NPG Records, arbiter of Prince’s back catalogue, is suing Jay Z’s Roc Nation for alleged copyright infringement – and seeking damages that could top $18 million. Represented by Stinson Leonard Street LLP, the label claims that TIDAL has been hosting Prince’s material without permission. The lawsuit, filed yesterday (November 15) in the U.S. District of Minnesota court – and…
AMAZON LAUNCHES ITS ON-DEMAND SPOTIFY RIVAL IN THE UK, GERMANY AND AUSTRIA
Amazon has today (November 14) launched its big rival to the likes of Apple Music and Spotify, Amazon Music Unlimited, in three key European markets. Amazon Music Unlimited is now available in the UK, Germany and Austria – news which comes almost exactly a month after the company unveiled the service in the US market. Like the…
How To Better Understand Your Fanbase
Guest Post by Bobby Owsinski of Music 3.0 Your place in our current music world is totally dependent upon the development, care, and feeding of your fanbase, and this excerpt from my Music 4.1 Internet Music Guidebook will help you better understand your audience so you can grow it. First of all, understand that your core…
Inside Green Day’s Revolutionary Rebirth
Not long ago, before he pushed his band to record three albums all at once and landed himself in rehab, before a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction left him with little to prove, Billie Joe Armstrong had some strict rules for Green Day. Most important, each album and tour had to lead right into the…
