We put out a call and they came — by the hundreds. When we wind, brass and percussion players to join us yesterday in Brooklyn to perform a world premiere by ‘s for the annual Make Music New York festival, we were hoping that lots of different kinds of musicians would join us. And boy,…

Since early this year, Spotify has been dropping hints that it may go public in the near future — namely, obtaining a $200 million credit line,  posting a job listing for an “External Reporting Specialist,” and acquiring music intelligence platform the Echo Nest. Now, the company is holding practice earnings calls, Quartz is reporting. The publication’s sources say…

Abstract Tales.   You think you know The Abstract, but you have no idea. Last night, UK’s BBC Radio 1xtra aired an hour long conversation with Benji B and Q-Tip. During their lengthy talk, he discussed his formative years, upcoming drama series, delayed solo LP, 25th anniversary and re-release of The Low End Theory and more. Listen…

Producer and engineer Ben Grosse joins Dave and Herb on the 168th episode of Pensado’s Place. [Pensado’s Place]

Stuart Ross has been a fixture in the live music business for 30 years. He’s been a tour manager, tour accountant, Producer, agent and manager. [Ren Man]

  In only “a matter of days,” some of your favorite videos on YouTube could be gone, possibly for good. YouTube is preparing to radically change the site, adding a subscription service that is intended to help them compete in the streaming music industry. The Google GOOGL +0.1%-owned video site has already signed new licensing…

In this three part Music Foundations tutorials, Max Wild demonstrates how to use seventh chords to enrich harmonic progressions. [Dubspot]

Well summer is here and that means summer concert season. Every concert starts with a promoter booking a show and few people do it better than Rick Mueller. [Ren Man]

First we enjoy Allesondro Cortini’s Live Nine Inch Nails Touring Rig, then Marvel at the Richard D. James (Aphex Twin) ‘Lost’ Caustic Window auctions. [Sonic State]

With only a few days left until Google-owned You Tube imposes it’s new revenue grabbing streaming service, Jian reflects on the impact this will have in the music industry. [Studio Q]