In an era in which the music business has seen unprecedented change and disruption, some things remain constant. The creativity of songwriters and composers lies at the heart of the music business. And the ability of creators and their publishers to get paid for their work is the financial foundation upon which the music industry…

MOSCOW — Blondie has revealed that they rejected an offer to perform at the Sochi Olympics because of Russia’s  violations against human rights, including the country’s recent anti-gay laws. On her Twitter account, Blondie frontwoman Debbie Harry published a scan of the printed offer to perform at the Red Rocks festival in Sochi during the Olympics…

Broadcast Music, Inc. presented its annual pre-GRAMMY event, “How I Wrote That Song,” on January 25, 2014, at The House of Blues West Hollywood. The panel featured a diverse mixture of hitmakers including GRAMMY-nominated writer Linda Perry, ACM and CMA award-winning wordsmith Dallas Davidson, GRAMMY-nominated MC Wiz Khalifa, GRAMMY-nominated producer Alex Da Kid and GRAMMY-nominated…

Rhythmic: Kid Ink Retains Top Spot; Beyonce/Jay Z Runner Up; YG Top 5; Derulo, Lorde Top 10  * KID INK and CHRIS BROWN stay atop the Rhythmic chart with “Show Me” * BEYONCE and JAY Z close in on the next #1 as “Drunk In Love” is up 700+ spins and moves 3*-2* * YG…

With possible copyright review and revision a topic of conversations currently in the halls of congress and within the administrative branch of the U.S. Government, a number of government departments and committees have been investigating this area. In July, the U.S. Department of Commerce Internet Policy Task Force issued a green paper on copyright policy,…

BMG, the music rights group owned by German media giant Bertelsmann, has agreed to acquire Benelux electronic dance music publisher Talpa Music. The companies announced the deal Monday, but didn’t disclose financial details. Talpa Music was formed in 2005 by Dutch media entrepreneur and reality TV producer John de Mol and Dutch music publisher Tony…

When multi-platinum hiphop artist Nas was growing up in the housing projects in Queensbridge, New York, he probably wouldn’t have guessed Harvard would ask to create a hiphop fellowship in his name 30 years later. But it’s happening. So how do you design a home for hiphop at Harvard? We ventured to find out….

In 2011 government officials from Homeland Security and the US Fish and Wildlife Service raided the Gibson Guitar factory and confiscated approximately $500,000 worth of wood for violating the Lacy Act (watch the video below for more details and read my other posts on the subject). No charges were ever filed and eventually Gibson saw…

Fresh as hell up-and-comer Mike Will Made It recounts his beat making philosophy. Thanks! https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mike-WiLL-Made-It/223671481032398 http://www.twitter.com/MikeWiLLMadeIt/ **…

Highlights from the music placement panel at Sundance Film Festival 2014 with Barry Cole, Vernon Reid, Brett Dismuke, Jonathan McHugh. More info: http://bit.ly/1azt1eq Check out our channel page for more tutorials, reviews, recaps, interviews, see what our partners are up to and more! And stay up to date with our latest videos by subscribing! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c……