continued working on her forthcoming album ARTPOP — but she gave her little monsters a treat today on her social networking site when she posted a picture of her and songwriter Dallas Austin in the studio with her middle finger up. Keeping…

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